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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Aug 19, 2019 8:29:43 GMT -5
Was reading an article about if the internet just stopped completely and as I was reading this it dawned on me how little it would make a difference to me. I currently write up documents for a software that can function without internet. So that remains the same. I don't watch a great deal of streaming (own a lot of physical media), I still use cash (albeit it would be trickier to get from the bank) and my hobbies are not online dependant (painting minis, single player video games & visiting places.) I'd probably miss it most for emails and this forum You?
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Post by H-Virus on Aug 19, 2019 9:07:52 GMT -5
Well for one thing, I’d have to start buying CDs again if I wanted new music. And DVDs for movies. And books for reading. Which would suck worst of all because there aren’t any bookstores left in my town.
I’d only have about three or four people I could talk to about wrestling instead of everyone here.
All my fanfics would be even more worthless without a place to post them.
My smartphone would become just a regular phone since I don’t use it for anything else.
About the only thing that wouldn’t change at all for me would be my gaming habits since I don’t do online gaming as it is.
Other than that, maybe I could actually focus more on my writing without the internet there to distract me constantly. Either that or I’d be spending an unhealthy amount of time at the casino.
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Post by thechase on Aug 19, 2019 9:11:17 GMT -5
I'd have to actually write for a living.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 19, 2019 9:17:03 GMT -5
I'd lose a lot of friends.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Aug 19, 2019 9:38:54 GMT -5
I'd have to travel to buy new dvd/blu Ray's, and I'd not talk to a few international/long distance friends.
It'd probably cause a massive shift in gaming as the multiplayer aspect of it would be gone or forced back into local play or split screen. So I'd miss destiny a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 9:40:45 GMT -5
I'd lose a lot of my hobbies, my main way of making money, and contact with my best friend so... yeah, that would be an absolute disaster.
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Post by Dub H on Aug 19, 2019 9:53:23 GMT -5
Im a programmer so... I would be f***ed. No programmer can work without google.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 19, 2019 9:54:06 GMT -5
Hugely; nearly all of my banking&bills are done via internet, as is everything with the day job.
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Post by dav on Aug 19, 2019 9:58:13 GMT -5
I'm living abroad and internet is the primary contact I have with family and friends back home. That and my primary entertainment would be gone up in smoke with using a PS4 and videos online. I also use it at work to access lesson plans, so that's another kick to the shins. Would be hard all round.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Aug 19, 2019 10:01:42 GMT -5
My job would be a hell of a lot harder, but still doable.
Hobbies ... I would struggle to watch premiership football or match of the day, unless it's a game been shown at a pub here. I wouldn't watch many movies because I always use Netflix. Ditto TV shows. I wouldn't be able to play D&D any more because I play online via Discord Most of my videogames, I download, but I could just buy from shops. My books, I download for my Kindle. Again, I'd have to restock on paper copies.
Most importantly, it would be a nightmare to keep in touch with my family because I live in a different country.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Aug 19, 2019 10:13:45 GMT -5
I would actually have to go out and buy porn.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Aug 19, 2019 10:45:25 GMT -5
I'd survive it...now if all the zinc or springs in the world suddenly disappeared tomorrow then I'd be in some serious trouble.
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Post by realist on Aug 19, 2019 12:37:03 GMT -5
I'd be much more productive.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 19, 2019 12:50:34 GMT -5
I've have to hire about 10 more people since the DOT went paperless and everything is now online. Don't need people to man the front desk because the internet effectively eliminated walk-ins. Don't need researchers and techs to dig thru all our old paper surveying notes and records. What used to take days takes seconds. I'd have to get a legal clerk back on the payroll to keep up with the State Code. Now I can just search it for the parts we have questions about and to keep up with the changes. We'd need more mechanics just to diagnose our fleet. Now we get emails from everything from error codes to fluid levels to temp readings. Now that i think about it... it would take more than 10 people to fill the gaps.
It's amazing how much this place has changed in 20 years.
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Post by Tenshigure on Aug 19, 2019 13:16:41 GMT -5
Im a programmer so... I would be f***ed. No programmer can work without google. Am a Senior IT Admin. Would be homeless within a week.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 19, 2019 13:19:37 GMT -5
Basically the end of the world.
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Post by Timeless Hayterade on Aug 19, 2019 13:20:08 GMT -5
I have Fire TV, the Fire Stick, and the Fire Cube, so if I wanna watch Live TV, I'd be f***ed. However, I have enough books and DVDs/Blu Rays to last a while. So, I definitely wouldn't get bored.
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Post by salz4life on Aug 19, 2019 13:46:48 GMT -5
Porno Mags would become a thing again.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 13:52:23 GMT -5
dusts off the N64
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Post by Cyno on Aug 19, 2019 13:55:54 GMT -5
I don't think it goes without saying that if the internet just suddenly stopped, we'd enter a new Dark Ages of civilization. Even if you aren't directly affected by it, you're so indirectly tied into it that it suddenly going dark would be a global disaster for all but the people living completely off the grid in shacks out in the woods.
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