Ban the internet

[ZEGH8578]

Ban tv and public transportation. Enough is enough. We've seen how well this works for us. Ive described myself as "anarcho-primitivist" before, and every time jackasses tell me "well them go live in the woods then, you idealist crybaby!"
no.

heres why i wont go live in the woods:
1. primitive humans in norway never lived "in the woods" they lived in huts and caves.
2. as long as im the only one doing it, i would simply be a jackass. it would only make sense if _everyone else_ does it too, if it becomes _culture_ to live in huts and caves.

but!
if it gets banned, all of it, tv and internet taken away from ALL of us, it would be much easyer to accept. dont you think? back to hunting and foraging, and quit your whining, you ALL can do it! LITTLE KIDS mentally re-adapt to a natural disaster in a day, meaning, they adapt their minds from living in a town, to living in mud, in notime.
its just a matter of tuning your mind into it.
i say we know what we need now. we can worship black holes and the big bang, we KNOW we're never gonna get there. we tried, we tasted, we saw how it worked, now we can go back to being human again. no more progression. lets just be monkeys

[Al Swearegen]

No thanks

[SleepyDragon]

Private transport companies and automobile manufacturers and the lobby groups that support them have being doing their damndest to shut down public transportation for quite awhile. Even though they haven't succeeded completely in their objective... How did Homer Simpson put it? "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians"? Not exactly the people's choice, especially where alternatives are available.

Abolish TV? And force all that lovely advertising to find a new home elsewhere? Can't see that happening anytime soon.

Ban the Interwebz? Faaaarrrr too late for that. Too many of us have gotten to like it. No going back now. Even if it were dismantled, it would be reinvented in short order.

[ZEGH8578]

Private transport companies and automobile manufacturers and the lobby groups that support them have being doing their damndest to shut down public transportation for quite awhile. Even though they haven't succeeded completely in their objective... How did Homer Simpson put it? "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians"? Not exactly the people's choice, especially where alternatives are available.

Abolish TV? And force all that lovely advertising to find a new home elsewhere? Can't see that happening anytime soon.

Ban the Interwebz? Faaaarrrr too late for that. Too many of us have gotten to like it. No going back now. Even if it were dismantled, it would be reinvented in short order.

remember: everyone is not an american! important important! public transportation is huge in norway, and most families have _only one car shared between everyone_ (shock shock shock!!!)

and i know, i know its too late, im just sayin... crybabies who cry about how the world would suck without cars and tv, theyre wrong. life would be DIFFERENT without cars or tv, it would be more difficult, but it would be much more rewarding i think.
ive never had to kill to survive. i bet it feels totally rewarding.

[Scrapheap]

How about we tie you to the ground and use you for a scheisse film instead??

[ZEGH8578]

How about we tie you to the ground and use you for a scheisse film instead??

not very constructive

none of you see my genious here _I_ would miss internet too, and as long as the west remains civilized, ill want to keep my internet. but if i had my innermost will, there would be no internet for you or for me or for anybody

[Callaway]

I think it is an interesting idea, but no thanks.

I remember seeing a television show where several families volunteered to live more primitively; I think it was called Frontier House.  While it was interesting to watch, I wouldn't want to live that way myself.  I know people who garden and grow and hunt most of their food, but they have electricity, the internet, and running water and they would not want to live without them.  There have been others who choose to live in a tiny cabin in the woods without electricity or running water because they think similarly to you such as Theodore Kaczynski.

[ZEGH8578]

I think it is an interesting idea, but no thanks.

I remember seeing a television show where several families volunteered to live more primitively; I think it was called Frontier House.  While it was interesting to watch, I wouldn't want to live that way myself.  I know people who garden and grow and hunt most of their food, but they have electricity, the internet, and running water and they would not want to live without them.  There have been others who choose to live in a tiny cabin in the woods without electricity or running water because they think similarly to you such as Theodore Kaczynski.

my point is, it remains an undesireable idea, even to me of course, as long as im the only one without it. what am i gonna do? ill be missing the hell out of internet and computer games all day

but if it gets removed entirely from our reality... it wouldnt take us long to re-adapt. i want that. i want the total re-adaptation. a utopic idea of course...

[Blasted]

I think that's an excellent idea.

[Scrapheap]

^ Great! Put your money where your mouth is and quit using the internet. 

[Blasted]

You sad man 

[Scrapheap]

none of you see my genious here

That's because it's a stupid idea

_I_ would miss internet too, and as long as the west remains civilized, ill want to keep my internet. but if i had my innermost will, there would be no internet for you or for me or for anybody

The internet is perhaps one of the most liberating inventions of all time because it allows for the free flow of information on an unprecedented scale.

Get rid of the internet, and the elites will go right back to controlling people by keeping them uninformed, and misinformed.

Your idea sucks Liberache dick!!!   

[Callaway]

I think it is an interesting idea, but no thanks.

I remember seeing a television show where several families volunteered to live more primitively; I think it was called Frontier House.  While it was interesting to watch, I wouldn't want to live that way myself.  I know people who garden and grow and hunt most of their food, but they have electricity, the internet, and running water and they would not want to live without them.  There have been others who choose to live in a tiny cabin in the woods without electricity or running water because they think similarly to you such as Theodore Kaczynski.

my point is, it remains an undesireable idea, even to me of course, as long as im the only one without it. what am i gonna do? ill be missing the hell out of internet and computer games all day

but if it gets removed entirely from our reality... it wouldnt take us long to re-adapt. i want that. i want the total re-adaptation. a utopic idea of course...

But if you wouldn't want to live that way yourself, then I don't see what sense would it make to wish that it be taken it away from everyone just so nobody would have it.

This way, the people who want modern conveniences can have them while people who want to be anarcho-primitivists are free to pursue the lives they want to live while still relying on the modern things they need to survive, such as modern medical care and welfare.

In your utopia, would welfare exist or would it be more like survival of the fittest?

[earthboundmisfit]

I won't give up my cars. They are more than a mode of transportation to me, they are a hobby, an obsession, a social common ground.


I won't give up the internet either. I need it for porn research and information purposes.

[ZEGH8578]

^ Great! Put your money where your mouth is and quit using the internet.  

i pre-pwned this by anticipating it in my first post

also, if my world comes true, "the elites" would be as naked as you, hunting bunnies. maybe your even strong enough to kick old peoples ass, you could easily depose them. think of the possibilities

But if you wouldn't want to live that way yourself, then I don't see what sense would it make to wish that it be taken it away from everyone just so nobody would have it.

This way, the people who want modern conveniences can have them while people who want to be anarcho-primitivists are free to pursue the lives they want to live while still relying on the modern things they need to survive, such as modern medical care and welfare.

In your utopia, would welfare exist or would it be more like survival of the fittest?

PURELY PUUUUUUURELY selfish reasons and nothing else, i assure you. i am NOT noble. i want the internet taken away from everyone, to make it easyer on ME.

if everyone else had internet, and i was naked eating rabbits, i'd be a fucking douchebag, not a "man of nature". for me to be a "man of nature" my entire reality must change. that means usa and argentina and china must change, cus they take part in my reality :]

welfare would exist from the random goodness of random people. humans are allowed to be humans, only we tear down everything we've built up. simply because there is no further sense in keeping it. it pollutes and it distracts and stresses us.