How long could you cope without the internet?

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Yeah, it's such a useful resource it would be daft to actively seek to stop using it.

I think DEPENDING on it is odd though - however, it's not a bad thing. Look at us all interacting, opening our minds to different knowledge and opinions on here alone! It's a great resource, why cut off your nose to spite your face.

I think in general most people are able to turn it off and go for a walk, spend time talking to their partners/friends, socialise and share a holiday with people without worrying about who's poked you, or what someone has said on the internet.
 
Unless Sky manage to fix my internet soon I'll be back here in a few days to tell you all at what point I snapped!

It's been out for 48 hours now. So far I've not NEEDED it, but I do find it very frustrating as you forget how much you rely on it. So far I've attempted to do the following before loading up the browser and then remembering the connection is down:

- Tried googling a phone number for sky to tell them my broadband had gone down
- Tried to transfer some money so I can pay off my credit card
- Tried to see how much I spent this month on petrol so I could update my budget spreadsheet
- Tried to lookup how to alter my menu structure for a website I created
- Tried to lookup how to do a particular transformation in photoshop
- Tried to look up the phone number for my dentist
 
Well, I went to Spain last year - where we were (in the mountains) the internet was was some very slow pay as you go rubbish, so I only ended up using it once or twice for directions. I found that I started to not miss it at all and actually think I didn't have access to it I wouldn't miss it.

That said, in everyday use it's the first thing I go for in the morning (along with a coffee) and if I'm not working/doing things with the kids then I'm pretty much on the net most of the time.

So I guess I could summarize with - If you sent me to a remote place where I had little choice, then I wouldn't miss it that much. But if it's readily available I couldn't go without it no.
 
Freefaller said:
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Yeah, it's such a useful resource it would be daft to actively seek to stop using it.

I think DEPENDING on it is odd though - however, it's not a bad thing. Look at us all interacting, opening our minds to different knowledge and opinions on here alone! It's a great resource, why cut off your nose to spite your face.

I think in general most people are able to turn it off and go for a walk, spend time talking to their partners/friends, socialise and share a holiday with people without worrying about who's poked you, or what someone has said on the internet.
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Indeed, if it was confined to computers then I don't think it would be as much of an issue.

Ultimately though phones have now caught up to computers and many people just use a smartphone/tablet instead of an actual computer, which makes being connected to the internet far more seamless than it once was.

There's also the fact that (for the females ;)) Facebook alerts and so forth come straight through, alerting you to things that are going on and people will inevitably check them, then check something else... etc.
 
I think if i worked in IT I'd actually feel differently... since I don't, I can spend the day at work and not use it once.

I do use facebook and smartphone alerts a fair bit, however, that's because now, it's so much easier to keep in touch with friends all around the country/world without having to compile an email every time.

IT's such a useful resource now though, i.e. for a map, looking up an address/telephone number, or looking for ideas.

However, it's changed our adventurous nature. In the past you'd try a restaurant or a show without knowing much about it... now you check the reviews to see if it's any good first... now all this means is that the suppliers/owners/entrepreneurs have to step up their game to ensure that the reviews left are positive....

It's just skewed how we live our lives... however, I still hold onto the "give it a go" side of my adventurous streak - however seeking feedback and striving for improvement/perfection is rendered even better with these tools.

I do fear that sometimes people forget how to deal with people or that social interaction may have a bit of a wobble as people become more dependent on the online... however, I think by nature we are social creatures and strive social contact (I know I do)... so perhaps it's a fear that is unneeded.
 
How long could I go without the internet .... probably a a few days. But that's because I use it as a tool all of the time both at home and at work. Banking, buying stuff, research (both work and personal) are all done online ... solcialising is done online and offline but even the latter is normally arranged online.

I probably use it a lot less for personal things than I did, (outside work I'm probably online maybe 25% of the time I used to be on 10 years ago).
 
Internet has evolved into mostly everyones day-to-to life as a habit but humans adapt quite quickly, so like most habits it would be hard at first but I would think most would get used to it. Same with mobile phones etc.. They are quite a distracting.
 
I miss the days before wide internet availability to the public in all honesty. I'd quite happily go without it, even though it'd be a difficult transition at first.

Handwritten letters and phone calls were a lot more personal - nowadays people seem to like firing off the odd text message or instant message without putting much thought into it.

Nights out were arranged without the need for social media or mobile phones (be in this place at this time, and if you're late, we'll be at xyz at 10pm). Also, people weren't taking photos in the pub every 5 ****** minutes to post on twitter or fakebook. This also meant that less people got into trouble as there was no chance of your other half misconstruing the content of the aforementioned photos. :p

A lot more people (in my experience) used to make it for nights out to catch up with each other, because you didn't already know every tiny detail of your friends' lives from their online posts and status updates...

It does my head in how a group of people can be out in a pub but not talking to each other because they are all busy on their smartphones looking at status updates/other stuff on the net.

*grumble*
 
I could go a few days easy. In fact I booked a week off work to move house and get settled a year or so ago, and didnt have the internet for a week. Well, I had my phone but didnt use it as it is dire reception in my area.

Watched all my old DVDs and installed a few single player games (Fallout 1 + 2 ftw).

Any longer than that it would be hell personally! No GD, no reddit, no facebook (could get over that) no SWTOR or GW2.
 
I guess I could do it if someone paid me not to use it. But all things considering I need it for work so I'm not going to do that, couldn't really do without the internet for more than a couple days, i.e. weekends, but even then i'm still required to keep an eye on various systems via the internet.
 
I'd happily drop the internet for a couple of weeks whilst on holiday. I would have said no longer but since quitting both Facebook and Twitter at the end of last year I find it a lot easier to not NEED to be online.
I would miss Youtube a bit - I have a fair few subs and I tend to watch this instead of TV.
 
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