If the Internet went down globally, what would happen?

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#1 Mike-uk
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If worldwide the Internet went down, not a single available connection anywhere on Earth, what do you think would happen? Would society collapse?

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#2 clyde46
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Chaos, chaos everywhere!
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#3 l4dak47
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The adult video stores would make one of the biggest comebacks known to mankind.
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#4 Jebus213
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Chaos, chaos everywhere!clyde46
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#5 NiKva
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I might actually get a girlfriend and get laid.
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#6 deactivated-5e97585ea928c
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I'd end up picking up a new hobby, the only reason i can game as much as i do is that my friends are either in ventrilo talking to me or playing along-side me. Without the internet, i'd be so bored.
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#7 Chow_Mein_Kampf
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Porn-related riots..........

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#8 Pirate700
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We could go back to living our lives off our computers.

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#9 chessmaster1989
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The end of the world
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#10 konvikt_17
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id think there would be some major disasters.

a ton of things are computer controlled, and chances are, an internet connection is needed to work properly.

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#11 Treflis
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I think there's be some chaos, maybe not in the normal households but regarding stocks and various otehr infrastructure that is modernized to the point where a internet connection is required would take a hit.
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#12 konvikt_17
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id think there would be some major disasters.

a ton of things are computer controlled, and chances are, an internet connection is needed to work properly.

konvikt_17

as for myself, id still be alright, ive got a pretty decent porn collection.

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#13 WolfattheDoor34
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the human mind would eventually progress to the point that one man would remember that which he never knew and he would travel back to before the internet shutdown and he would prevent it
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#14 Pirate700
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id think there would be some major disasters.

a ton of things are computer controlled, and chances are, an internet connection is needed to work properly.

konvikt_17

Hmm...I don't think anything of any real importance requires the internet to function. That would just be silly, much less practical.

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#15 Fightingfan
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Porn-related riots..........

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Beat me too it, semen everywhere!
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#16 Celldrax
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I would drink myself into a stupor, and thoughtfully reflect on the meaning of existence.

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#17 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Chow_Mein_Kampf"]

Porn-related riots..........

Fightingfan

Beat me too it, semen everywhere!

It wouldn't be everywhere because there'd be no porn to fap to.

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#18 KiIIyou
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:o Down where?
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#19 l4dak47
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I would drink myself into a stupor, and thoughtfully reflect on the meaning of existence.

Celldrax
Shrooms/LSD is better for that type of thing. Alcohol is cool, but it just turns you into a mumbling idiot.
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#20 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

id think there would be some major disasters.

a ton of things are computer controlled, and chances are, an internet connection is needed to work properly.

Pirate700

Hmm...I don't think anything of any real importance requires the internet to function. That would just be silly, much less practical.

ah. now that i think about it, makes sense.:P

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#21 Fightingfan
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="Chow_Mein_Kampf"]

Porn-related riots..........

Pirate700

Beat me too it, semen everywhere!

It wouldn't be everywhere because there'd be no porn to fap to.

Then large abundance of testosterone, and nothing good can come from that.
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#22 Pirate700
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In all seriousness though, I think we'd get by fine. Internet wasn't a regular thing in homes until the mid 90s so it's not like something we've had for hundreds of years. Unless you'rereally young, you remember life without the internet and it was just fine.

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#23 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="Chow_Mein_Kampf"]

Porn-related riots..........

Pirate700

Beat me too it, semen everywhere!

It wouldn't be everywhere because there'd be no porn to fap to.

which is when a porn collection comes in handy:P

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#24 Fightingfan
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In all seriousness though, I think we'd get by fine. Internet wasn't a regular thing in homes until the mid 90s so it's not like something we've had for hundreds of years. Unless you'rereally young, you remember life without the internet and it was just fine.

Pirate700
We've come to reliant to google though, I doubt half of OT could leave their town if it wasn't for google maps :P
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#25 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] Beat me too it, semen everywhere!konvikt_17

It wouldn't be everywhere because there'd be no porn to fap to.

which is when a porn collection comes in handy:P

People still have those? :P

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#26 Celldrax
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[QUOTE="Celldrax"]

I would drink myself into a stupor, and thoughtfully reflect on the meaning of existence.

l4dak47

Shrooms/LSD is better for that type of thing. Alcohol is cool, but it just turns you into a mumbling idiot.

