long but worth it. from Reddit:. will do better edit when i'm more linear.
The internet is destroyed overnight. How do you imagine your life changing? (self.AskReddit)
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Edmuresay 167 points168 points169 points 1 day ago
Edmuresay 167 points168 points169 points 1 day ago[-]
I would be out of a goddamned job.
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seefresh 23 points24 points25 points 1 day ago
seefresh 23 points24 points25 points 1 day ago[-]
My job is literally to take care of a hospital's website.... that's it. I'd be fucked.
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ihatepeta 11 points12 points13 points 23 hours ago
ihatepeta 11 points12 points13 points 23 hours ago[-]
That's not your figurative job?
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Unfa 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago
Unfa 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago[-]
Good use of literally.
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seefresh 0 points1 point2 points 16 hours ago
seefresh 0 points1 point2 points 16 hours ago[-]
Excuse my use of the word "literally." I tend to place it in sentences to which it doesn't belong. But you must admit it has taken on a new meaning in our day and age. Its use in this fashion is obviously understood by most people.
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ITBilly 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago
ITBilly 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago[-]
me too
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ratbastid 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
ratbastid 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
Right. My earning power just zeroed out until I learn some marketable skills.
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beej55 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
beej55 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
Goddamn, I work in VoIP. Voice...over Internet Protocol. We'd lose an entire fucking sector of the telecom world.
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jon_k 2 points3 points4 points 16 hours ago
jon_k 2 points3 points4 points 16 hours ago[-]
I'm a cisco networking consultant. I'd get more business than ever imaginable in 'fixing' the destroyed internet.
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Khabi 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago
Khabi 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago[-]
I make a living making sure people can buy porn on the net. So... same here.
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snappyshrimpboat 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago
snappyshrimpboat 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago[-]
PAY for porn? ARE YOU MAD?
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kroo 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
kroo 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd get a new job: build a new (better!) internet.
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ninjajoshy 63 points64 points65 points 1 day ago
ninjajoshy 63 points64 points65 points 1 day ago[-]
I would fail college.
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phrenq 37 points38 points39 points 1 day ago
phrenq 37 points38 points39 points 1 day ago[-]
While so many others would pass.
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mcdvda 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago
mcdvda 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago[-]
no one would pass college without the internet
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conservativeasshole 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago
conservativeasshole 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
they passed before the internet.
although at a much lower gpa. the average gpa at harvard in the 19th century: 2.25 average gpa now: 3.25
not necessarily a correlation, but it does seem like things were harder back in the day.
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Caerus 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
Caerus 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
I'm guessing that is GPA inflation.
At the time that would be about a C average, where it theoretically should be. Now, a 3.0 is on the lower end of the hiring spectrum in a good chunk of majors. I've applied with a few companies that will throw away your resume with anything under a 3.2.
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shenaniganns 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago
shenaniganns 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago[-]
I get snubbed so many times at career fairs for having a 2.6 gpa, it hurts a bit. I don't put that on my resume, and luckily enough my skillset offsets that a bit and the calls and interviews have been coming in frequently enough I expect to have a job by January or so.
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Suppy 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago
Suppy 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
Nah, people weren't as intelligent
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irishgeek 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
irishgeek 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
They say the human race gains one IQ point every 10 years. However, I'd say access to resources have more of an effect. 100 years ago, education wasn't as accessible, and economic constraints might not have allowed students to dedicate their lives to their studies as some do now.
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Libertarian-Centrist 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
Libertarian-Centrist 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
So IQ points are affected by inflation?
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jeremyfirth 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago
jeremyfirth 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago[-]
End the Fed!
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Takuun 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago
Takuun 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago[-]
I say we take those with really high IQs and have them give some of their IQ points to those who weren't so gifted.
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deathdonut 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
deathdonut 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
That wink saved you a downvote!
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llamaemu 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago
llamaemu 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
Me too, but only because I have a final paper due through electronic submission tomorrow.
