Living without internet...

[Painbringer]

Is it still possible, in this day and age?

And by that I mean having all the modern conveniences (TV, game console, computer) just without ever being online?

And I assume you could still activate Windows over the phone, right?

[connorbleedin]

Young people would go into a apocalypse

[NuclearInfected]

At 3/11/14 07:16 PM, Painbringer wrote: Is it still possible, in this day and age?

Sure. It's called old people.

[Zhon]

At 3/11/14 07:16 PM, Painbringer wrote: Is it still possible, in this day and age?

And by that I mean having all the modern conveniences (TV, game console, computer) just without ever being online?

And I assume you could still activate Windows over the phone, right?

Depends.

Gradually weening society off of the internet, one day at a time, replacing existing functions with new (or old) methods? Yes.

Instantly removing the internet from the world and seeing what happens? Hell no. Complete chaos and total anarchy in the first 24 hours.

[Jester]

At 3/11/14 07:17 PM, connorbleedin wrote: Young people would go into a apocalypse

I went into an apocalypse once and I can't say I recommend it.

[connorbleedin]

I went into an apocalypse once and I can't say I recommend it.

Back in my day we woke up to the apocalypse

[Sword-of-Kings]

That would be the worst thing to ever happen.

[Maltos]

At 3/11/14 07:22 PM, connorbleedin wrote:

I went into an apocalypse once and I can't say I recommend it.

Back in my day we woke up to the apocalypse

Those were dark times

[Painbringer]

At 3/11/14 07:18 PM, NuclearInfected wrote: Sure. It's called old people.

All the old people that I know use computers and have internet access.

Some are just starting to learn how to use tablets for the first time.

[connorbleedin]

Back in my day we woke up to the apocalypse

Those were dark times

Sometime I remember how lucky i was to have survived

[Maltos]

At 3/11/14 07:16 PM, Painbringer wrote: Is it still possible, in this day and age?

No idea, I got an Iphone 4 just today and its the first one I've ever had

[Piggler]

This guy did it for a year and lived to tell the tale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trVzyG4zFMU

[Shade]

At 3/11/14 07:16 PM, Painbringer wrote: Is it still possible, in this day and age?

The Amish seem to be doing fine without it.

[NuclearInfected]

At 3/11/14 07:41 PM, Shade wrote:

At 3/11/14 07:16 PM, Painbringer wrote: Is it still possible, in this day and age?

The Amish seem to be doing fine without it.

I'm sure if you gave one of them a taste of the modern world he wouldn't want to Amish a day more.

[JRob]

I was without power and cable (no internet) last friday
and Saturday morning. The only way I could get internet was on my phone (which could either load stuff really slow or at an okay speed (even when running 4G).

It was horrible.

Well, it wasn't really that bad, but still rather annoying

[FordV8]

Yall young nigs are so fucking spoiled.

[Oolaph]

tbh I think it would be kinda nice

less distractions, I could actually focus on stuff and maybe do something "productive" with my time.

[Painbringer]

I wouldn't really need internet; except for the fact that I keep a strict schedule of depositing every single day.

[StupidSquirrels]

i did this for about a year and a half with little to no internet
it was in the middle of nowhere so the only thing i could get was 10g limited connection. with four users, this means i could check my e-mail and the news/weather and that was it.

i survived off minecraft and a old copy of battlefeild
other than that chores kept me busy...3 feet of snow and our hose to the well was freezing all the time so unlucky me there was always something that needed to be done

[Scintillating]

At 3/11/14 07:23 PM, Painbringer wrote:

At 3/11/14 07:18 PM, NuclearInfected wrote: Sure. It's called old people.

All the old people that I know use computers and have internet access.

Some are just starting to learn how to use tablets for the first time.

My grandparents have never touched a computer

also they don't even have a vcr player

[Chdonga]

It's completely possible to live without the internet, but with so much stuff nowadays that require use of the internet, trying to live without it would be unrewarding.

[NuclearInfected]

At 3/11/14 10:53 PM, Chdonga wrote: It's completely possible to live without the internet, but with so much stuff nowadays that require use of the internet, trying to live without it would be unrewarding.

Keep in mind that for 99.9999% of humanity's existence there was no internet, and they all lived though it. Of course most of that time also sucked for most people, but they pulled though, and here we are using the result of all that progress. But does that mean anyone would be okay with giving it all up? Hell no.