A world without internet

Irelandcool

Lets say someday you woke up turned tried to turn on the internet and it didn't work for some reason. Then later somehow you find out on the news that internet/worldwideweb has stopped and will never be able to work again for some reason with no other alternative being able to be establish. How would you react to this, would you be able to live in this world and also how would it affect the world globally since people are so big into the internet nowadays.

Westernyelp

it would be grand

wnolan1992

I'm headin' out Californy way. They say they got plenty o' internet out there!

Google "where is internet".

Arrow in the Knee

You haven't lived in the countryside I'm guessing?

ygolometsipe

You shouldn't even joke about this OP!

Not funny.

This is why I did three years in DIT in native american smoke signalling, I'm a killer at pictures of cats

Cee-Jay-Cee

I think it would be a blessing, even though I use the Internet/www several
times a day, I would be all for its total disappearance.

NachoBusiness

Irelandcool wrote: »

How would you react to this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO5kzKXZn5c

The Backwards Man

Despite what young techies and unretrainable computer science graduates would have you believe, civilisation as we know it will carry on regardless. There may be some minor discomforts along the way, but nothing compared to the yearly ravages caused by war and natural disaster.

Bongalongherb

Irelandcool wrote: »

Lets say someday you woke up turned tried to turn on the internet and it didn't work for some reason. Then later somehow you find out on the news that internet/worldwideweb has stopped and will never be able to work again for some reason with no other alternative being able to be establish. How would you react to this, would you be able to live in this world and also how would it affect the world globally since people are so big into the internet nowadays.

No biggy. I'd just get back much more into reading and astronomy and spending more time playing the classical guitar and also more exercise. It wouldn't bother me in the least if the net died, as much as I love it.

Butterface

I would miss it as a repository of knowledge but I would be happy that the social networking shite would disappear.

I would also lose my job in the tech industry.

Talib Fiasco

I'd post a status on Facebook asking is anybody else's internet not working either/

SEPT 23 1989

I would breathe a quiet sigh of relief

degsie

Irelandcool wrote: »

Lets say someday you woke up turned on tried to turn on the internet pr0n and it didn't work for some reason.

fyp

john the one

My steam games are downloaded already. Happy out and fcuk you zombie apocalypse

wnolan1992

john the one wrote: »

My steam games are downloaded already. Happy out and fcuk you zombie apocalypse

Yeah, but most probably have always on DRM, so you're f*cked either way.

Old Perry

Head down to the pub, have a nice cold pint, wait for all this to blow over.

Bongalongherb

Old Perry wrote: »

Head down to the pub, have a nice cold pint, wait for all this to blow over.

Please don't mention alcohol

Mr. Incognito

I am 33 and grew up without the internet.

Only someone who hasnt would ask such a question.

john the one

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Yeah, but most probably have always on DRM, so you're f*cked either way.

You can take your negativity and shove it up your man hole.

Minecraft, tomb raider, wolfenstein, the walking dead. At least 50 million hours Gameplay in them alone

Bongalongherb

I'm just waiting for that big-ass solar flare to eventually hit our grids around the world. No satellite communication, no internet, no power, just a relaxing time to read under candle-light, and the stars in the sky will be much clearer to see from the lack of street lighting. How placid and relaxing it all sounds for me while others jump off multi-story buildings unable to cope with the natural ways of nature.

Pretzill

Most of my work involves having an internet connection. So some work would go and other would be slower delivery wise. (Though I only got half decent broadband at the start of this summer - after a few years of poor mobile and many years of dialup - but still managed then) I would read more. And would probably have to buy a weekly newspaper - (not the Mail or Indo)

I wouldn't miss all the crowd opinions (boards discussions I would miss a little though) You know the trending sh*te - the armchair majority rubbish, photos of cats, silly ads etc - even though I don't have Facebook it still manages to proliferate and finds its way into everything.

I would also be happy that books, music and movies would be purchased for proper money and creativity was rewarded without all the freebies knocking around. In fact although it would mean personally my work would suffer I would happily pull the plug on the internet because of certain social media outlets, plagarism and illegal downloading.

keith16

Irelandcool wrote: »

Lets say someday you woke up turned tried to turn on the internet and it didn't work for some reason. Then later somehow you find out on the news that internet/worldwideweb has stopped and will never be able to work again for some reason with no other alternative being able to be establish. How would you react to this, would you be able to live in this world and also how would it affect the world globally since people are so big into the internet nowadays.