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hesnothere 95 points96 points97 points 1 day ago
hesnothere 95 points96 points97 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd probably head out west Californee-way.
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redditkid 51 points52 points53 points 1 day ago
redditkid 51 points52 points53 points 1 day ago[-]
Good idea, there'd probably be some internet out there
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haxromana 13 points14 points15 points 23 hours ago
haxromana 13 points14 points15 points 23 hours ago[-]
Might be some Internet, sure, but with everyone tryin' to use it at once, it's gonna go real slow-like. I knows it 'cause I seen it.
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fljitovak 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
fljitovak 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
Did a ghost leave all that white "ectoplasm"?
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enjo13 4 points5 points6 points 23 hours ago
enjo13 4 points5 points6 points 23 hours ago[-]
It's truly tragic that I had to get this far down to find this.
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orange_kevin 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago
orange_kevin 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago[-]
agreed. southpark quotes this far down? bad times...
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forgotmyotheraccount 123 points124 points125 points 1 day ago
forgotmyotheraccount 123 points124 points125 points 1 day ago[-]
I will cry myself to sleep everynight with my limp dick in hand...
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nov0 25 points26 points27 points 1 day ago
nov0 25 points26 points27 points 1 day ago[-]
This gives me a great idea! We could market porn on something non-digital, something you can hold in your hands or lay down if your hands are busy. It will be intuitive in every sense...
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shiftyness 16 points17 points18 points 1 day ago
shiftyness 16 points17 points18 points 1 day ago[-]
Etch-a-Sketch, Lite Brite... suprised no one has ever made 3D Eye Trick porn book. The ones where you have to relax your eyes and blur your vision.
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kiwiness 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
kiwiness 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
A book, not yet... but such images do exist online.
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twat-waffle 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
twat-waffle 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
where?
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__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Fleshbot?
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chillage 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
chillage 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
I'm fairly sure Samuel L Jackson doesnt need any masturbatory aids.
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__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago
__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago[-]
Was going to call the rascist card when I didn't get it for awhile, but now I understand: I'll just masturbate to my mirror, to my own graven image. Fuck motherfuckers.
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BigGallo 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago*
BigGallo 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago* [-]
Won't change my life much, I have tons of porn saved in my hard drive.
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roganartu 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
roganartu 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
hard driver
Sounds like a bad porno about a truckie.
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Xet 469 points470 points471 points 1 day ago
Xet 469 points470 points471 points 1 day ago[-]
To be honest, I think my life would become instantly richer and more complex. I would actually go out and do shit instead of sitting here talking to all you fuckers who I don't even know.
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ntou45 127 points128 points129 points 1 day ago
ntou45 127 points128 points129 points 1 day ago[-]
Excellent post, good fucker!
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youenjoymyself 86 points87 points88 points 1 day ago
youenjoymyself 86 points87 points88 points 1 day ago[-]
A+++ Would fuck again!
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flannelblanket 26 points27 points28 points 1 day ago
flannelblanket 26 points27 points28 points 1 day ago[-]
A++++ WOULD COLLABORATE WITH AGAIN
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NMW 14 points15 points16 points 1 day ago
NMW 14 points15 points16 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd just stop and listen :/
B+ at best
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lessthanjake328 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago
lessthanjake328 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago[-]
A+++ delivery came right on time!
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Draiko 2 points3 points4 points 14 hours ago
Draiko 2 points3 points4 points 14 hours ago[-]
Whoa there, buddy... This is reddit, not match.com
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adster 27 points28 points29 points 1 day ago
adster 27 points28 points29 points 1 day ago[-]
Spot fucking on man.
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maxrad1 11 points12 points13 points 23 hours ago
maxrad1 11 points12 points13 points 23 hours ago[-]
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davin3000 68 points69 points70 points 1 day ago
davin3000 68 points69 points70 points 1 day ago[-]
You, sir, are a fucker and a scholar.
