Could you Honestly live without the internet?!

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MichaelD

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Originally posted by: bmacd
No. My life and job revolve around it.

Ditto. Not a snowball's chance in hell I could live w/o the net. I get all freaked out if I'm offline for more than a few days. I feel "disconnected."
 

krunchykrome

Lifer
Dec 28, 2003
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I could have lived without it if I was never introduced to it. Like when I was in middle school, the internet didn't exist, or it was at least in it's begining stages.

But my life now revolves around the internet. The thing to do after school or work before was sit down in front of the tv for hours. Now I suppose most Americans have the same problem with the internet.

I can't live without it.
 

Linflas

Lifer
Jan 30, 2001
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Would I want to live without it? No. Could I live without it? Certainly, just as I could live without electricity, a car, TV, CD players etc. It would not be the most pleasurable life but I would still live.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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I could. I like it when I go on vacation and don't use a computer for a week.

But I don't think the world could live w/out it anymore. There is too much stuff dependending on it now a days.
 

Quasmo

Diamond Member
Jul 7, 2004
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Yeah, it'd be a real incovience without it, but I could survive living in the woods if I had to.
 

jjones

Lifer
Oct 9, 2001
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I lived without it when there was no such thing as the internet, so yeah, I could. Doesn't mean I want to though.
 

DnetMHZ

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Apr 10, 2001
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I'd live just fine... I wouldn't receive or be able to pay any of my bills but I'd live.
 

BrokenVisage

Lifer
Jan 29, 2005
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No, not at this point. It'd be one thing if it didn't exist in the first place, but now I gotta live with it like an undivorceable wife.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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sure, i lived without it before i was ever on it so i'd adjust accordingly again.

although, the internet has made the world a whole lot smaller for me. for instance, i never in my life would be conversing with any of you if it weren't for the net.
 

zerocool1

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Jun 7, 2002
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Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
Of course I could. I could also live off of dog food and cheese and save lots of $$$, but why would I possibly want to?

my thoughts exactly. i have not had the need to be without computers so i have not made that change.
 

manowar821

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Mar 1, 2007
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I could, yes. But I would be miserable knowing now what I was missing.

So I clicked "No". I was assuming that your poll did not mean "could I LITERALLY do it".
 

Ackmed

Diamond Member
Oct 1, 2003
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Fact: Everyone could, not everyone wants to. There is a vast difference could you live without the internet, and could you live without the internet.

People who have jobs that need the internet, could get a different job. Etc.
 

Jeffwo

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Mar 2, 2001
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i could actually "live" without it but I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really don't wanna have to go without it.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Sure. I lived without it for over 40 years, I could do it again...but like others here have said, I wouldn't want to...

NOOOOOOO! You CAN'T take my INTARWEB!
 

CKent

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Aug 17, 2005
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God no. I mean I guess I wouldn't die or anything, but it would be like a long-term smoker who quits, I'd have cravings for the rest of my life.
 

SmoochyTX

Lifer
Apr 19, 2003
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If I absolutely had to then yes. If I was forced to give up most of my other wordly luxuries in exchange for the internet then I would in a split second. If I had to live without the internet entirely, I could do it but I wouldn't be happy about it. LOL