Could you live without the internet for a period of time?

United States
May 23, 2008 5:13pm CST
gitfiddleplayer made the "could you live without TV for a month," and i responded to that. I was wondering, could anyone live without Internet access for a month? I don't think i could- i need it for research, news when I'm not at a TV, and for other, personal uses. How about you?
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14 responses
@twallace (2675)
• United States
24 May 08
I could do without the internet for a period of time. It's just like tv; as long as i have a book to read i'm good and can do without the net.
• United States
25 May 08
Point took, i love books,
@5mayday (1053)
• Norway
23 May 08
Yes, if I am on a vacation and have fun lol. That have happened to me a few times now, and I could go to internet cafe or something like that, but I did not and have not used internet for 2 months. I think that's the longest period without internet acess since I was 9 years old lol
• United States
23 May 08
Yea, i went to Italy once it was so fun, i forgot that i had forgot my laptop at home. I noticed when i GOT home, heh
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
23 May 08
Oh I hate the thought of ever being without my computer, even when if goes down for just a short time I am on the phone wanting to know how long, I hate being without my baby...
• United States
23 May 08
Lol, the thing about my internet is when it busts down the whole neighborhood's internet is busted, and then the Comcast internet people get tons of calls complaining.
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
26 May 08
I have done it, while on vacation. I miss it, but once I get into what I am doing, I forget about it. If it went away, I would adjust, but since it's here, I like doing it. It's fun, I learn many things, meet people, earn money, and other stuff.
@Barbietre (1438)
• United States
26 May 08
Yes, but not for long. I cruise and do not keep my smartphone on while on the ship, so when we are at sea I check my email about once a day. This way I do not have gazillion emails when I come back.I can also check with my phone in port. Plus in my business even though I work with a partner, who covers for me when I am gone (and vica versa) we can keep each other up to date via the internet.
• United States
26 May 08
i couldnt live with out either.. i was raised on tv till i got the internet at like 15.. now i watch tv while im on the internet so they both go hand in hand with me.. but i have gone on vacations or places and go crazy wondering if i had email or what was happening in a social network im in etc.. so no i could not live at all without it lol.. the longest i have gone was 4 days and that was because i was on vacation/honeymoon.. i had really bad withdrawals
• United States
24 May 08
I don't have a problem living without the TV for awhile but I draw the line on living without the internet for awhile. I admit I'm pretty addicted which is bad but unlike some people I know, I can get away from my computer and actually do productive things. It's just I do enjoy my time online and like getting on when I don't have much of anything else to do.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
23 May 08
i think i can. i worked at japan for six months. although i can speak a little of their language i am scared to go inside internet shops for i know that their computers are all in japanese writtings. i know that when i look at the monitor and at the keyboard it will all be in japanese character. i just call home everytime i need to talk to them. it is more expensive to call than to chat, for in caht you can view them but i exsisted there just calling them and not able to see them.
23 May 08
I'd never owned a television until earlier this year and if it wasn't for the fact that my gf likes CSI and other progs, i could quite happily have not bothered getting one at all. My PC is my entertainment and i've done online gaming as a release, but its now more a case of i use it because its there. If it wasn't there i wouldn't have the option. I enjoy creating stuff with my PC so i'm happy enough using the PC without Internet. That aside i'd struggle at work on the web-design front ;) To go without the PC altogether might be a challenge for me, although under some circumstances i'd be fine (i.e. long-distance trek, or back to basics living in a remote place).
@xixinha (141)
• Portugal
23 May 08
I could live without the internet for more that a month. Everthing i need to know i see on tv or listen about it on the streets.
@Sonadora (356)
• United States
24 May 08
I think I would literally go crazy without the internet. I live in a small town so it is basically my only connection to the outside world. It is where I get my new, do my research, and do most of my socializing.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
23 May 08
hi evil. i think i can. i mean if the situation calls for it. of course, i've gone at least a week without internet when i go on vacation. you wouldn't believe how much hotels charge for internet use? anyway, remembering the old adage that absence make the heart grow fonder, i think a break from the internet once in awhile will do us good. just my thought.
@jrum68 (214)
• United States
23 May 08
I could, but I wouldn't like it. I get online as often as I can and use if for alot of different things. I do think that I would be alot more active than I am now if it wasn't for internet though.
• United States
24 May 08
well...i think i could live without it for that long...after i went through a month of withdrawls and shakes and...aw who am i kidding. if i were to lose my internet i would just simply go to the library and use thiers. i love the library. but seriously i would never let that happen...there would always be internet anywhere that i lived.