Your last question is more pertinent. However, most of your OP implies that the internet is a personal indulgence. In many many ways, that's true. But the bigger truth is the internet is a massive cultural, economic, politcal presence that transcends the "hope your ok" cnuts.

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I think it would be a blessing, even though I use the Internet/www several
times a day, I would be all for its total disappearance.

Perhaps yes for the afore mentioned cnuts. It's total disappearance might remove a lot of the audible noise, but it would also have catastrophic, unimaginable consequences.

Old Perry

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Please don't mention alcohol

Why so?

it would seem to me , partially because of my blood/alcohol level right now but also the the day and time, an opportune moment to mention alcohol?

arhaaa screw da tinternet, who needs her anyways???

Ruu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzybAS7zltE

BunkMoreland

If the internet somehow completely went down, implying serious problems with communications systems, you wouldn't be so quick to think it's a better world. For a good period of time it would be massively disruptive. Financial collapse probably due to inability to move money.

Mint Aero

NachoBusiness wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO5kzKXZn5c

WTF is that? worst acting I've ever seen

Son Of A Vidic

Irelandcool wrote: »

would you be able to live in this world

I managed fine before the internet and I'll manage just as well without it.

KingBrian2

It would be a catastrophe in the immediate short term but human civilization would rebuild and adapt to a new world.

mikom

Downforeveryoneorjustme

Bongalongherb

BunkMoreland wrote: »

If the internet somehow completely went down, implying serious problems with communications systems, you wouldn't be so quick to think it's a better world. For a good period of time it would be massively disruptive. Financial collapse probably due to inability to move money.

Who said it would be a better world ?. It would be a changed world all the same. But to the survivalist it would not be a problem.

There is more to life than money, going back to the wild. Conditioned to think paper money is the real life and deal to survive. The time is acoming when the grid is knocked out, or the next asteroid or comet hits, and I will be sitting there reading a book on philosophy drinking a few shots of whiskey while the ants run around in complete chaos not understanding how to survive without it all.

My classified underground bunker is at the ready if ever needed, but unfortunately only 5 women are allowed enter to stay. The rest will need to seek old dvd's of how to survive in this wild world without the internet or electricity. I wish you all the best of luck.

Date end...12th july 2015...Raccoon city. I just hope that any-one reading this will understand that you need to seek supplies and food immediately.

Be safe...

Hank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PRnnu4Foc

DivingDuck

No internet is what awaits us in the afterlife if we're really, really bad people.

Bongalongherb

You might become part of the internet and electrical field energy thereafter in the afterlife for all we know. The unknown is the frightening part. Your electrical energy of electrons protons neutrons might get coaxed into a grid of electrical current on a computer program on some-ones computer

DivingDuck

Bongalongherb wrote: »

You might become part of the internet and electrical field energy thereafter in the afterlife for all we know. The unknown is the frightening part. Your electrical energy of electrons protons neutrons might get coaxed into a grid of electrical current on a computer program on some-ones computer

Better than being conscious with no internet...

I'm half serious here. I would genuinely hate to live in a world without the internet. While it has its drawbacks, being able to communicate near-instantly with people all over the world and having immediate access anywhere to enormous amounts of information and entertainment makes my life immeasurably better on a moment to moment basis.

I hate being without it, even for short periods of time.

Bongalongherb

DivingDuck wrote: »

Better than being conscious with no internet...

I'm half serious here. I would genuinely hate to live in a world without the internet. While it has its drawbacks, being able to communicate near-instantly with people all over the world and having immediate access anywhere to enormous amounts of information and entertainment makes my life immeasurably better on a moment to moment basis.

I hate being without it, even for short periods of time.

Can you picture a time when there was no internet ? I can. What did folk do then ?. They were as happy or more happy than we are now as a collective society. The 'book' was the internet. The book was - and still is the beautiful enlightenment of learning and dreams that have come to life.

The internet is great for direct fast communication to the world, but, would it really have so much of a profound impact on your life if it ceased to exist ?. That is the box of which many folk are stuck in.

