Top 10 Symptoms to Prove You're a theOtaku.com Addict:

10. Life? What life. There's a refresh button to hit! Comments, comments, comments! Must read!

9. You know who the top followers are and are perhaps afraid to encounter them. Chat example: ZOMG! (Insert Name) I'm not worthy!" Maybe you're not, but let (Insert Name) decide that before you demote yourself to squaddle.

8. You think the Anime Pulse guys are your personal friends. And, somehow, you missed that one of them was moving to Japan indefinitely... Plus, you know which one.

7. Chat officially ranks before bathing/eating/breathing on your list of things to do before sleep. (Alternately sleep is no longer in your vocabulary.)

6. Chat being down ruins your entire day. (Back to hitting the refresh button like it's your stuffed anger buddy, yes?)

5. You've referred to Adam as a father figure. (Father figure who thinks cupcakes have a certain personality to them, but Peter..I mean Adam has never led you wrong.)

4. Your best friend's name starts with X, Cloud, Bobo, manic, some, or toad. And, apart from those names, you're clueless as to who Mary, James, Susan, or Jae is.

3. Having SomeGuy, ElvesAteMyRamen, or Adam subscribe to you is a personal goal. (Bonus points if you squiddled in your chair when you saw their tiny little icon on your Portfolio page.)

2. You go to myOtaku.com profiles to listen to your favorite music. iTunes what, huh?

And the number one symptom of being an addict? (You know, aside from twitches and withdrawals...)

1. Achieving a promotion on theOtaku.com is more valuable to you than receiving a promotion at your crummy take-away-from-otaku-time job.

Do you fit any of these symptoms? One would think so.

Do you fit all of these symptoms? Congratulations, you win Otakudom!