What would happen if someone turned the internet off?

[OldSpeclkledHen]

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In my house or

in the world? Or what?

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I'd be very, very busy and then very unemployed.

At home, I'd be fine. I've got enough books to read, gardening, knitting, sewing...

Very few people would be working at home.
Some people would be relieved and return to a kind of normal, non-digital existence.
A lot of people would revert to drinking, drugs, violence because they need to be "entertained" 24/7.

Ew at "Discuss".

I'd get loads done. Crafting, make cards, make miniatures for my dolls house hobby, bake, make sausages, defrost the freezer, garden, use my sewing machine to make clothes, clean the house, declutter, cuddle my cat. Loads of things would get done if I didn't have the internet as a distraction.

Well as the Internet is the actual wires, computers, servers etc it can't be turned off.

The Sun could emit an EMP that would knock out all electronic devices on the planet. It might still happen, and 2020 would be the year for it.

When I moved to our current house for some reason we had no internet for 6 weeks and no television as we can only get a few Freeview channels badly.
I had just lfty ex with my DD,12 at the time.
If was good as we had to communicate and got to much done together.
No moodiness,stripping,boredom or hiding on the phone.
I couldn't hide on the phone either do the timing was perfect.
We are changing providers soon so may be disconnected for a few hours(or longer as the new router hasn't arrived yet)and I am going to extend the gap for a bit.She still has he phone but not endless data.

My job could no longer function - and definitely not WFH! I don't think the job I do existed before the www... and it's a Gov Dept!

Like others, I would be more productive. I don't know what the impact on a larger scale would be though.

Op you obviously don't understand what the internet is

The Sun could emit an EMP that would knock out all electronic devices on the planet.

I mean, I know it's a shite newspaper but I don't think they're that evil yet

Op you obviously don't understand what the internet is

The OP.

Id go looking for the stupid fucker who did it to behead them, after ive made them fix it

It's okay, Jen, Moss and Roy would sort it out.

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Facebook, Twitter, InstaPrick, Snaptwat, etc. would disappear instantly. Where's the switch, I'll flick it now!

Posted too soon.

The problem is though OP, you can't actually switch "it" off, the internet doesn't work that way.

Society would tear itself apart.

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I'd use 4g, watch normal tv and go about my day.

Facebook, Twitter, InstaPrick, Snaptwat, etc. would disappear instantly. Where's the switch, I'll flick it now!

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I'd use 4g, watch normal tv and go about my day.

Errrr... 4G is just a telecommunications standard. A tool used to transmit data to and from the internet. It would be pointless if the internet was turned off.

Why are you asking?

Actually, you didn't ask... you instructed.

We wouldn't end up reading shit OPs like this.

So all good really.

I remember the time when we didn't have the internet in the households. It was fine. We read books, played games, listened to the radio, watched tv, visited friends, looked up stuff in the encyclopedia and talked to each other.