What would life be like without the internet?

af_thefragile

And all other electronic communications?

Imagine a Earth is hit directly by the mother of all class X solar flare. It instantly fries all communication satellites and sends them plummeting down to the planet, blows out most of the power grids in the world sending the world in an irreparable blackout, all communications are down. Radio is nothing but static, mobile phones have no reception, all internet is down and basically the life on earth has been sent 100yrs into the past.

How do you think we would cope with such an event?
What would you do if something like that was to happen?
Do you think we could survive in such a world without falling into complete chaos and anarchy?

166man

Life would be interesting... People would actually go outside their houses...

CreepingDeath

They seem to survive okay in Mayo.

General Relativity

I'd whip out the dirty magazines from under my bed and continue as normal.

PizzamanIRL

There would be no internet.

AnonoBoy

I'd not know how many cool parties I was missing for a start.

Also all the horrific stuff like rioting, cannibalism and line dancing might break out.

EVERYONE TO THE BOMB SHELTER!!!

TheDoc

af_thefragile wrote: »

Imagine a Earth is hit directly by the mother of all class X solar flare. It instantly fries all communication satellites and sends them plummeting down to the planet, blows out most of the power grids in the world sending the world in an irreparable blackout, all communications are down.

I would imagine you'd get more p*ssy for a start.....

o1s1n

General Relativity wrote: »

I'd whip out the dirty magazines from under my bed and continue as normal.

There'd be a mass scramble for dirty magazines. They'd become our new currency.

omahaid

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_90_the-world-tomorrow-if-internet-disappeared-today/

saiint

less suicides
less bullying
less 40-50 year olds chatting up 15-16 year olds
less midnight ****
no online shopping on banking
presuming theirs no internet then theirs no phone signal either
so less loners sitting inside all day
no gossip for girls
no piracy
if their was no internet id assume wed all end up back in the stone age

admiralofthefleet

i remember life before the internet and mobile phones. society didnt collapse and everything was grand, we actually knocked into mates houses to see if they were coming out
in 20 years from we will be saying 'what was life like without .........., how did we manage without it'

Fr_Dougal

saiint wrote: »

less suicides
less bullying
less 40-50 year olds chatting up 15-16 year olds
less midnight ****
no online shopping on banking
presuming theirs no internet then theirs no phone signal either
so less loners sitting inside all day
no gossip for girls
no piracy
if their was no internet id assume wed all end up back in the stone age

I disagree with the underlined.

RikkFlair

Well obviously somebody would call Bruce Willis to save the motha****in day.

RainMaker

af_thefragile wrote: »

Imagine a Earth is hit ...

Which Earth exactly?

Plazaman

RikkFlair wrote: »

Well obviously somebody would call Bruce Willis to save the motha****in day.

Whoa there, no one mentioned a firesale so stop saying it :pac:

My 1,476 racing pidgeons will be the new email and I'll be rich, RICH I tells ya. I shall name it p-mail.

dgt

The 1930s

AnonoBoy

saiint wrote: »

less suicides
less bullying
less 40-50 year olds chatting up 15-16 year olds
less midnight ****
no online shopping on banking
presuming theirs no internet then theirs no phone signal either
so less loners sitting inside all day
no gossip for girls
no piracy

Of course because none of that ever happened before mass communication.

wilkie2006

Remember the mid to late 90s? Yea, life would be a bit like that.

Ray Palmer

It would take less than year to set it up again. Likely new network would have better tracking system. Actual wire would be used rather than phone cell system.

Crooked Jack

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Of course because none of that ever happened before mass communication.

Even online shopping and banking?

AnonoBoy

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Even online shopping and banking?

On the blackmarket yes.

Dack Janiels

It would be basically the same except most people would spend 90% of their day bouncing around on the tip of their nob.

WoollyRedHat

Less spam.
People would still be watching T.V en masse
Places like Xtra-Vision and HMV would be doing a roaring trade.

Pacly

Theres a new TV series out in America at the min called Revolution, where basically electricity doesn't work anymore. Its a great idea for a show but the actors are fairly awful.

www.nbc.com/revolution/

Knine

If there was no Internet my house would be a lot cleaner.

Jonny Drama

You wouldn't have idiots putting up pictures of themselves every 5 minutes on Facebook....

RikkFlair

Pacly wrote: »

Theres a new TV series out in America at the min called Revolution, where basically electricity doesn't work anymore. Its a great idea for a show but the actors are fairly awful.

www.nbc.com/revolution/

Sounds like another Flash Forward/Terra Nova/Alcatraz one season wonder

HowAreWe

Horny.

Buford Tannen

Lars Ulrich would still be a dick

Leslie91

People would talk to each other and hold hands.

get_even

the only downside to the internet is the availability of pornography

knucklehead6

get_even wrote: »

the only downside to the internet is the availability of pornography

Wut???

Chuck Stone

Ah shure we'd be grand.

Ellis Dee

A major chunk of the Nigerian economy would be instantly wiped out.:D:D:D

OneArt

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Remember the mid to late 90s? Yea, life would be a bit like that.

I don't want N*Sync to come back!

ScumLord

It would be like, bad and stuff.

bullets

I'd live like Grizzly Adams.

~B

gregers85

We would be having this conversation........

bbam

af_thefragile wrote: »

And all other electronic communications?

Imagine a Earth is hit directly by the mother of all class X solar flare. It instantly fries all communication satellites and sends them plummeting down to the planet, blows out most of the power grids in the world sending the world in an irreparable blackout, all communications are down. Radio is nothing but static, mobile phones have no reception, all internet is down and basically the life on earth has been sent 100yrs into the past.

How do you think we would cope with such an event?
What would you do if something like that was to happen?
Do you think we could survive in such a world without falling into complete chaos and anarchy?

I think you'd see some chaos but people are resourceful.. In fairness humans survived for a very long time without any of the things you describe..

Hell I remember life without most of them and we managed just fine.:o

I think lots of people born after 1990 would be in for quite a shock indeed..

Yakult

Internet porn simulator.
Masturbation problems sorted.

Teyla Emmagan

OP may I direct you towatds this new show called Revolution, featuring a bunch of gritty survivors trying to survive in a world without electricity. I think it will answer many of your questions.

BrianJD

I'd have to dig out the auld Family Album again and stare intently at the Playtex Cross Your Heart Bras again in the hop I'd see a hint of a nipple through the inch thick material

http://www.amerimark.com/images/04/0401/full/040120.jpg

Cargin

rife with old timers telling tales about the internets, back in the day, and how, if we head out west, Californ-y way, we just might find some internets left...

DEFTLEFTHAND

We survived for centuries without these things, we would again.