You Might Be An Addict….Part 4

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Hey Howdy Hey Tappers,

It’s my turn to take over TSTO Anonymous, just for this week.  Back in September, November and January we had a couple of fun little posts up entitled You might Be An Addict…similar to Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might Be A Redneck…”.  We had so much fun with those we decided to do it again!

So with out further ado I present to you….You Might Be An Addict-Part 4:


If something is said or done and your tapped out device seems to go off at the right time ( Better them than me) (Hmm visitors better put on pants )…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Poloman67)

If the only reason to cut your phone conversation short is to tap your buildings or visit friends!…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Runicgem)

If your tapping your buildings or visiting friends, you get interrupted by a text or phone call and your grumbling under your breath..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Runicgem)

If you wake with multiple text messages and a couple voicemails but the first thing you do with your phone is check out TSTO ADDICTS for all your Tapped Out info before doing anything else!..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Runicgem)

If you’ve hummed or sung the game music or the show theme while working..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Runicgem)

If the true meaning of Christmas is no longer Jesus or family, but getting everything on that wheel!..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Chris J)

If you have 3 accounts on 3 devices playing at the same time ..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member superlloydy)

If u can’t stop thinking about tsto when u can’t have your device with you..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Wilki1999)

If u walk past a red leaved plant and think its sideshow bob!.…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Wilki1999)

If u use tsto as a conversation starter.…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Wilki1999)

If after leaving the supermarket with a heavy load of groceries, you mutter quietly to yourself “Yarrr. That’s how we do it — land lubber style….”.…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member Davidmoui)

When you manage to comment on Addicts blog over 100 times… within an hour .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Anonymous)

If you find yourself obsessed and “post stalking” your favorite Addicts writer .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Anonymous)

When you comment SO much on the Addicts blog, you have to create an account so you don’t have to keep being a “guest”  .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Anonymous)

If your wish/gift list has only App store gift cards on it, but you still remind family members that you would love a gift card for your birthday/Christmas, just so you can buy more donuts..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If you take your device to the restroom with you.…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If the first thing you think about when falling & breaking your wrist is “cool, I’ll be able to play even more since I will be off from work”..…..You Might Be An Addict (Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If when waiting in the ER, you are wishing the person with you would go to the restroom or to get a bite so you can play without being nagged about how you could be doing more damage..…..You Might Be An Addict  (Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If  You are contemplating buying another device with a larger screen just so it’s easier to play than on your phone...…..You Might Be An Addict  (Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If TSTO takes priority over food (other THAN DOOOONNNUUTTTTSSSSS!)...…..You Might Be An Addict  Addicts Community Member granmamaDar)

If your family is planning a TSTO intervention for you.…..You Might Be An Addict  (Community Member granmamaDar)

If you tell your family you have a “work thing” so you can leave and go play TSTO .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Bunny)

If you put a customer on hold for an extended period of time while you read the files about the latest update .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Bunny)

If you call in “sick” so you can redesign your entire town for Showoff .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Bunny)

If your best friends are your neighboreenos and you talk to them more than your own mom .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Bunny)

If you create an alternate identity and a Facebook account so your family doesn’t “catch you” playing TSTO .…..You Might Be An Addict  (Bunny)

If you spent donuts on the Whale .…..You Might Be An Addict  

If you buy not one but TWO 300 donut Whales .…..You Might Be An Addict  

If you check your phone every half hour when you anticipate an update hitting, just so you don’t miss it .…..You Might Be An Addict  

You check your TSTO town before getting out of bed in the morning .…..You Might Be An Addict  

If your morning commute consists of reading comments from the BEST COMMUNITY EVER (or reading your favorite TSTO blog) .…..You Might Be An Addict (shhh don’t tell Bunny I’m reading and driving again..she’ll take away my adult card!)

And finally…

If you cursed at the Wheel of Friendship and SWORE you’d stop playing TSTO if you didn’t clear it, you’re still Tapping today.…..You Might Be An Addict  

How about YOU?  How might you be an Addict?  Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you! 🙂

111 responses to “You Might Be An Addict….Part 4

  1. You might be an addict if when you’re almost certain an event is gonna drop overnight, you go to sleep as excited as a 5yo on Christmas eve, and wake up the similarly

  2. You know you’re a TSTO addict when you’re tempted to imitate Rev, Lovejoy from the pulpit before the prayers, ‘Let us pray …’. (I am a Reverend).