DivingDuck

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Can you picture a time when there was no internet ? I can. What did folk do then ?. They were as happy or more happy than we are now as a collective society. The 'book' was the internet. The book was - and still is the beautiful enlightenment of learning and dreams that have come to life.

The internet is great for direct fast communication to the world, but, would it really have so much of a profound impact on your life if it ceased to exist ?. That is the box of which many folk are stuck in.

I remember the pre-internet era, and for me personally? I would never, ever want to go back to it. I fully understand and appreciate that for some people, it adds nothing to enrich their lives, and that's fine. For me, it improves my life on every possible level.

Books are great, and I'm a big reader. But with the internet, I can now get books faster and more easily than I could before the internet. It hasn't stopped me reading-- if anything, I read more now, since my phone or tablet lets me have access to a huge library of books I wouldn't cart around otherwise, and the ability to dip into books for free that I wouldn't have chanced if I'd had to pay for them first.

I can also get TV shows, movies, newspapers, magazines, and articles written by people who are interesting, but would never have been published by traditional pre-internet media. I have an impossibly vast encyclopaedia at my fingertips at any hour of the day or night, dictionaries, translators, and access to forums where people have already solved whatever problem I'm experiencing and can advise me on how best to deal with it. I have access to a variety of items for purchase that no single shop could carry, and a variety of pre-purchase reviews and opinions on those items that you could never hope to round up offline. I've learned about new foods, new music, new TV shows, new movies and all kinds of new things I would never have known about if not for the internet.

I can make friends with people in far-flung places that I would never have met otherwise, people who share my interests and convictions. I can have the kind of conversations I would never have been able to experience in a pre-internet era. I can find deals on hotels and flights that allow me to visit these people for the best possible prices in a way that would never have happened with traditional travel agents. I can research the hotel and the area before I leave so I can make all my plans in advance. If I do get lost while I'm there, I can pull my phone out and find my way back to where I need to be without worrying about wandering into an unsafe area or being late.

I can contact anyone I need to at any time, immediately, cheaply, and from anywhere. The same is true of most people who would need to reach me.

I remember life before the internet: it was expensive (in my childhood and early teens I was reading up to three books a day), and it was lonely. I cannot describe the profound and positive impact that internet has had on my life. I don't expect this to be the case for everyone, but for me personally, it was probably a life-saver, and I mean that in the most literal terms.

dxhound2005

A large majority of people in the world, including 50 million Americans have no internet. Individual or collective happiness is nothing to do with internet connection.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/02/4-4-billion-people-around-the-world-still-dont-have-internet-heres-where-they-live/

In Myanmar, 99.5 percent of the population is offline; in Ethiopia, almost 98 percent; in Tanzania, more than 95 percent; and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just under 95 percent.

Bongalongherb

DivingDuck wrote: »

I remember the pre-internet era, and for me personally? I would never, ever want to go back to it. I fully understand and appreciate that for some people, it adds nothing to enrich their lives, and that's fine. For me, it improves my life on every possible level.

Books are great, and I'm a big reader. But with the internet, I can now get books faster and more easily than I could before the internet. It hasn't stopped me reading-- if anything, I read more now, since my phone or tablet lets me have access to a huge library of books I wouldn't cart around otherwise, and the ability to dip into books for free that I wouldn't have chanced if I'd had to pay for them first.

I can also get TV shows, movies, newspapers, magazines, and articles written by people who are interesting, but would never have been published by traditional pre-internet media. I have an impossibly vast encyclopaedia at my fingertips at any hour of the day or night, dictionaries, translators, and access to forums where people have already solved whatever problem I'm experiencing and can advise me on how best to deal with it. I have access to a variety of items for purchase that no single shop could carry, and a variety of pre-purchase reviews and opinions on those items that you could never hope to round up offline. I've learned about new foods, new music, new TV shows, new movies and all kinds of new things I would never have known about if not for the internet.

I can make friends with people in far-flung places that I would never have met otherwise, people who share my interests and convictions. I can have the kind of conversations I would never have been able to experience in a pre-internet era. I can find deals on hotels and flights that allow me to visit these people for the best possible prices in a way that would never have happened with traditional travel agents. I can research the hotel and the area before I leave so I can make all my plans in advance. If I do get lost while I'm there, I can pull my phone out and find my way back to where I need to be without worrying about wandering into an unsafe area or being late.

