Could you live without your computer?

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Sure, I could survive without any electricity if I had to...including no computers.

I guess, I could not - even no IM and IRC for one month made me feel really unwell. Like being isolated from all your friends always tends to do. the first two weeks were okay, but then, I started wanting to scream.

No. I need Google more than my left hand. Every time my computer was broken and waiting for being fixed I was feeling as if something had died in my house

No... Probably not

Literally yes I can. I grew up not using a computer till I was 7 and it never killed me.


But if something were to happen to our computers now so we had no working computers for awhile, I think I'd go crazy (not literally of course), I'd be back to going to my aunt and uncle's house on my days off using their computer for the internet. I can't abandon my online friends, nor the forums. Also I use it for planning my bus trips and for looking stuff up.

I could live without ONE of my computers!

Am wouldn't die if didn't have laptop but would end up having meltdowns,communication can depend on them if PDA isn't charged,and also use them for listening to music on and all the usual internet stuff.
Have two PC towers and a load of old games consoles,am always told to sell them to use for something else but wont ever sell them just like they won't sell their family.

No way, I am addicted to my computer.

I'd have a tough time, but I could live. First of all, I wouldn't have a profession anymore. I would either have to find a math job or go into poker full time.

One thing I've found about being online is that now I don't read as many books. I read a log of forums, blogs, etc online which seems to satiate my reading appetite but it's just not the same as reading books. I guess that would be one positive.

Yes, I can live without my PC.

After my sister's death, I passed a month depressed without using my computer.

No cos da internet is a very useful tool n 2 b without a computer i would b very bored.

Very simply hell no.

I have a panic attack when the network goes down or I can't get to one

Maybe Not.

I was Banned from My Laptop For the Weekend One Time and I was Bored to ! !! My Parents Said it is Only 2 Days But I Say MY COMPUTER IS IMPORTANT!! !! !! !!


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I physically would live, but would be very cut off from people and knowledge.

I think in some ways it would be difficult, because it has expanded my world so much, but I grew up BC (before computer) and therefore I could probably get along without it ok. I'm not a big technology geek, it has its uses, but in many ways I am old-fashioned, almost Neo-Luddite or even Amish. I like things simple.

What I like about the Amish approach to technology is the spirit behind it. Instead of letting themselves be blindly controlled by every new development that comes along, they carefully consider what effect it might have on themselves and their community and only then do they chose whether to embrace it or not. Granted they are a bit extreme, but as an ASD individual I can appreciate that. So much seems to be out of control in everyday life, that in order to keep my sanity I have to make compromises and pick and choose like the Amish. For example, I have computer and Internet but no TV. What might not make sense to someone else makes sense to me. Also, I don't have a lot of money to spend on the latest thing, so I have to decide is this something I am going to use or is it just going to sit around because I find after I have got it that it is too much hassle to use. I don't have a cell phone for that reason. I had one once and I found that it really was not worth it in terms of how much use.

Besides, there is a reason I don't want to be available 24/7. I think the Amish would agree with me that this so-called convenience is really a form of slavery. Think about it. Once upon a time, time away from work was respected; now, with cell phones and laptops everywhere, the only thing vacation means is that you are in a different physical location when you do your work. Is this really what we want? Because this is what we have achieved. So, I find that I must be increasingly vigilant to guard what little remains of my precious time/space, and that means saying no to certain forms of technology. Yes, I could take advantage of my company's offer to put their software on my laptop, instead of buying the program(s) myself. Sure, it would save money. But I don't want their programs because they come with a price. As Ayn Rand said in Atlas Shrugged, why should I voluntarily cooperate in enslaving myself?

Yes, but i'd probably go postal.