  3. when you have two assignments due the next day but you’re trawling through the addicts archives…you might be an addict!

    if you keep detailed record of your cash, xp, donut and limited time currencies to make sure EA is adding up all the stuff you earn correctly (especially when visiting friends)… you might be an addict

    if you wish there was a hide layer button in real life… you might be an addict!

    when you get really mad at your family if they change your springfield… you might be an addict

    if when you watch the show you think of the characters as freemium and premium… you might be an addict

  4. When you sit in church, and the Minister has just finished his Prayer, and says,” Amen”, your Homer Simpson Notification says out loud, “Better You then Me, Oh, it Is Me”!!!

  5. Recently I realized I might be an addict, because soon I’ll have a surgery and the only thing I’m really worried about is that in hospital I won’t have WLAN and can’t play for 2 weeks…

  6. You might be an Addict when someone else has to go to the Bathroom for you!! 👍😁

  7. If you want a giant pink donut float tube that looks like it has a bite out of it…

    If you really wish Matt Groening (aka “The Creator”) was your neighbor in Tapped Out…

    If you know that the proper way to pronounce “Groening” sounds like “gray-ning”…

    …then you might be an addict! 🙂

  8. If you tell a web of detailed lies to hide the massive amount of time you spend on TSTO from your family…

    If you excuse yourself in the middle of a family dinner to tap…

    When you have a mind blank in final exams and begin thinking about designs and resetting tasks…

    • If you plan your holidays around tapped out updates… you might be an addict!

    • If you find yourself having nightmares about your righteousness rating dropping…you might be an addict! 🙂

    • If you’re walking down the street and find yourself whistling the Tapped Out music… you might be an addict!

      If you’re playing Tapped Out with the sound muted and start hallucinating the music… you might be an addict!

  9. Mr. Auto Correct

    You might be an addict if you correct TSTO websites on both TSTO and grammar errors.

    -Mr. Auto Correct

    You might be an addict if your morning schedule is to wake up, check out TSTO Addicts, ******, check out TSTO Topix, correct all three websites for multiple reasons, play TSTO for three hours treasuring each slide of dialogue, rush to work, and eat breakfast late. 🙂

    -Mr. Auto Correct

    You might be an addict when whenever a person mentions donuts, you go to bakery, buy donuts, then play TSTO while eating donuts with pink sprinkles.
    Seriously, my brother does that when doesn’t dare tell.

    -Mr. Auto Correct

  10. If you stopped going to the library so you can play TSTO more…

    If the last time you read a book was before you started playing TSTO…

    If you have monopolized most of the recent You Might Be An Addict comments…

    If you created a gravatar just so you could post to tstoaddicts.com more easily…

    If you started corn just so you wouldn’t miss that TSTO experience…

    …then you might be an addict!

  11. If you think it’s been too long since the addicts team posted a new “you might be an addict if….” thread… 🙂

  12. You are actually concerned that Lurleen is going to miss her show and disappoint all her fans because she’s voting against Stonecutter law. D’oh! Or you actually feel indignant that Homer is flirting with Mindy and Lurleen after just watching Marge reject Artie’s proposals for 24 hrs. *rueful chuckle.

  13. If you know the 1st word of each job for your Spring-fielders and say them out loud like a sentence as you send to on their Jobs you might be an addict….. i.e. Clean, Restock, burn, take, read, fail, go, serve, complain, run, etc….

  14. If you buy a “black-Friday” tablet at a really good price so that you can play TSTO on a bigger screen, and then you later regret it because you could have used that money for donunts

    If you make excuses not to do something with friends, but the real reason is that you might miss a TSTO (Christmas) elf tunnel deadline…

    If you invite said friends to come to your house to watch movies, knowing that you can keep tabs on your TSTO game with brief trips out of the room…

    If you stay up until the next day’s elf tunnel tasks unlock, so that you can get a head start on them…

    If you look at buildings and decorations in your real-world town, and think about how much they resemble buildings from your TSTO town…

    …then you might be an addict!

    • If you post new replies to old TSTO topics, in the middle of the night

      If you spelled out TSTOaddicts.com in your KL, just in case a few of your neighbors haven’t heard of it yet…

      If you know what KL means…

      …then you might be an addict!

  15. When you start talking about grem-aliens in your sleep, YOU MIGHT BE AN ADDICT

  16. If you schedule your vacation time to coincide with the end of an event, just in case you need extra playing time to finish up…

    If the only game you play on your phone or tablet is TSTO…

    If you know more about the personal lives of fellow addicts than you know about your co-workers…

    If you adjust your sleep schedule to fit better with your TSTO tasks…

    …then you might be an addict!

  17. If you’re tapping while on stage during church…

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