adamclark52
El Dandy
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 31, 2014 23:27:08 GMT -5
You should spend some time with Rogers Communications in Canada. It's a weekly occurance.
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Post by bluemeii on Oct 31, 2014 23:30:34 GMT -5
Wall Street would collapse in flames. They need to be able to communicate with each other for buying and selling and trading, so no communication means no business. Eh IDK..Wall Street has contingencies for just about everything. If all else fails they'd just shut down like they did when the market crashed a couple years ago. It's point of sale businesses that would collapse. From there the panic would grow. Biggest issue is just can't swipe a card to buy something. That's where there would be the mass panic
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 31, 2014 23:35:20 GMT -5
It would be chaos. People get close to rioting when facebook is down for an hour.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Nov 1, 2014 7:21:23 GMT -5
According to Transcendence there would be soldiers in the street to keep order and people using keyboards as door stops.
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Juice
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Post by Juice on Nov 1, 2014 7:52:22 GMT -5
The sad thing is people would probably kill themselves. I went years and years without the internet and only finally got it when I moved out on my own. I was raised by my grandparents who also didn't have cable. So until about 4 years ago I still read books and used magazines and dvds to masturbate like a f***ing Amish.
I could easily go back to dvd background noise and a new book.
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Magnus the Magnificent
King Koopa
didn't want one.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Nov 1, 2014 8:35:03 GMT -5
No more getting insulted by pre-teens during online play? I think I can live with that.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 1, 2014 8:59:59 GMT -5
What would become of the neckbeards of the world?
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BlackoutCreature
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Nov 1, 2014 15:45:05 GMT -5
No more internet? That's a horrible thing to say, or even imagine. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 15:47:45 GMT -5
I'd have a breakdown over The World's End being even more true to my life.
And then it'd make me commit to laser surgery to have my Sisters of Mercy tattoo removed sometime later.
It'd also make international travel/planning more of a headache, but the high street would be more alive and fun to walk down when searching for travel agents so swings and roundabouts I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 15:49:19 GMT -5
No more getting insulted by pre-teens during online play? I think I can live with that. See, if I went outside for outside play, I imagine a bunch of pre-teens would yell "noob!" at me and call me a fatass.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 15:53:42 GMT -5
No more getting insulted by pre-teens during online play? I think I can live with that. See, if I went outside for outside play, I imagine a bunch of pre-teens would yell "noob!" at me and call me a fatass. Hearing 'faggot, go back to your own country!' from teenage groups when walking out of a video game store with a copy of NBA or FIFA! Oh my giddy dreams.
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Post by Citizen Grimm on Nov 1, 2014 15:53:48 GMT -5
Well, it would make my journalism degree a whole he'll of a lot more relevant for starters.
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The Ichi
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by The Ichi on Nov 1, 2014 16:18:50 GMT -5
Ever read "The Stand?"
Kinda like that, albeit with more fedoras.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 1, 2014 18:17:36 GMT -5
Almost certainly everyone's finances would cease to exist.
Only a small amount of money in the world is physical currency. And with banks basically unable to function, those physical bills would likely end up becoming Monopoly money anyway.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 1, 2014 18:27:39 GMT -5
FAN: THE MAGAZINE would be created.
We'd all send letters complaining about WWE's booking. Some members would complain about the Letter Wrestling Community, and all those indie Letter Darlings.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 1, 2014 18:28:42 GMT -5
I have 3 TB of porn downloaded, so I'd be okay for a few days.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 1, 2014 18:50:45 GMT -5
Can we just shut down the Kardashians instead?
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Professor Chaos
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Nov 1, 2014 18:54:15 GMT -5
Witches would come out in full effect and everyone would worship them as their master.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Nov 1, 2014 18:56:58 GMT -5
CD sales would make a comeback...
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Post by The Mark of Mark on Nov 1, 2014 18:58:30 GMT -5
I do see the negative effect of many businesses suddenly being non-existant. But we'd figure a way around it.
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