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So I was watching South Park, a great basis for starting a discussion I know, and from the episode I started thinking. What would happen if the Internet went offline forever, without warning. For some reason it just stopped working.

No Facebook
No Youtube
No Google
No Wikipedia
No Amazon
No NSG!

What would you do? What would become of the world?

I'd press this (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/4131728_0a19460aae.jpg)
then panic anyway.

I...I ...Can't even imagine such a world...
It would be doomsday for me.

I would have to go outside more and actually talk to people irl?

The horror..

It's the tubes sir, they're clogged!

I'd go play something.

It's the tubes sir, they're clogged!

Quick! Get the plunger!

Meh! I'd do what I used to before I discoverd the 'net 20 years ago.

oh god we'd have to start going to coffee houses, diners, joining clubs, *shudder* TALKING TO STRANGERS, just so we can get a bit of political discussion.

its too horrifying to consider.

Let the hours upon hours of masturbation begin!

This could easily happen, and the worldwide results would be horrific. If someone in Internet HQ accidentally spills water over the internet, all the data held within could be debinaryified, leading to computers across the world exploding beause of formatting errors and triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.

Meh! I'd do what I used to before I discoverd the 'net 20 years ago.

There was such a time?! :p

oh god we'd have to start going to coffee houses, diners, joining clubs, *shudder* TALKING TO STRANGERS, just so we can get a bit of political discussion.

its too horrifying to consider.

It's cold outside :(

I would be affected for a little but then get over it and go out a little more and talk to people. Though I do that anyway...

What would you do? What would become of the world?

I'd probably do my homework. Only I couldn't, because the majority of my homework it turned in online these days...

Let the hours upon hours of masturbation begin!

Without Internet porn?! How is this possible?!

This could easily happen, and the worldwide results would be horrific. If someone in Internet HQ accidentally spills water over the internet, all the data held within could be debinaryified, leading to computers across the world exploding beause of formatting errors and triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.

I fail to see how this would be horrific. Those smug Belgians have it coming to them.

...triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.

Not all bad then :D

and triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.

Sure. "Accidental". :p

I fail to see how this would be horrific. Those smug Belgians have it coming to them.

But think of the wider consequences. With the destruction of Belgium, a shortfall in supply of high quality chocolate would lead to total war between all the nations of the western world to gain a monopoly on access to the products of the Swiss chocolate industry. While the soldiers of the West are engaging in a bloody and costly war, Islamic terrorists will seize their chance and establish a global caliphate and force everyone to grow silly beards or face beheading.

triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.

Do they even have nukes?

There was such a time?! :p..

Hah yeah indeed there was. A time spent *gasp* outside playing British bulldog, or cannon, or runny-ally, of four square and other outside based games!:D

My initial response is panic that i'd never be able to spam again or say lol without feeling like a twerp.
oh god we'd have to start going to coffee houses, diners, joining clubs, *shudder* TALKING TO STRANGERS, just so we can get a bit of political discussion.

its too horrifying to consider.
i know i mean can you imagine, the unwashed masses actually talking about politics? i mean that sounds too democratic for my liking.
Then again i think maybe it's not such a bad idea.
This could easily happen, and the worldwide results would be horrific. If someone in Internet HQ accidentally spills water over the internet, all the data held within could be debinaryified, leading to computers across the world exploding beause of formatting errors and triggering the accidental firing of all the world's nuclear weapons at Belgium.
Sorry i blanked out your message somewhere between Internet HQ and nuclear weapons fired at Belgium.
buy i applaud your imagination quite inspiring.:tongue:

Hah yeah indeed there was. A time spent *gasp* outside playing British bulldog, or cannon, or runny-ally, of four square and other outside based games!:D

My primary school banned Bulldog because there was a small chance someone could fall over and hurt themselves.

My primary school banned Bulldog because there was a small chance someone could fall over and hurt themselves.

hwat's bulldog pray thee?

hwat's bulldog pray thee?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Bulldogs_(game)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Bulldogs_(game)

fanks, oh yeah i remember now. I think i played a more watered down version.

probably play games a lot more. also I might double my cycling route.
maybe have to help with the weekly shop :(
actually use my library cards.
sadly miss all the friends that I have gained as I could no longer talk to them.

basically seems that I go back to my early childhood experiences, didnt grow up with internet then, only did once broadband appeared.

My primary school banned Bulldog because there was a small chance someone could fall over and hurt themselves.

