I have it set up that I'm always logged in when I visit here, which might account for the minutes ticking by...that and the wonderful world of tabbed browsing.
Well, no on both counts.
Having "always stay logged in" doesn't add time to a member's time spent online stat because the stat only measures the time actually spent active on the forum. And once one switches tabs in a browser, it's just like you've left the first site for the next. The first site doesn't consider you as being there again until you open its tab again.
People need to face up to the simple fact that their time spent online stats haven't been padded just because they leave their browsers open to the forum or they have "always stay logged in" activated. Yes,
you really have been active on the forum for that period of time. Accept it and embrace it.
But as I've said, none of us spend as much time here as I've noticed very many others spend on other forums, so don't think the time you've spent here is any indication whatsoever that you don't have a life apart from the forum.
Well, at least in comparison to those other people.