How would you feel if MN went offline for a couple of weeks?

[AgentZigzag]

Panic stricken? Insecure? Indifferent?

I'd probably run around in circles at first wringing my hands until the shock set in, then I'd sit there with the 1000 yard stare distractedly answering anyone who talked to me

It was the soap opera thread that made me wonder whether anyone would be a bit relieved the temptation had been taken away so they could break their cycle of abuse.

Can't resist coming on MN but it winds you up?

I see that quite often on AIBU, posters getting really angry because of this or that but are unable to tear themselves away.

It's easier said than done to say turn it off or it's only the internet, when clearly it's more than that for some.

So how would you react?

I would love my brown sofa just a little bit more...

I would be lost for a bit. As a LP MN is adult conversation for me at times. I'm not really a fan of TV. There are a few things I 'watch' but never with full attention as I'm just not that interested.

I try and self-sensor a bit now. Go on breaks. Or have a no MN before 2pm rule to limit time to get annoyed in.

So if I've got really fed up on a thread for a while afterwards anytime I sense myself getting irritated I hide the thread and find a funny one instead.

I have 3 threads hidden atm, which is a sign of how annoyed I got recently!!

Euphemia

My friend and I did this at the beach the other day as our dc's played for hours.

I would miss the complete lunacy of AIBU

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1193216-To-be-upset-that-a-restaurant-asked-me-to-take-my-crying-baby-out-ofthe-restaurant a fine example

But when I don't have it. I am obsessed with MN for a few days and really miss it, then don't care, then pop on and don't post very much for a few days (doesn't seem as interesting) then get sucked in... cycle starts all over again.

It's like crack I tell you. Crack.

[[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1193216-To-be-upset-that-a-restaurant-asked-me-to-take-my-crying-baby-out-ofthe-restaurant a fine example]

The thought of no mumsnet makes me incapable of linking

a fine example

bugger!! try 3

yay!

I would be pretty damn bored at work....

Sorry didn't link, this is the soaps thread.

What's the angry bird game Euphemia?

If I were here, I'd have to clean my house.Or something.
If I were in the UK I would be shopping so wouldn't notice.

It is a scary thought isn't it ProfB?

My computer had to go and be repared last Friday and i didn't get it back until Tuesday.....

Cue cold sweats and panic.

What am i missing etc

When i got it back 'stuff' had been pulled...Arrgggh.

i think i'd feel like a domestic goddess as my house would be all clean and tidy

I'd get to the bottom of my 'to do' list, but I wouldn't laugh so much.

I think I'd feel oddly free but at a loose end as well, as all the things I don't do while I'm on here are things I hate doing anyway.
Suppose I might end up doing them and having time left over/feeling entitled to do things I do enjoy without feeling guilty.

And I might stop getting this 'locked' feeling in my hips from sitting still for too long.

I don't get wound up, though - if a thread looks like it's kicking off I lurk or de-bunk. >

I am a domestic goddess and my house is all clean and tidy.

I would be forced to do the ironing pile that's been hanging around for a few months

Bereft. I have enough problems when it goes offline at 3am, which is in the afternoon here - I am too involved with it.
It's a fairly integral part of my life these days, which is slightly worrying I guess.

There is that thing you can do, isn't there - is it called freedom or something, where you can block certain sites at specific times of day.

I use a mac though, so the only option is to block access to the whole www, which I'm not brave enough to do - what if a vital email from scouts comes through while I'm offline??!!