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PragmaticPipedream 10 points11 points12 points 1 day ago
PragmaticPipedream 10 points11 points12 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd end up scavenging through the comic book pile right over there and use that as a substitute for the internet.
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epicRelic 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago
epicRelic 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
But going out costs money.
Maybe you'd get a promotion from the increase in productiveness at work.
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Xet 16 points17 points18 points 1 day ago
Xet 16 points17 points18 points 1 day ago[-]
You misinterpret me good sir.
I mean to go out into the world, wander the plains, meet people, and do crazy stuff. I already live a life largely devoid of currency.
1smartass 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago
1smartass 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago[-]
Most of us nerds aren't fuckers, and I mean that in a bad way
duuffie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
duuffie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
high five, fucker!
Down2Earth 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
Down2Earth 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
Forget all these other guys. Just keep fucking that chicken!
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jaredburgin 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
jaredburgin 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
It takes a hard man to deliver a tender forecast.
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toba 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
toba 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I would have a better life until my income stream dried up due to being pretty specialized in internet-related technologies and concepts.
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manwichxtreme 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
manwichxtreme 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
And I'd probably lose that urge to have to know everything ALL the time.
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wamerocity 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
wamerocity 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I might actually go back to doing well in med school.
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ezdoesit2424 37 points38 points39 points 1 day ago
ezdoesit2424 37 points38 points39 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd have to start mailing my bills using......envelopes and stamps....ugh!
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sinfinity 19 points20 points21 points 1 day ago
sinfinity 19 points20 points21 points 1 day ago[-]
Not to mention paying for them with checks! I don't even know where my checkbook is!
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hempy 32 points33 points34 points 1 day ago
hempy 32 points33 points34 points 1 day ago[-]
What the fuck is a checkbook?!
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sierra042 73 points74 points75 points 1 day ago
sierra042 73 points74 points75 points 1 day ago[-]
A magical tool that old people use to hold up lines at the store.
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NerdWeasel 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
NerdWeasel 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
I LOL'd. No really. Out loud and everything.
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FallingForward 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago
FallingForward 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago[-]
The award ceremony's on the fifteenth. Please appear in formal attire.
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pancakeradio 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago
pancakeradio 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago[-]
Or clown attire. Either way you'll be dressed inappropriately.
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throwaway90 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
throwaway90 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
hmm, is using the 's in ceremony proper in this case? It makes sense, "the award ceremony is on the..." yet it seems so out of place
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mggarofalo 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
mggarofalo 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
It's called a contraction. Here.
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seckslexia 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
seckslexia 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Yes. It's short for "The award ceremony is on the..."
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joshrulzz 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
joshrulzz 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
Such is the perfect use-case for IRLOL.
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joshrulzz 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
joshrulzz 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
Wait, fuck. If the internet disappeared, there'd be no need for that.
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NoFriendsJustBooks 47 points48 points49 points 1 day ago
NoFriendsJustBooks 47 points48 points49 points 1 day ago[-]
How do you imagine your life changing?
I would have one.
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aspiringBum 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago
aspiringBum 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago[-]
your name implies otherwise
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NoFriendsJustBooks 5 points6 points7 points 18 hours ago
NoFriendsJustBooks 5 points6 points7 points 18 hours ago[-]
Well, NoFriendsJustBooksAndTheAbsurdAmountOfTimeISpendOnTheInternet was too long.
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user24 2 points3 points4 points 17 hours ago
user24 2 points3 points4 points 17 hours ago[-]
so it was. max I could register was "NoFriendsJustBooksAn"
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johnylaw 40 points41 points42 points 1 day ago
johnylaw 40 points41 points42 points 1 day ago[-]
I would just unplug the internet, and plug it back in.
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dirtbomb 14 points15 points16 points 1 day ago
dirtbomb 14 points15 points16 points 1 day ago[-]
Make sure to power down, wait one minute, then power back on.