I can contact anyone I need to at any time, immediately, cheaply, and from anywhere. The same is true of most people who would need to reach me.

I remember life before the internet: it was expensive (in my childhood and early teens I was reading up to three books a day), and it was lonely. I cannot describe the profound and positive impact that internet has had on my life. I don't expect this to be the case for everyone, but for me personally, it was probably a life-saver, and I mean that in the most literal terms.

Excellent and intelligent post.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the same myself, and I love technology and have a keen interest in computer repair for many many years. But if the net died, It wouldn't hit me too bad personally. But yeah, you made an excellent point there indeed.

DivingDuck

Bongalongherb wrote: »

But if the net died, It wouldn't hit me too bad personally. But yeah, you made an excellent point there indeed.

Something I think might be easily overlooked as well is the impact of the internet as a form of competition for... Just about everything. From entertainment companies to the shops in the shopping center, almost all "traditional" businesses are competing with the internet now, and that's something which has forced them to try to either provide better services or compete on price.

Even for people who wouldn't necessarily miss the internet on a daily basis in terms of their usage and life priorities, there would probably be a knock-on effect in the removal of that competition which would be felt by everyone.

GreatDefector

Luckily I have built in redundancy from the pigeon coop in the back garden

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

efb

I would cry, them read teletext.

KKkitty

I'd cry and then be wondering what the next level of Candy crush or pet rescue would be like if I could play it.

Bongalongherb

DivingDuck wrote: »

Something I think might be easily overlooked as well is the impact of the internet as a form of competition for... Just about everything. From entertainment companies to the shops in the shopping center, almost all "traditional" businesses are competing with the internet now, and that's something which has forced them to try to either provide better services or compete on price.

Even for people who wouldn't necessarily miss the internet on a daily basis in terms of their usage and life priorities, there would probably be a knock-on effect in the removal of that competition which would be felt by everyone.

Yes.
We can blame the torrents for that one. But there again, the torrents forced the change for all analogue music and movie businesses to pucker-up and get used to this huge change in digital format.

DivingDuck

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Yes.
We can blame the torrents for that one. But there again, the torrents forced the change for all analogue music and movie businesses to pucker-up and get used to this huge change in digital format.

It's not just torrents, though: it's EBay, Amazon, etc. I notice a huge difference in the attitude of shops these days compared with even ten years ago. Lately, it seems that when I ask for something which isn't in stock, they immediately offer to order it, whereas ten or fifteen years ago, you'd get a blank look and a "Whaaa? Ah, no, we wouldn't be bothered with them things."

The Internet is like RyanAir: you don't have to like it or use it, but there's no denying that its presence has improved life for consumers simply by existing and providing a competition that others have to try to beat.

PizzamanIRL

OP you scared me for a minute with the title. I thought the internet was gone.

Niemoj

I'd cry, cry and cry again and then get on with my life.

Bongalongherb

Do you see in a way, the most real state is the state of nothing, that's what it's going to all come to... but if somebody is going to argue, that the basic reality is nothingness, where does all this come from ? obviously from nothingness, ha ha ha ha.

It all disappeared into nothingness, what is the feeling ? it's a curious thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF5taT7X4u0

Menas

I think I would be happy for a while. Get life back to the basics.
When I go on holiday I move my sim in to a 10 year old 'unsmart' phone. Just to stop been online.

Gerry Rio

Geroge Carlin once said all that would be needed to send us back to the Stone Age would be for electricity to stop working worldwide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWA_cw9tss&list=RD3ZWA_cw9tss

Let's go less extreme than that and ask two questions:

What would happen if all internet stopped worldwide and never came back?

Would you be able to go back to your pre internet ways?

The questions raised by Carlin in the above video are very relative to a world without internet too as George recorded it in a time when the internet either didnt have much of an impact in the world or was just as the "I use it for email only" stage.

Without internet Im presuming the security issues it would cause worldwide would be massive.

What would a world without internet look like? A lot simpler no doubt, but infinitely less linked in.

LDN_Irish

Done yesterday bud.

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057460448/1

Gerry Rio

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Done yesterday bud.

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057460448/1

That's incredibly coincidental. Didnt see that. Thanks.