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suddenly it's 1965 and there's no internet or internet devices, what would you do?
I believe I would die :| 16%  16%  [ 16 ]
I'd flail a bit then get used to it :? 36%  36%  [ 35 ]
I'd marvel at all the extra time I now had :o 20%  20%  [ 20 ]
i'd immediately set to work getting all that back somehow :bounce: 11%  11%  [ 11 ]
I don't know what i'd do. :shrug: 16%  16%  [ 16 ]
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15 May 2015, 4:25 pm

auntblabby wrote:
waking up one day at your present age but finding the calendar on the wall saying "May 1965."


Oh darn. I thought it meant that I could be a teenager again, in which I would be much more sexually active than I was the first time around. Much. :D

But keeping my current age, I would just read a lot.



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15 May 2015, 4:30 pm

I wasn't alive in 1965, but I can remember a time without Internet/mobile phones.
Good times.
Before the Internet and the 'mortal fear of boredom' there was no need to be mentally stimulated and distracted from reality every waking moment. I could sit still and have the pleasure of doing absolutely nothing with my time. It was a strangely satisfying feeling.


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15 May 2015, 4:34 pm

Raleigh wrote:
I could sit still and have the pleasure of doing absolutely nothing with my time. It was a strangely satisfying feeling.

yes, indeed :D ah, those were the days.... ;)



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15 May 2015, 4:35 pm

When I go on holiday to our caravan up Scotland there is no WiFi at the holiday park, so I do other things on the laptop: play Touhou, write Word documents, make some music, play around with software etc. I don't get bored.

But if the Internet were to completely vanish permanently, then I'd really miss a lot.


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15 May 2015, 4:37 pm

54together wrote:
When I go on holiday to our caravan up Scotland there is no WiFi at the holiday park, so I do other things on the laptop: play Touhou, write Word documents, make some music, play around with software etc. I don't get bored.

But if the Internet were to completely vanish permanently, then I'd really miss a lot.

what would you do if there were no personal computing devices AT ALL?



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15 May 2015, 5:41 pm

read n write


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15 May 2015, 5:48 pm

!? :( :cry: ...



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15 May 2015, 6:15 pm

I would play my instrument, read books, learn languages, ride bike. I mean, somehow Aspies lived through that time, no?



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15 May 2015, 6:19 pm

Being a lesbian and not white, I'd have WAY bigger problems than the lack of Internet if it was 1965.



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15 May 2015, 6:20 pm

I had no internet until I was in my 30's.

I'd manage, somehow.

It would be inconvenient: I would have to buy postage stamps again to pay my bills.



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15 May 2015, 6:23 pm

at my job I had to use the internet in the early 90s but did not get the WWW until 1997 on AOL. wish I could have been more of an early adopter. I bet it was exciting back then. anyways, I still remember what I did when I wasn't wasting wholesale time online typing missives such as this one- I listened to lots more music, read lots more books and periodicals, went to the YMCA and swam a good mile most days- then again back then I was also in the rat race so work took up the lion's share of my time.



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15 May 2015, 6:37 pm

...Perhaps fanzines and " indie shops " would come back :) ?



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15 May 2015, 6:43 pm

Dial up was not available in my area until years after I left home, I didn't have broadband until I was 22, I still don't have mobile/cell reception here, and the number of standard TV channels rose this year to 7 8O . I think I would manage with books and hobbies, and because everything would take longer to do, it might be nice to have enough time to be bored.



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15 May 2015, 7:16 pm

I've had long periods of time without Internet, wasn't a problem so I guess if that ever happened I'll bother for a while but then move on with life



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16 May 2015, 12:10 am

Id have nothing left.
This is literally all I have.
Id probably off myself to be honest.
I wish I wasnt set up in that position but really its the only thing keeping me going.



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16 May 2015, 12:50 am

before the internet I read a lot more.