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Spike_Spiegel 10 points11 points12 points 1 day ago
Spike_Spiegel 10 points11 points12 points 1 day ago[-]
Don't forget to blow into the cable
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rabbitspade 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago
rabbitspade 2 points3 points4 points 19 hours ago[-]
And ask the neighbours if theirs is working.
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Etab 1 point2 points3 points 15 hours ago
Etab 1 point2 points3 points 15 hours ago[-]
And complain to your ISP that the box with the blinky lights isn't working.
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ButterflyEffect 1 point2 points3 points 21 hours ago*
ButterflyEffect 1 point2 points3 points 21 hours ago* [-]
As we do in Australia; when ISP goes down.
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PunkRockMakesMeSmile 53 points54 points55 points 1 day ago
PunkRockMakesMeSmile 53 points54 points55 points 1 day ago[-]
Fourteen bucks for a Barely Legal?! Is this what newsstand porn costs?
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rocketsurgery 15 points16 points17 points 1 day ago
rocketsurgery 15 points16 points17 points 1 day ago[-]
D:
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actionscripted 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
actionscripted 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
(frugal) PROTIP: call Victoria's Secret and ask for a catalog. The address you give them will receive a never-ending stream of PG-13 action.
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NotYourTypicalHomo 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago
NotYourTypicalHomo 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago[-]
Never-ending indeed.. it's impossible to get removed from their mailing list. I've tried for years, every time I get the damned catalog I call to remove my name and it just keeps showing up.
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sam480 20 points21 points22 points 1 day ago
sam480 20 points21 points22 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd probably go to the nearest book store and try to buy a Wikipedia.
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Elessedil 20 points21 points22 points 1 day ago
Elessedil 20 points21 points22 points 1 day ago[-]
I would lose weight from not sitting here for hours reading reddit.
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phire 30 points31 points32 points 1 day ago
phire 30 points31 points32 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd go to the library.
But the chances of the internet being destroyed while leaving normal life unaffected are low. So I'd probably start collecting weapons to fend off the zombies.
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VerySpecialK 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago
VerySpecialK 5 points6 points7 points 1 day ago[-]
Don't forget to double tap in the event it does happen.
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IcedPenguin 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
IcedPenguin 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Rule one: Cardio
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duvel-nz 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
duvel-nz 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Rule 2: Beware of Bathrooms
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Chiasma 24 points25 points26 points 1 day ago
Chiasma 24 points25 points26 points 1 day ago[-]
There would be a Maru-shaped hole in my life.
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Spoggerific 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
Spoggerific 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
I, too, enjoy watching videos of famous Japanese cats.
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tanakapzpz 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
tanakapzpz 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
COOL FACT: Maru also means circle in japanese.
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oxamus 19 points20 points21 points 1 day ago
oxamus 19 points20 points21 points 1 day ago[-]
The Onion covered this.
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BdaMann 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
BdaMann 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
I was just about to post this. Here's your stinkin' upvote and orange envelope.
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guitarheroherb 17 points18 points19 points 1 day ago
guitarheroherb 17 points18 points19 points 1 day ago[-]
Go through my roughly 12-15gb folder full of nothing but funny pictures saved from the internet
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Thestormo 22 points23 points24 points 1 day ago
Thestormo 22 points23 points24 points 1 day ago[-]
Just write a quick program that calls them randomly and puts little arrows with random numbers beside it and it's basically reddit.
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guitarheroherb 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
guitarheroherb 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
lmao. i'll even do a screenie of the top of reddit and have it like pics is selected so it's more realistic. I could even hax the cleverbot source code into it to have randomly generated responses ie comments and thusly i could talk with it
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ikillbambis 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
ikillbambis 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
LAN ftw.
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lemkenski 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago
lemkenski 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago[-]
I would sell funny cat video dvds from my front lawn.
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Zander_aq 13 points14 points15 points 1 day ago
Zander_aq 13 points14 points15 points 1 day ago[-]
First of all I'd actually have to open my window to see how the weather is outside...
