How long could you cope without the internet?
- Thread starter Rameses
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This tbh. Easily go 3+ weeks without while on holiday and that's no problem at all. Just need stuff to keep busy with and a real life social network.
Most people struggled at uni when we had a power cut for a few hours.
I could if I had something better to be doing. But filling 'dead' time without the internet is quite difficult.
One of the most appealling things about the internet for me is that I can socialise with lots of my friends at once. Yes I could invite them all round but you couldn't have 'private' conversations with several friends all infront of each other. That combined with the multiple hits of information very quickly. I guess as humans we now want to socialise/learn instantly. Going out to buy a paper, down to the library or to a social event isn't always conveinient but the internet is.
I could if I had something better to be doing. But filling 'dead' time without the internet is quite difficult.
One of the most appealling things about the internet for me is that I can socialise with lots of my friends at once. Yes I could invite them all round but you couldn't have 'private' conversations with several friends all infront of each other. That combined with the multiple hits of information very quickly. I guess as humans we now want to socialise/learn instantly. Going out to buy a paper, down to the library or to a social event isn't always conveinient but the internet is.
Man of Honour
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.
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*
Agreed. I still write hand written letters and cards.
Now people catch up and have less to say to one another because they've seen it all online.
As a result I now post less and less on Facebook.
Also, the checking of the phone/pc before doing anything else gets me, and how social interaction can sometimes be an after thought rather than choosing to speak to the person first.
I think as people we are losing our intimacy with one another too.
Soldato
Negative, just go down the papershop and get a copy of Escort, Razzle, Readers Wives, Mayfair, Whitehouse. That's how we did in the old days!!!!