Could you go one month without Internet access?

[TwiceOver]

Answers like this miss the whole point of the "challenge", imho.

The underlying idea is to stop reflexively sucking off of the technology teat, and to reintroduce yourself to the simple but profound joy of immersing yourself deep into a good novel that has actual pages you have to manually turn, and the awesome 3D graphics and stately, healing rhythms of nature.

Now, have I gone an entire month w/o the internet in this millenium?

Fuck no.

That wasn't the question posed. If you want to go without "technology" then you really have to define what is technology. So just to listen to music I'd have to pull out the record player? A CD is digital and requires significant technology to listen to it, so that's out.

I could walk or bike everywhere, but it's starting to get cold and getting my son to daycare would be a pain without a car. But it is doable. My car, after all, is riddled with technology.

I'd have to get a library card, that's cool, it's kinda a long walk though.

Maybe I should put wire mesh around my power meter so that I have to manually read the numbers and give it to my power company? Or, what am I doing with power technology anyway I guess. Candles, bitch!

I'd have to get a bunch of cash ahead of time and probably order checks. My credit cards all need both technology AND internet to work. So that's kind of a pain in the ass.

I'd probably play a lot of Legos (Lego for the snobs) with my son. That'd be pretty cool.

I understand your point, turn off the TV and read a book or two, but don't rephrase the question asked when I answered it within the bounds of the proposal.

 

[mnewsham]

No internet? I'd play some classic RPGs to pass the time.

KOTOR 1 and 2 is a good 30-50 hours each if you are doing side quests, double that if you do a playthrough on the lightside and dark side. So 60-200+ hours.


Intersperse that with some books and oblivion or skyrim or something and that could take up a month of time.

 

[Perknose]

That wasn't the question posed. If you want to go without "technology" then you really have to define what is technology. So just to listen to music I'd have to pull out the record player? A CD is digital and requires significant technology to listen to it, so that's out.

And so do you.

A record player is most definitely technology, a tech that has only been in existence for 140 years, which is an eyeblink in recorded human history.

I could walk or bike everywhere, but it's starting to get cold and getting my son to daycare would be a pain without a car. But it is doable. My car, after all, is riddled with technology.

Again, the bicycle is a relatively recent TECHNOLOGICAL development. HEY, it was you who fussily stated we really needed "to define what is technology."

I understand your point, turn off the TV and read a book or two, but don't rephrase the question asked when I answered it within the bounds of the proposal.

No, you didn't fully understand my point. And, NO, I did NOT rephrase the question. I made a point. Let's see if I can assist you in comprehending it.

To help you out, I'll re-quote my beginning and highlight the KEY word therein:

Answers like this miss the whole point of the "challenge", imho.

The underlying idea . . .

Reading comprehension! ()

 

[mnewsham]

The underlying idea is to stop reflexively sucking off of the technology teat

Says you and pretty much no one else, considering you aren't the OP, and considering you're not the one asking the question, I REALLLY don't understand how you can say what the fuck the underlying idea is in the first fucking place.

Obviously the idea is going without internet. as shockingly enough, that's what is in the OP. If you want to go create your own thread about living without technology for a month, give it a shot, but you're in the wrong place here.

Answers like this miss the whole point of the "challenge", imho.

Exactly, it's YOUR opinion, which oddly enough, has no bearing on the actual OP, or the question posed in the OP. Seriously, what the fuck are you on about?

 

[TwiceOver]

And so do you.

A record player is most definitely technology, a tech that has only been in existence for 140 years, which is an eyeblink in recorded human history.



Again, the bicycle is a relatively recent TECHNOLOGICAL development. HEY, it was you who fussily stated we really needed "to define what is technology."



No, you didn't fully understand my point. And, NO, I did NOT rephrase the question. I made a point. Let's see if I can assist you in comprehending it.

To help you out, I'll re-quote my beginning and highlight the KEY word therein:



Reading comprehension! ()

You brought up "Technology" don't put it back on me. My reading comprehension isn't in question. You being a dick, kinda is.

 

[amdhunter]

Do it every time I leave the country. Couldn't care less about Internet at all when I am hanging out with friends.

I couldn't do it when I am alone here in NYC, I'd be bored to death.

 

[Linflas]

Answers like this miss the whole point of the "challenge", imho.

The underlying idea is to stop reflexively sucking off of the technology teat, and to reintroduce yourself to the simple but profound joy of immersing yourself deep into a good novel that has actual pages you have to manually turn, and to emerge from your basement or cubicle, blinking like hairless mole in the noonday sun, and bask in the awesome 3D graphics and stately, healing rhythms of nature.

Now, have I gone an entire month w/o the internet in this millenium?

Fuck no.

What is the difference in reading text from pages that turn as opposed to reading them on a Kindle or Nook? White background, black print and can be read in exactly the same conditions as a paperback or hardcover book. That is like saying that it is better to read a book penned by a monk before the printing press was invented. While I might have appreciated the art and penmanship of the monk scribed tome the convenience and accessibility of the printed book made books more widely available than they were before. Similarly now that I am freed from getting into a car and driving to a book store or digging around Amazon on my computer to have a physical book shipped to me I have read more books since I purchased an e reader than I did in the 10 previous years.

 

[rasczak]

I could, yes, but why would I ever want to? I rely on it as a tool to make my life easier. I do not want to go back.

 

[Sheep]

Pay me for a month's worth of missed work and I'll give it a try.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I used to visit my grandparents house in rural NY. No internet there, or tv/radio channels I care to hear. Basically I was cut off from news, media, ads, phone calls, email, and traffic for a week. And it was delightfully cool and green in the summertime, not stifling, with much more beautiful countryside than where I live.
The change of pace was verrry refreshing.
A month might push it though.

 

[kaerflog]

If I was on a month long cruise. YES.
At home. No freaking absolutely way.