nobody needs the internet. . . .NOBODY...you just think you need it....(like a cocaine addict)

That'd be nice, the internet feels like flogging a dead horse, I just use it to help train AI lol

lived many years without it

in my youth never had it

not until my 30s somewhere

then never had time to use it ; always working

only in my 50s do I have some time to purchase and cruise info sites

if it went down i would not miss it

Yea it's time for it to go bye bye.

The internet helped me share my secrets directly with the FBI so they don't have to snoop around my house.

you just made them more interested in you..
Now they want to snoop on your DNA and bodily fucntions.

How would I know how long to cook my hot pocket?

The next pandemic could very well be internet shutdown.

yep..

without the internet, TV or communication devices...they can say whatever they want is happening..and everyone would believe it.

time to charge the HAM radio..

Dumb thread. Obviously nobody NEEDS it. But it makes life more convenient in countless ways. You probably don't need half the stuff in your home but you're not going to throw it away.

If it's a dumb thread..why did you enter? and comment?

adding more dumbness to the "dumb" thread?

That's sometimes an effective strategy.

Consequences of internet going full off nowadays:
- Financial: almost everything regarding finances is now through internet. Transfer, payments, purchases, market, everything. If internet goes off, we will be set back about 30 years in this regard. Your cards will be useless, basically everyone will have to go withdraw cash on an ATM. But guess what? For an ATM to dispense cash, it needs to check your bank account balance, which is, guess what, through the internet. So the only way to withdraw some cash is go personally to your bank and even so it might be possible this wouldn't work. You see, all records of your account are online, meaning, your local branch might not have access to your balance, making even this option non-viable.
- Communication: Telephony nowadays is almost 100% reliant on the internet. VOIP services are very common in many places and cell towers rely on the internet for synchronization. This means, that no phone calls for you or anybody else. Communications via internet also play a huge part on electric and water systems, so chances are that without internet, power and water might not work properly, if at all.

Its not as if we, as humans, need it. But its one of the pinnacles that hold life as we know it today. So, would it be TEOTWAWKI? In a few ways, yes. Will we survive? Most likely, yeah, but life will be more like it was back in the 50's and 60's regarding infrastructure, but with tons of people totally unsuitable to live like this.

Just one more man, one more, & I'm good bro

No, you are wrong, OP. I need it for my profession.

Next.

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LOVE IT WHEN LOSERS COME IN HERE AND BRAG ABOUT BEING LOSERS.

We have to have it now for alt media.

Life wasn't fine before, it was more difficult.

We don't live in the 1990's any more.
The old infrastructure has gone.

Yes, we might find out the hard way.

Well I was fine without it. Didn't come out until I was around 30. It would be hard to adjust to life without it, but so many of us remember when it wasn't a thing.

I need it.

Here are some other things we don't "need"

1. Air Conditioning
2. Cars
3. Tacos
4. Cosmetics
5. Haircuts
6. Books
7. Turnips
8. Dogs
9. Garages
10. Harry Potter films

Yeah, but without it I wouldn't have a job nor would I be able to work from home.

Actually the internet is a force multiplier for me......I'm self employed and the internet made me waaaaaay more profitable than the old way.....everything from research to billing......I use to tote around 6 milk crates of technical manuals in my car that I can access with my phone now.....I have a network of other techs that I can collaborate with on a tough job.....I can estimate a job, send a proposal, and order materials on site.....it tripled my earning potential....

BUT I don't have a single social media account......go figure....

I got addicted to the internet for a while
I was actually paid on YouTube fairly well for about 6 months. I was constantly at my computer. I closed all my social media accounts, packed up my computer and forced a detox on myself. It's the best thing I've done for myself in a really long time

The internet itself was overall a good thing... it's the system that surrounds it and it's priorities that screwed up that good thing.... like it does everything else.

again. it's about humanities' priorities not isms.

What is and has always been the king priority whether people want to admit it or not?

Replace me having to go to the library in heavy everything I needed to research in one place

I mean, I lived the first 8 years of my life without a computer and 16 years without a cell phone. I made it just fine.

The internet died under Obama.

We're left with surveillance that they call the internet.

It is an interesting point.

I'd argue that those aged under 30 might well have a psychological dependency on the internet.

It could be argued that 'the internet' is similar to 'the printed word' -- once it was invented there was a change in the way people interacted with 'information'. Saying that you could survive without the internet might well be like saying that an 18th century individual could live without books -- the way that (eg) education changed meant that if books were suddenly removed there'd be a massive disruption -- ie, it might as well be considered that those individuals 'needed books'. This is probably where we are now with the internet -- there's a dependency and we're not going back.