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SirTodd 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
SirTodd 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Or you could watch TV
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Zander_aq 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
Zander_aq 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
I have the INTERNET, no need for TV, ergo I don't own one. Also, TV forecasts have always sucked.
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mrhorrible 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago
mrhorrible 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago[-]
"My God. I.... I'm free now."
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mikeash 26 points27 points28 points 1 day ago
mikeash 26 points27 points28 points 1 day ago[-]
So many people not thinking things through....
The internet is inextricably intertwined in everyday life now. If it disappeared overnight, there would be an economic collapse that would make the Great Depression look like a jolly evening at the theater. It could very well trigger a major war, and it would not surprise me if things got so bad that people in first-world countries started going hungry after a few months of chaos.
How would my life change? How would it not change? Survival would become the #1 priority. I'd probably try to get out of the city before things really went in the crapper, but with only a couple hundred dollars in cash in the house, it would be tough times no matter how I slice it.
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FIGJAM_81 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago
FIGJAM_81 12 points13 points14 points 1 day ago[-]
Intriguing. Could you please extrapolate your predictions to incorporate the unaccounted for blah blah blah...yeah, taking this way too seriously buddy.
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jambonilton 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago
jambonilton 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago[-]
I would probably form a cult of men and women to drive from town to town, raiding communities for whatever food and supplies we can get. Naturally, we'd ride motorcycles, eat people, and have interesting hair styles.
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blahwhatever 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
blahwhatever 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
Really? How did the economy function prior to 1993?
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castingxvoid 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
castingxvoid 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
The Internet was before that, and the answer is slowly.
We also "functioned" before electricity. The point being, once something so useful is integrated into society, it can't just be taken away. It'd take much longer than a day, if at all, to just revert to when there was no Internet.
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SirTodd 15 points16 points17 points 1 day ago
SirTodd 15 points16 points17 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd press control+alt+delete and force quit my life.
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__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
__Samuel_L_Jackson__ 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
Windows freak. I'd kill all X processes in terminal. With my bare dick.
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johnlennin 2 points3 points4 points 23 hours ago
johnlennin 2 points3 points4 points 23 hours ago[-]
With my bare dick.
As opposed to with your clothed dick?
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Drax2nd 3 points4 points5 points 16 hours ago
Drax2nd 3 points4 points5 points 16 hours ago[-]
No he misspelt bear he was involved in a penis transplant after said bear toar his off and thought it would be ironic to copulate with said bears widow using her befallens member.
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i_hide_the_bodies 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago
i_hide_the_bodies 7 points8 points9 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd find old people. Old people get by without it. They'd know what to do.
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xPoys3 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
xPoys3 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
my GPA increases greatly
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Cataclismic 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
Cataclismic 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
When the internet died at my uni, it only took 30min for my entire flat to get out their metaphorical torches and pitchforks and get ready to storm the poor sod that accidently killed it.
So yeah, that.
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smakusdod 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
smakusdod 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
I WOULD REJOICE THAT THE DEVIL OF OUR SOCIETY IS FINALLY SLAIN!
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joebeastie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
joebeastie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
I guess fap to an old sears catalog. sigh
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rockchucker 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago
rockchucker 8 points9 points10 points 1 day ago[-]
I would probably go back to what I was doing before there was an Internet.
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sinfinity 11 points12 points13 points 1 day ago
sinfinity 11 points12 points13 points 1 day ago[-]
Which was...? I've been trying to figure this out for awhile now, and I haven't figured it out yet. Let me know if you do!
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MrBoourns 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago*
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I'm trying my best to remember and all I come up with is reading books, bike riding, roller skating, and listening to the radio..some times socializing with other kids, which always ended in some sort of fight..and watching hours of television.
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nopjunkie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
nopjunkie 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
I guess I'd start BBSing again
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BrownMamba210 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
BrownMamba210 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
i'd have to begin purchasing porn dvds...so my wallet would be most affected
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thewizestwisard 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
thewizestwisard 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
My family and I would head out California way. I hear they got some internet out there.