Nah, not keen on anything that'll really mess with my head. I'll just bake up some space cookies.

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#27 l4dak47
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[QUOTE="l4dak47"][QUOTE="Celldrax"]

I would drink myself into a stupor, and thoughtfully reflect on the meaning of existence.

Celldrax

Shrooms/LSD is better for that type of thing. Alcohol is cool, but it just turns you into a mumbling idiot.

Nah, not keen on anything that'll really mess with my head. I'll just bake up some space cookies.

That I can get behind.
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#28 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]It wouldn't be everywhere because there'd be no porn to fap to.

Pirate700

which is when a porn collection comes in handy:P

People still have those? :P

i do:P

from a thread i made it OTAH, its seems most people just stream.

but thats no good when the internet is down.

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#29 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

which is when a porn collection comes in handy:P

konvikt_17

People still have those? :P

i do:P

from a thread i made it OTAH, its seems most people just stream.

but thats no good when the internet is down.

The only porn I actually own are some DVDs my buddies and I got at a stripclub that they gave out for free if you bought a lap dance. I keep them purely for sentimental value, I assure you.

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#30 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]People still have those? :P

Pirate700

i do:P

from a thread i made it OTAH, its seems most people just stream.

but thats no good when the internet is down.

The only porn I actually own are some DVDs my buddies and I got at a stripclub that they gave out for free if you bought a lap dance. I keep them purely for

sentimental value, I assure you.

oh, of course:P

i dont have no tangible vids, just all digital.

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#31 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

i do:P

from a thread i made it OTAH, its seems most people just stream.

but thats no good when the internet is down.

konvikt_17

The only porn I actually own are some DVDs my buddies and I got at a stripclub that they gave out for free if you bought a lap dance. I keep them purely for

sentimental value, I assure you.

oh, of course:P

i dont have no tangible vids, just all digital.

Seriously, they're covered in dust in an old cabinet. They're like a decade old so that's ancient in porn years. :P

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#32 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]The only porn I actually own are some DVDs my buddies and I got at a stripclub that they gave out for free if you bought a lap dance. I keep them purely for

sentimental value, I assure you.

Pirate700

oh, of course:P

i dont have no tangible vids, just all digital.

Seriously, they're covered in dust in an old cabinet. They're like a decade old so that's ancient in porn years. :P

haha indeed

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Humanity would tear itself apart like an angry child with a napkin.

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#35 bjvill
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I keep them purely for sentimental value, I assure you. Pirate700
Take them out of the memory box and put them into the emergency kit.
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#36 GhettoBlastin92
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A lot of bad stuff would happen.
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#37 1PMrFister
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The adult video stores would make one of the biggest comebacks known to mankind. l4dak47
Not to mention video game magazines.
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#38 Ace6301
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I'd probably get more work done.
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#39 ShadowsDemon
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Then we'd all end up in asylums, if society saw the way we talk and act online.
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#40 konvikt_17
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I have about 98% of my porn saved to my HD, so I'm good. I also have a katana, so bring on the desperate mofos.

InEMplease

ha, could turn a profit.

you want to view some porn? pay up.

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#42 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

[QUOTE="InEMplease"]

I have about 98% of my porn saved to my HD, so I'm good. I also have a katana, so bring on the desperate mofos.

InEMplease

ha, could turn a profit.

you want to view some porn? pay up.

A'men, I am but a sharing individual. What is mine is yours, just don't unleash your force in my room.

:lol:

could even go as far to buy some cheap usb drives, then sell by the size. would leave your room nice and clean.:P

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#43 Lord_Omikron666
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I'd no longer have a reason to live

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#45 krazykillaz
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Society wouldn't collapse, but bad things would happen.
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#46 67gt500
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i guess things would just go back to how they were before the internet...
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#47 soulless4now
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We could all enjoy some quality time with the family.

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#48 Wilfred_Owen
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We could go back to living our lives off our computers.

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NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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#49 JigglyWiggly_
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i don't even know what i would do on my off time you can't even learn without the internet
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#50 Skarwolf
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Same thing we used to do in the 70s & 80s.

Actually go and talk to people. Use the postal service & land lines. Use encyclopedias at the library.