30 Days- Can you last?

Okay, as part of the course I am doing in my PLC (its cheaper than college.. hah), I am going to partake in an experiment to be made into my own documentary.

The experiment is that I'm going to see if I can last 30 days without:
1) Internet
2) Mobile Phone
3) Laptop
4) Television
5) Cinema
6) MP3

... basically most modern technologies that can be used for entertainment.

So my question is this, do you think you can last 30 days?

MrJoeSoap

Deleted User wrote:

Okay, as part of the course I am doing in my PLC (its cheaper than college.. hah), I am going to partake in an experiment to be made into my own documentary.

The experiment is that I'm going to see if I can last 30 days without:
1) Internet
2) Mobile Phone
3) Laptop
4) Television
5) Cinema
6) MP3

... basically most modern technologies that can be used for entertainment.

So my question is this, do you think you can last 30 days?

I could if it was necessary, definitely. Don't really see the point otherwise though!

TerrorFirmer

1) fcuk no.
2) nope
3) yep
4) definately
5) could easily be done
6) again, could easily be done

I think at the end of it, it's only net access and mobile phone I'd have problems giving up for any length of time, much less an entire 30 days.

KdjaCL

Without using them or coming into contact with them? 2nd one impossible.


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Dave!

Interesting experiment I could probably do it, I'd be bored sh*tless though! I'd do a hell of a lot of reading.

MrJoeSoap

MrJoeSoap wrote:

I could if it was necessary, definitely. Don't really see the point otherwise though!

The point is to prove to myself and to everyone else that I can actually do it. Plus I want to see if 30 days without television will have any impact on my concentration and attention span whatsoever.

Without using them or coming into contact with them? 2nd one impossible

Without using them.

I'm going to cover myself my giving my family the numbers of the people I live with, but also the number of the school just in case I need to be contacted in case of emergency. Also, I'll set my voicemail to give people my house number instead.

Ruu_Old

Deleted User wrote:

Okay, as part of the course I am doing in my PLC (its cheaper than college.. hah), I am going to partake in an experiment to be made into my own documentary.

The experiment is that I'm going to see if I can last 30 days without:
1) Internet
2) Mobile Phone
3) Laptop
4) Television
5) Cinema
6) MP3

... basically most modern technologies that can be used for entertainment.

So my question is this, do you think you can last 30 days?

Cinema, mobile and telly I could get rid of, no way I could get rid of the rest. Technology has me in its evil claws.

NoDayBut2Day

I'd say that yes, it's possible for people to live without these things. It's not going to cause our hearts to stop beating or keep us from drawing breath.

But I wouldn't *want* to give up the use of these things in my life. And that makes all the difference.

cormie

KdjaCL wrote:

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It depends really, in Ireland, in my daily system as it is now, no. However if I was put up to the challenge while I was away, like I was in the summer for a month in the spanish countryside, I'd have no problem:cool: Plenty of other things to do that are far far better for you. Television and Cinema are no problem for me. I'm sure I've gone a few 30 day periods without either.

KdjaCL

Noone else find the irony of posting this on the internet, would writing a letter and posting it to

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kdjac

emeraldstar

Deleted User wrote:

So my question is this, do you think you can last 30 days?

nope, not a hope!! what can i say, i'm a technology addict!!

Sad Professor

I could live without tv/cinema for a month easily. But internet would be the hardest for me.

I'm sick of mobile phones and would happily give mine up forever. lol.

daveirl

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Creamy Goodness

i could do without mobile/cinema/tv but not the internet.

but technology is there to be used so i use it.

anyways good luck on your experiment.

Rabies

I have done it before. Worked at a summer camp in America a few times. The first few weeks were tough. It does take a few weeks to come to terms without everything.

jellie

so whats left that you CAN do for entertainment..?

all i can come up with is reading & sport. board games..? emm.. hmmm

gandalf

If I didn't have to use the Internet for Work then yes I could do it*

* I will probably go out of my mind though!!

sar84

sar84 wrote:

so whats left that you CAN do for entertainment..?

all i can come up with is reading & sport. board games..? emm.. hmmm

Socialising.
Talking to people.
Hanging out.

