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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kdjac

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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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.

Kaiser_Sma

I could survive without all of those just would need alot of company and boos

abetarrush

ur gonna be doin a lot of readin t pass the time

although, PS2 aint on the list!

Lust4Life

I could do it if I were not home.
Say if I spent a month roughing it up in Amish Country where NO ONE has those conveniences, then I could surely do it.
The first week would be a b1tch, though! I'll bet I'd be crabby.
But if I kept busy I could do it.

I'd write a lot of letters.

Maybe the day beforehand I'd print up the novel I've been writing on my computer and finally get the editing part completed!


Oh, Hey, OP, you didn't mention credit cards / electronic purchases. Will you give that up as well?

Kaiser_Sma

abetarrush wrote:

ur gonna be doin a lot of readin t pass the time

although, PS2 aint on the list!

try playing your PS2 without a TV

ronbyrne2005

not very original idea, morgan spurlock inspired no doubt. Hardly very scientific either, who's gonna measure your concentration changes etc or are you gonna adopt a highly subjective approach? when not using all those technologies and doing other things like reading more and socialising would make it impossible to determine what caused what.

Darragh29

Deleted User wrote:

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.

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.

I've a good mate who did something similar for two weeks, he gave up watching or listening to the news for 2 weeks and noticed a serious improvement in his mood and much lower stress levels....

crosstownk

I could live without the cinema and television - but the rest - not a prayer. Unless someone left me with a 30 day supply of beer and a radio.

Personally I'd consider it an experiment in torture!!!!

Lurk

I could but I'm not in the humour.

slipss

Deleted User wrote:

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

Easily, wouldn't miss a single one of them and reguraly go for several days at a time without using any of them.

Internet: I really only use in the small am hours due to insomnia but I could quite as happily read a book or go walking around my estate instead.
Mobile phone: I usually have it turned off in my pocket and only turn it on when I decide to ring someone and for business I use other peoples mobiles, never my own and seeing as I live in Dublin and the place is littered with payphones I have no real use for it.
Laptop: Never had one, and never had a need for one.
TV: Only watch it as an excuse for procrastinating and sometimes go weeks without watching it.
Cinema:Rarely a really good film on, that would hold my interest.
MP3:I'd miss this the most, but with radio, CD's ect It wouldn't bother me that much.

elivsvonchiaing

If i grew up without all of these I guess it would be easier;

Internet cannot live without (I go to cafes on holiday after day 2). The rest it is just the deprivation interval that counts - not sure what the threshold is for each.

Just can't imagine what it's like to live/grow up in a community without all this tbh!

That said I do remember the days before many of these things; they existed - just not available to me - I wasn't aware they existed; the GUI and internet are as old as the apollo missions; people only got them in the late '80's and early '90's - (except for mp3 and the laptop - these are '90's - i've seen laptops from the '80's so don't go there... ;-)

We have accepted and become addicted to these technologies - that is how I feel about them - maybe I'm in a minority here - but that is how I see it.

In order to truly question your reliance/addiction to technology you need to go to New York (driving) and obey your GPS - when you come to a 3 tier intersection you will be pissed off if you don't ignore it and use your own common sense!

"In 400ft - keep right... recalculating... drive for 1.3 miles and keep right ... keep right... continue for 1.2 miles... in 400ft - keep right ... recalulating..." - wow this looks familiar!!!!!!

Add to that the hassle of moving from one technology provider to another. E.g. phone upgrade - I now just go Nokia to Nokia - can't be arsed to figure out how to transfer my phonebook otherwise!

biko

Yes, but particularly if I was on "Lost" island with Kate

Our man in Havana

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?

You are Morgan Spurlock and I claim my €5.

The Hill Billy

Internet
Mobile Phone
Laptop
Television
Cinema
MP3

I could quite happily do without all of the above, apart from TV (but still do-able).
I would however, need a lot of booze, fags, a fishing rod & a dozen books to pass the time.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I think its possible alright, the only problems being I work with a PC... Have often gone months without really watching TV I'd only ever watch it if i was in a friends house and they had it on.

1) Internet - Use it in work, hardly at home
2) Mobile Phone - No!
3) Laptop - Need it for work, otherwise I'd get fired!
4) Television - Dont really have time for it
5) Cinema - I watch the odd dvd but I could go without watching movies or the cinema
6) MP3 - Yes if i was allowed to listen to tapes or even CD's


You never put car but I'd never survive without mine!

To fill my time away from modern technology
I would work out more, spend more time with my godson and loved ones, have more sex, catch up on my sleep, learn how to properly cook, organise my room, and do a clean out of my ton's of clothes I don't wear anymore

Demetrius

I could last thirty days without them for I have in the past. The only difference would be email. I didn't used it before last year (I'm a cretin, I know:)) but now it is difficulkt to get by without it.

Resorting to snail-mail would be quite an inconvenience. It would be almost like being in the early 19th centuary again.

valor

whats the point

Lump

The experiment is that I'm going to see if I can last 30 days without:
1) Internet - No
2) Mobile Phone - Yes - I only use it to text. The internet can get me out of that one.
3) Laptop - Yes
4) Television - Yes - I watch all my tv on the PC and Internet.
5) Cinema - Yes - I never go to the cinema
6) MP3 - Yea



30 Days is madness

seamus

Much more interesting would be finding out if you can live without a clock (or without knowing the time from any source) for a week.

rogue-entity

Deleted User wrote:

1) Internet
2) Mobile Phone
3) Laptop
4) Television
5) Cinema
6) MP3

I dont know.. but this could be interesting. As for me...
1) Hell no, I cant last a day, let alone a week.
2) Nope, I am too cheap to buy a watch so I use my phone as a clock (plus I like browsing 3's garden when I am bored at work
3) Yep, I could just use the PC.. although my MacbookPro is just soo much better then my ageing windows box.
4) Yep... although that will change when Sky One starts showing the new Stargate Episodes in mid October
5) Yep, definatly.
7) Yep, definatly.. Compy plays back my music just fine anyway