Athough i use the net often, (mainly for ATS !) i would laugh my arse off if this happened. Same as if mobile phones stopped working, or cars stopped working. People are so wrapped up and obsessed with these things, if they did stop working, the majority would have breakdowns. Thing is, all the above could happen soon, if the sun emitts a huge CME in earths direction.

I would go through withdrawal, but be happy that I am out of my contracts (phone and internet).

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well you could start by downloading the entire internet now.

setup your local server and play pretend

Oh no!!! Life would go back to 1990!!!!

I lived more than half of my life with no internet or cell phone.

You'd think with the way people act that these things have been around for a hundred years.

'theres a rumor theres some internet out there' Hahahaha. I'm sure a lot of people would react in this way. I'm sure some militant groups would freak out (assuming it was done by the govt.) and try to start a revolution. I wouldn't mind that much, although I enjoy using the internet and reading the news and sites like ATS.

I bet it would be something like the South Park episode of "Overlogging" an episode in which there is no internet.

*Cough cough*
Stan's Mother - "What's the matter"
Stan's Father - "I don't know. I need to get on WebMD to see why I have this cough!"

- Journalism will become a serious profession again

- The Nazis will lose popularity

- Tons of people will have to start to deal with the fact that they're lonely

- Porn actors will make real bucks again

- People would actually have to know stuff instead of just googling it

- Bill Gates and Google's evil plans for the future will be of no more concern

- Al Qaida will need a new PR strategy

- The guy who patents a process to produce paper from hemp will become very rich

- You will actually have to attend your classes in school or actually go to your job

- The evil music industry and hollywood will regain the grip they had around our imaginations for decades

- Politicans will be held even less accountable than they are today

- Conspiracy theories will once again become subculture material instead of being so mainstream

- You'll actually have to sleep with someone again or kill someone to get your 15 minutes of fame.

I imagine productivity in the office would rise, I certainly know i'd do mor ework without the internet to distract me. I do however think the internet is one of the greatest inventions in recent history. I just hope it remains free from censorship and control, which i doubt it will

Well, unfortunately for me that would mean unemployment and destitution, as my companies entire revenue is generated by online media.

Its a laughing matter until you think about the millions that would be put out of work, instantly. Yeah, laugh it up guys. Real funny.

The lines still exist, so do the modems...

Take away my Internet? -I make my own Internet!

Originally posted by Carlthulhu
The lines still exist, so do the modems...

Take away my Internet? -I make my own Internet!

Not if the power grid is down, and every piece of electronic equipment you own has been toasted by an EMP.

I keep my stuff in metal breadboxes.
But you got me on the power grid...

I guess it'd be back to books!

Originally posted by Carlthulhu
I keep my stuff in metal breadboxes.
But you got me on the power grid...

I guess it'd be back to books!

Yup, a good personal library, and an amateur ham radio license is what you need.

Maybe I'd see kids actually outside playing with each other for a change. Maybe, families and neighbours will start BBQing again and gain their lost sense of cummunity back. Maybe, families will have to start bonding again. I think the question is, what would people do if you took away the television? (assuming the internet is still out)... People I feel are much more reliant on television for their source of news and entertainment. You take away both the internet and t.v. and people will have to start communicating again lol...