I did not have the internet for 48 hours and almost had a mental breakdown.

No netflix, no online gaming, no checking my email or forums, lots of raging at comcast.

I must be addicted to the internet. I don't even spend that much time online but if I don't get to do my daily routine things on the net I feel a twitch in the side of my neck. HELP!!! What would happen if the internet just ceased to exist one day...what would happen to me

how about a nice game of chess?Allicrombie

The only people I know who want to play chess are online ...lol

Not counting the time period before I first went online, the longest I've gone without internet is over a month. You might want to look at other things in life besides being online.ad1x2

That's...really depressing. When I went on vacation a couple months back, I didn't have the internet for 5 days and it felt great.

That's...really depressing. When I went on vacation a couple months back, I didn't have the internet for 5 days and it felt great.

Pirate700

Plz, go outside, get a life.... well, ummm, who am I kidding?! .. I'd feel that way too. I did.Dogswithguns

Plz, go outside, get a life.... well, ummm, who am I kidding?! .. I'd feel that way too. I did.Dogswithguns

Read a book! :D I recommend:
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
Brave New World
Any distopian novel really
Or maybe something else meets your fancy. 

If this is true, you need to take some internet breaks from time to time. I'm as connect as the next guy, but I can put everything down for awhile and take a walk, play with my son, etc.

Read a book! :D I recommend:
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
Brave New World
Any distopian novel really
Or maybe something else meets your fancy. 

J4ck_The_R1pper

If this is true, you need to take some internet breaks from time to time. I'm as connect as the next guy, but I can put everything down for awhile and take a walk, play with my son, etc.

jimkabrhel

[QUOTE="J4ck_The_R1pper"]

Read a book! :D I recommend:
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
Brave New World
Any distopian novel really
Or maybe something else meets your fancy. 

GrannyGoat

[QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]

[QUOTE="J4ck_The_R1pper"]

Read a book! :D I recommend:
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
Brave New World
Any distopian novel really
Or maybe something else meets your fancy. 

J4ck_The_R1pper

Were you not able to masturbate ? I know that would make me cranky.lamprey263

Isn't it sad that the population these days can't go without the internet..... sigh....FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Isn't it sad that the population these days can't go without the internet..... sigh....GrannyGoat

My coworker didn't have internet for two and a half months after she moved. That seems abhorrent to me, but 48h seems ok. You might have a problem.

[QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Isn't it sad that the population these days can't go without the internet..... sigh....FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]yea probably but people use the internet for everything these days. like if I need an address I mapquest it, if I'm reading a textbook for class and am confused about a concept I wikipedia it to see it explained in a different way, my mom emails me more than we talk on the phone, etc.

GrannyGoat

It's sad that people can barely live without it, that they need to do everything on it.

But I guess that's because I remember the years where Internet didn't exist. Where people would go out and meet, play games at a bar or something, call each other, read a book, watch a movie, listen to music with headphones plugged into the stereo.

I would love to turn off the Internet for a whole week on the planet just to see people freak out.

And going without it doesn't make it more difficult.  Yes, the net facilitates lots of things, but humans lived a lot more less stressed without it.

[QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Yeah.... that's why I said it's so sad.FelipeInside

It's sad that people can barely live without it, that they need to do everything on it.

But I guess that's because I remember the years where Internet didn't exist. Where people would go out and meet, play games at a bar or something, call each other, read a book, watch a movie, listen to music with headphones plugged into the stereo.

I would love to turn off the Internet for a whole week on the planet just to see people freak out.

And going without it doesn't make it more difficult.  Yes, the net facilitates lots of things, but humans lived a lot more less stressed without it.

You could just go to a library if the itch is that bad.

You could just go to a library if the itch is that bad.

JDWolfie

Should have downloaded some porn instead of streaming it.foxhound_fox

lol

Read a book (or ten!), drink beer, do friend things, go for a run, etc.

Not that hard to do.

[QUOTE="JDWolfie"]

You could just go to a library if the itch is that bad.

GrannyGoat

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]lol I went to McDonalds last night to use their Wifi

GrannyGoat

I needed to check my email (was waiting on my mom to send some scanned insurance documents to me)

That's sad.

I have to go for weeks without it and I do fine.

I would of used that time to read a book or do something productive @_@.

I would of used that time to read a book or do something productive @_@.

nooblet69

That's sad.

I have to go for weeks without it and I do fine.

-TheSecondSign-

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I was just without it for three days this weekend and I was fine. I can do up to a week.

I was just without it for three days this weekend and I was fine. I can do up to a week.

Big_Pecks

That sucks man. I can go for long periods of time without internet. I use it it a lot when I want to, but I definitely can go long periods of time without it, I really only need it when a new album comes out and I want to listen to it.Ugalde-

You have a serious issue then. Read a book or play some video games or something.

[QUOTE="Ugalde-"]That sucks man. I can go for long periods of time without internet. I use it it a lot when I want to, but I definitely can go long periods of time without it, I really only need it when a new album comes out and I want to listen to it.GrannyGoat

Go out? Perhaps somewhere you can access the internet?dramaybaz

[QUOTE="GrannyGoat"]

[QUOTE="Ugalde-"]That sucks man. I can go for long periods of time without internet. I use it it a lot when I want to, but I definitely can go long periods of time without it, I really only need it when a new album comes out and I want to listen to it.Ugalde-

You have a serious issue then. Read a book or play some video games or something.

cain006

Roller Coaster Tycoon should help.

InEMplease

That's actually good advice.