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redditacct 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
redditacct 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
But it is not nearly enough, I watched my own two kids die waiting for the internet to load, bellies all swollen up...
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searchon 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
searchon 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
I would mail myself orangered envelopes and wait eargerly for them to arrive.
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daveywhitney 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
daveywhitney 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
Friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless. Unemployed in Greenland.
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opus_az 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago
opus_az 9 points10 points11 points 1 day ago[-]
OP asked what would change.
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z_esty 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
z_esty 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd constantly shout "F5!" at my newspaper, which would have the title scratched out and "reddit" scribbled at the top in black Sharpie.
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MarkPilgrim 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
MarkPilgrim 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
Well, I work for Google, so... pretty substantially, I'd imagine.
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nostrademons 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago
nostrademons 1 point2 points3 points 22 hours ago[-]
Google Cache, man. Just pull everything out of the cache.
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son-of-chadwardenn 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago
son-of-chadwardenn 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd just fall back to video games that don't require a connection.
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UpDown 2 points3 points4 points 22 hours ago
UpDown 2 points3 points4 points 22 hours ago[-]
I've actually begun printing every single page of internet as it gets created. I have tons of paper, and it's quite expensive, but if the internet is ever destroy I will be a trillionaire.
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RobotBuddha 1 point2 points3 points 13 hours ago
RobotBuddha 1 point2 points3 points 13 hours ago[-]
When the internet goes down for a bit, I always treasure each tab that I had up before it happens. One page of reddit comments goes from being a mild distraction to a rare and precious wine.
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UpDown 1 point2 points3 points 7 hours ago
UpDown 1 point2 points3 points 7 hours ago[-]
That is INSANELY true. This has happened to me and I realize I have a reddit thread open. It warms my soul and can usually sustain me until the internet is back.
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10tonGoldfish 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
10tonGoldfish 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Well, I'll be looking for work.
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IBFreddy 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
IBFreddy 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd be filing for unemployment the next day.
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regulan 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
regulan 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Well my job would be gone and I guess I'd have to buy a newspaper too.
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NeverTrustAJunky 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
NeverTrustAJunky 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I might get some work done. But, then again, I work on the Internet. Damn you!! KHAAANNN!!!
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verylowsodium 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
verylowsodium 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I would instantly have no job, and I assume the world would take at least a few years to sort itself out, so I'd probably head somewhere warm to wait it out and learn to surf.
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ultimatt42 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago
ultimatt42 6 points7 points8 points 1 day ago[-]
You can't surf, idiot! There's no web anymore!
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garg 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
garg 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I would move to a place where there are more people with similar interests.
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jonsayer 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
jonsayer 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
How will I find out about this?
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spermafrost 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
spermafrost 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd try and find out why my internet isn't working by clicking on my chrome icon. then id be all like FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU
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mapoftasmania 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
mapoftasmania 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Well, I'd read more books, that's for sure.
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jooes 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
jooes 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I would actually... do stuff. Whoa, can you imagine that?
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madmarigold 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
madmarigold 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I would spend a lot less time in my room.
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advocatadiaboli 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
advocatadiaboli 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
More sex. And more books.
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shawngupta2 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago
shawngupta2 3 points4 points5 points 1 day ago[-]
If only turning off the Internet would help...
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Glissa 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago
Glissa 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago[-]
I'd suddenly be working on building a new internet.
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without_my_pants 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago
without_my_pants 1 point2 points3 points 14 hours ago[-]
I would have to, like, talk to people and shit.
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cmf32689 1 point2 points3 points 15 hours ago
cmf32689 1 point2 points3 points 15 hours ago[-]
suicide
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imgabe 1 point2 points3 points 16 hours ago
imgabe 1 point2 points3 points 16 hours ago[-]
The internet went out at my house on Wednesday night. Last night I played Spider solitaire for two hours, then went to bed. Honestly, it was about as fulfilling as time spent on the internet.