Things like that I presume.

oRlyYaRly

1) Internet - Nah
2) Mobile Phone - Could live without it
3) Laptop - Nah
4) Television - Could live without it
5) Cinema - I only really go once a month so I should be fine
6) MP3 - Yeah

DonkeyStyle \o/

Yeah I could go without them... there was plenty to do before these technologies came along... come on use your imagination.

Kojak

1) Internet - Probably not

2) Mobile Phone - Yeah, could live without it.

3) Laptop - Maybe I could live without it.

4) Television - Probably not

5) Cinema - Yeah, could live without it.

6) MP3 - Yeah, could live without it.

I don't mean to push my own bebo page (lord knows theres enough people doing it), but it would be good if people take my poll here and let me know if they think they could do it or not.

I could use the information as part of my documentary.

Faith

1) Internet - No, I use it to keep in contact with people at home too much
2) Mobile Phone - I'd probably be able to, yeah
3) Laptop - Not a chance, ever.
4) Television - As long as I could still watch DVDs, then yeah.
5) Cinema - Easily
6) MP3 - If I still had CDs, then yes. Otherwise, not ever.

Faith

Faith wrote:

1) Internet - No, I use it to keep in contact with people at home too much
2) Mobile Phone - I'd probably be able to, yeah
3) Laptop - Not a chance, ever.
4) Television - As long as I could still watch DVDs, then yeah.
5) Cinema - Easily
6) MP3 - If I still had CDs, then yes. Otherwise, not ever.

Thats a good point which I never thought about. DVDs should be included in what I can't do.

SpitfireIV

1) Internet......Not a chance!
2) Mobile Phone....dont have one, so yeah.....I think I could manage that
3) Laptop.......^ See answer to question one.
4) Television.....Ehhh, yeah I probably could
5) Cinema......Definately, not much to go see in the cinema these days anyway.
6) MP3.......Yeah, I could manage that.

Diarmsquid

I gave up TV/Video/DVD for lent once, and that was before I had broadband and a decent PC so I didn't use the net. It was hard, but I had homework and stuff. I'd say I could do it, and I might for Lent this year. Tough though.

I dunno if I'd manage the mobile phone. Mine is a part of me. It's become a necessitity more than a luxury.

Pigman II

The internet (surprise surprise) seems to be the one people here have the most trouble living without? I could defo live without the net but I doubt I could go a month without using a computer in general.

GLaDOS

1) Internet - Not a chance
2) Mobile Phone - Mite manage...
3) Laptop - Without internet, its useless...
4) Television - Easily
5) Cinema - Easily
6) MP3 - Probobly not

DonkeyStyle \o/

Pigman II wrote:

I could defo live without the net but I doubt I could go a month without using a computer in general.

I'm ok as long as I can just hold something mouse-shaped for a while... little bastards keep running away though

JackKelly

I don't really see why you would want to give these things up in the first place? The majority of those named make life easier.
I can't imagine you are too dependant on them in the first place, and they don't exactly cause a negative effect, excluding television perhaps.

So unless you use them in excess, why not spend the thirty days kicking something worthwhile?

sar84 wrote:

so whats left that you CAN do for entertainment..?

all i can come up with is reading & sport. board games..? emm.. hmmm

um, anything pre 1950's?

Black Swan

Laptop and Internet, no way can I survive without them...would go into withdrawal shock after a couple of days. Cinema, painful, but yes could hold out. Telly broke months ago and didn't bother to replace it, and don't miss it at all. Mobile is work calling, so you can keep it. MP3 is no big deal...it will never replace a good sound system, especially if you want to blow away your neighbors or dance on the head of those in the downstairs flat.