How long could you realistically live without the internet?

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abc3643 · Accepted Answer

I lived without it the first half of my life, I like could again. That said, much of our culture's infrastructure that existed before the Internet doesn't really exist anymore and, unless that was to return, that would make things difficult.

For instance, there used to be the Yellow Pages and White Pages (with "blue pages") telephone listings (of land-line phones, of course). This is where you searched for businesses or people's or governments phone numbers. A very limited Yellow Pages is still delivered once a year in my area, but the Internet is a much more effective tool for doing what the Yellow Pages did. The only downside now is that the White Pages are behind a paywall; they were free as a book years ago.

AyChingao · Accepted Answer

I lived the first half of my life without internet as we currently have it. Oh it was there in the 90's but dial up modems and speeds as well as the processing speeds of the day limited it in ways that seem ancient history compared to today's experience. Half an hour to download a one minute movie trailer that you now just stream... yeah.
It would be an adjustment but it would not be new.

Sunshinelips · Accepted Answer

To think people managed perfectly fine without the internet before it kicked off being popular. Me personally I need to be on the internet every day, I need news, I need info, I need to interact because I barely interact with others in real life.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Accepted Answer

The convenience would be missed, but this is what the library is for 🤷🏼‍♀️

BCRanger10 · Answer

You know, I'm not really sure. I've been reading a lot more and spending less time on my phone and my computer than I have in years past. I'd probably go through a period of withdrawal, but after a brief period of such, I'd probably be just fine.

ThaCuriousGuy007 · Answer

I literally lived most of my life from 0 to 17 without the internet, and i think as helpful as it is, it's destroying how we used to communicate with each other, so we could still live without it, we really shouldn't be using it to run ourlives as we coped for many years without it cos we actually talked to each other face to face and over the phones before it came along, we need a glitch in it to make us realize what worked better

MrOracle · Answer

I could live without it just fine, though it would suck. My business, though, HEAVILY relies on the Internet, so I'd probably have to close my existing business and create a new one. That would also suck.

Orion84 · Answer

Well, I lived before the internet, so I imagine I could so again.

It would be different than what I'm used to, but it wouldn't be difficult to revert to how life was before internet access became the norm.

Phoenix98 · Answer

I mean aside from finically stuff I don't need the internet for anything.

From the moment I get up and go to work to the moment I get home I don't look at any kind of screen really. So I already don't use it for most of the day.

ammar12343 · Answer

Outside of not having a job I think I would make it. It would’ve adjustment but I know I’d eventually adapt and likely be a lot healthier.

ohsheeT · Answer

Lol well if is going to happen then it going to happen it's would want it to but won't be much i can do about it

TurkishGuyy · Answer

Honestly, it would probably be pretty hard for me to go more than a day without the internet.

whocares1972 · Answer

I don't have internet at home. I don't have a TV either. I have a radio and a cd player.

Jessica405 · Answer

Less than hour when I am awake. It is part of my work.

jshm2 · Answer

I take two holidays a year. I tend to spend those two months off gird

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I could stretch to a month maybe. People who are saying over a year haven't been fully assimilated... yet.

Anonymous · Answer

That's a good question. I make my money on the internet. And it's pretty touch and go whether I have enough to completely retire yet. So I dunno. Definitely more than a year though. I'd guess at the least, more than a decade.

exitseven · Answer

I grew up without the internet so I could live without it again.

Massageman · Answer

If I had my land-line phone back and people would use THAT number, at least a week or two.

Iron_Man · Answer

I have a serious friend here I wouldn’t like it if I lost my Internet connection

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

I have lived more a decade of my life before knowing what the internet is

oldman26 · Answer

spent most of my life without it, i could revert

Anonymous · Answer

For years... there was no internet in here when I was born.

strateguy632 · Answer

The time in a cinema 96 minutes!

bobalife · Answer

Less than a day… I need my music & shows~ 💗😌

NathanDavis · Answer

the first 20 years of my life...

queenofcardio · Answer

Maybe almost a week

WhitneySnow · Answer

A day if I had to

FunkyMonkee · Answer

As long as I have to.

MrChinaski · Answer

Well, I did just fine for 16 years.

Jennz6 · Answer

I don’t like the Internet

dudeinohio · Answer

I could live but would go nuts after a few hours.

Mike_Hum · Answer

I work remote, so I'd lose my job.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

I made it 14 hours today

Dat-Alpha-Lion · Answer

I don’t eat or drink internet.

Sarah8000 · Answer

2.7 days probably

rapfan107 · Answer

I need it for my work so not long

OneViewpoint · Answer

Indefinitely.

QuietRunner · Answer

Less than an hour

MichaelTrump · Answer

Probably 48 houra

YourExLover69 · Answer

Max. 1 week.

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