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drf24 1 point2 points3 points 16 hours ago
drf24 1 point2 points3 points 16 hours ago[-]
Back to BBS's
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constipated_HELP 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago
constipated_HELP 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago[-]
well, first off, I wouldn't be replying to this
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titaniumten 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago
titaniumten 1 point2 points3 points 17 hours ago[-]
Reinvent internet.
Jerk off.
Profit.
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quodestveritas 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago
quodestveritas 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago[-]
Sunlight! What is this??
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supercargo 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago
supercargo 1 point2 points3 points 23 hours ago[-]
I would start working on a replacement.
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freedomgeek 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
freedomgeek 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd support an initiative to get the internet back online. Maybe in the meantime I'll play a couple of single player video games. I also might look for a book or two I like although I have trouble finding them.
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MajorLeeScrewed 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
MajorLeeScrewed 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
For the worse.
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calloc 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
calloc 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
i'm going to assume it was intentional and that shit has hit the fan.
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DethKlokBlok 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
DethKlokBlok 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I think it would be difficult, but eventu
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rabbitspade 1 point2 points3 points 19 hours ago
rabbitspade 1 point2 points3 points 19 hours ago[-]
In my case I really think that i wou
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DroppaMaPants 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
DroppaMaPants 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I'll have to buy porn again, or go back to watching "the view"
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BigRedDSP 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
BigRedDSP 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I work for the newspaper industry....I'd be rolling in money.
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General_Solipsist 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
General_Solipsist 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd lose my job the next day.
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celticagent 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
celticagent 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I was born in 1962. We didn't have anything close to web-browsing with a gui interface like this until the early 1990s, which means I lived for close to 30 years without it.
I suspect I'll be just fine thank you very much. Probably go back to reading 5-7 books a week.
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moxy527 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
moxy527 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Blow the dust off my USR Courier, fire up the BBS and apply to be come a Fidonet hub, and a few of the other message networks out there.
-- Team OS/2!
(come to think of it, there's nothing stopping me from doing that now...other than the whole nobody cares/ nobody calls thing)
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Avatarous 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
Avatarous 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd have to buy more stamps.
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robot-rollcall 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
robot-rollcall 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd be out of a job and use the new social panic to steal myself into a higher tax bracket.
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FallingForward 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
FallingForward 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Google has a backup of the internet, right?
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kmad 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
kmad 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
Sell my laptop before everyone else finds out.
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ComradeM 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
ComradeM 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
I lived about 13 years without access to the internet (well if you're not counting BBS's)...so it's not like I would freak out hardcore or anything.
My personal life would basically be the same, except I wouldn't do any of the stuff I do now that requires the internet. (duh)
The biggest change would be my professional life which heavily relies on the internet....but I could adapt that I think.
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lulzjunction 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
lulzjunction 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I lived about 13 years without access to the internet (well if you're not counting BBS's)...so it's not like I would freak out hardcore or anything.
the world economy would most likely collapse, so there's still a chance you would freak out
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ComradeM 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
ComradeM 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Well it depends....
I sincerely doubt the world economy would collapse just because we didn't have an internet anymore....it did just fine without one for a long long time.
It would take a hit, sure...but collapse? I dunno.
The internet is technically a tcp/ip based computer network.
This network may use various communications backbones to connect it's various nodes, but that does not make these communications systems equivalent to "the internet".
I think the spirit of the question is that only the "proper" internet disappears leaving everything else intact.
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lulzjunction 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
lulzjunction 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
it did just fine without one for a long long time
that really begs the question. yes, the economy did fine without the internet - before it existed. now that it does exist, and is so tightly intertwined with so many aspects of the world economy (even moreso in the USA), it probably would not do fine if it were to magically go away. tcp/ip makes the world go round
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roganartu 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
roganartu 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Did you check your TCP/IP settings?
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direwolf 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago
direwolf 2 points3 points4 points 1 day ago[-]
My new job hunt would begin.
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ckeeper 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
ckeeper 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd be so boned for school research. I don't even know where the library is.
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daychilde 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
daychilde 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd die.
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JimXugle 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
JimXugle 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd fill my car with an ethernet cable, tie one end of the cable to the tree in my front yard, and proceed to drive into Downtown, where I can meet up with my fellow college-attending post-Internetalyptic nerd brethren and negotiate a newage peering agreement.
6 cases of ramen a week for 1TB of transfer, and a case of Bawls to seal the deal. Sound fair?
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angel14995 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
angel14995 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
Create another local internet.
A while back, I had read about (on Reddit) a massive group of people who had made an entire secondary-ish wireless Internet in Athens. Hopefully, someone on the massive network would have a ton of stuff. With that in mind, from there, connecting all the networks around where I live would probably take a while. Once it gets done though, we don't have a problem with ISPs, since everything is free and wireless. Hopefully, someone in my area knows something, so from there the actual internet could start to be rebuilt. I've been downloading the text from Wikipedia for a while, so putting it into use wouldn't take (too) long, but would still be a pain.
After that, I would immediately delve back into the world of books. While I do have a ton of information and books around my house, I definitely haven't read of all them. They need to be read, so without some IRC server and the aforementioned mass network, I would read more than I ever would.
I would probably also work out more. Now, I'm not saying I'm fat - I'm actually underweight. I eat a good deal of food, and I'm hungry as anything. I simply burn off everything no matter what I am doing. Because of this, I would rework my schedules and life so that I would work more on my physical form. If the internet does go out, the backbone of the modern civilized western world does also. Because of that, I can't just stand around and wait to get my ass handed to me by some loonies who think they can beat anyone they want up because there is no way things are going to get out.
So yeah, my two cents.
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davin3000 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
davin3000 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
The internet is destroyed overnight.
Don't do that to me!! I shat bricks then realized I was reading the internet.
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Juice_lix 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
Juice_lix 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
Take my life.
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Modfagcensor 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
Modfagcensor 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
I would be in much better shape, well rested and out at the bar more often. I would also have much less money and maybe pick up a disease or two. I would eventually look back after ten years and realize I don't know anywhere near as much trivia as I used to, and.. I don't really fucking care.
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kyleisagod 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
kyleisagod 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
If I wake up and the internet is down? I have a plan for a situation like that, for it's the end of the world.
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StreeTelevision 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
StreeTelevision 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
Be distraught over what little plunder I've pirated over the years.
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johnnie_vs_jack 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
johnnie_vs_jack 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I wouldn't be caught up on current events, but I'd finally get more video games completed. It's a double-edged sword.
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jax9999 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
jax9999 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
the gigs ang gigs of porn i have, i burn and start a bootleg porn business.
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StaticPrevails 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
StaticPrevails 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
There would be no life to change, because I would commit suicide.
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zohogorganzola 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
zohogorganzola 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd be out of a job since my company primarily operates online and I'm a web developer...
Also my savings are with ING, so I'd have to figure that out...
Guess I'd just read a lot more and find some new hobbies.
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themanwhowas 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
themanwhowas 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'm an internet marketer, so... get a new job?
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CedricAthelstone 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
CedricAthelstone 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I think the general consensus is that we would all be personally better off but I bet not a single living soul connected would voluntarily give it up! I dread to think of the shit I could accomplish without the web there to distract me but I will continue forking out to BT for my broadband until the money runs out or I die, whichever comes sooner :-)
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deusdiabolus 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago
deusdiabolus 1 point2 points3 points 1 day ago[-]
The Internet is often my primary source of information and entertainment when I'm at home, so...I would probably go out more, and eventually get arrested for having one too many drinks at some bar where my friends were, and then I wouldn't want to go out anymore, and then I would probably go ahead and opt out of life.
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MikePalecek 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
MikePalecek 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd probably have a lot more time on my hands.
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shockfactor 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago
shockfactor 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago[-]
I'd probably beat that special ops mission with those fucking juggernauts in the favela.
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