Ahhh it was differant for me, I left primary school in 78, the rules where a lot more relaxed, and PC refered to your local beat Bobby.:D

We would have productivity.

"Sounds like someone is being attacked by a tiger in there"



"Uh...uh...there was a ghost...and he sprayed me with ectoplasm"

Oh how I love that part of that episode.

I'd do lots and lots of drinking.

Then again i think maybe it's not such a bad idea.

you have clearly never heard the political views of the masses :p

I'd do lots and lots of drinking.



you have clearly never heard the political views of the masses :p

stuff about saving the whales and whatnot right?

stuff about saving the whales and whatnot right?

more like deport all Muslims, put police on every corner and listen to shitty pop bands like Nirvana

Let the hours upon hours of masturbation begin!
But, but...How can you masturbate without Internet Porn? :(

more like deport all Muslims, put police on every corner and listen to shitty pop bands like Nirvana

ain't a patch on pearl jam. oh yeah the Muslim thing, meh it's not so bad it's not like we Brits go on strike because we think our government is backward, no we leave that to the French.
silly French people's, you don't strike in a recession, it just makes the poor even poorer.

ain't a patch on pearl jam. oh yeah the Muslim thing, meh it's not so bad it's not like we Brits go on strike because we think our government is backward, no we leave that to the French.
silly French people's, you don't strike in a recession, it just makes the poor even poorer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7859968.stm

Some of our lot are striking too...

I'd call friends and get together.

Eventually, I would make my way to CERN, to assist in the reconstruction of teh Interwebs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7859968.stm

Some of our lot are striking too...

For fucks sake, if this is a repeat of the miners strikes i'm outta here.
how dare you bring in a topic that completely proves my previous post wholly wrong and bigoted?
that's not fair.:(

But, but...How can you masturbate without Internet Porn? :(

well what do you use all those gigs of data for?

I learned from last time the internet went down for a weekend :)

meh it's not so bad

and where am I supposed to go for a kebab now?

Some of our lot are striking too...

little do they know Thatcher isn't dead yet!

For fucks sake, if this is a repeat of the miners strikes i'm outta here.
how dare you bring in a topic that completely proves my previous post wholly wrong and bigoted?
that's not fair.:(

Umm stikeing because the tender was won by french people, fuck me thats a bit stupid.

So I was watching South Park, a great basis for starting a discussion I know, and from the episode I started thinking. What would happen if the Internet went offline forever, without warning. For some reason it just stopped working.

No Facebook
No Youtube
No Google
No Wikipedia
No Amazon
No NSG!

What would you do? What would become of the world?

what would I do?

Read a book,
play PC games
whatever. I just won't be on the two forums I normally visit.

i'd pretty much be out of a job.... :-S

*holds internet close and cuddles*

well what do you use all those gigs of data for?
I learned from last time the internet went down for a weekend :)
and where am I supposed to go for a kebab now?
little do they know Thatcher isn't dead yet!
wash your mouth out with soup!
I suggest you make your own Kebabs, just get some cheap money by sub-letting your flat out to a chef.
Umm stikeing because the tender was won by french people, fuck me thats a bit stupid.
I thought it was an Italian company that wanted to bring in new workers to one of the refineries.

It would be pretty stressful at first...one of the more practical problems I can see is having to relearn how to research in actual physical libraries *shudders*. Luckily I have the phone numbers for most of the online folks I want to keep in touch with, so that'd be fine. I would really miss being able to download music/movies etc...but after a few weeks, I'd stop shaking and throwing up and life would normalise.

play PC games

with no mods or patches?!

i'd pretty much be out of a job.... :-S

I bet there will be plenty of jobs opening up for mail delivery though :)

wash your mouth out with soup!

what kind of soup?

I suggest you make your own Kebabs

but then I would know what goes in it and wouldn't eat it

I'd do lots and lots of drinking.

So things would remain largely unchanged?

with no mods or patches?!

Almost impossible to play most games without patches these days, but that's another subject altogether...

what kind of soup?

but then I would know what goes in it and wouldn't eat it

um Lentil?:confused: i don't know whichever is closest to hand.

oh, but it's free money at least.

So thinks would remain largely unchanged?

only I will probabaly have to drink stella like some sort of common thug due to the lack of recipes :(

also no more looking at chimpanzees when drunk (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8jLjFu99E&feature=related)

oh, but it's free money at least.

well...the chefs not sleeping in my bed >.>

I bet there will be plenty of jobs opening up for mail delivery though :)

what, you mean i have to use more than just my fingers to work?! can't be having that :P

God, I'd be so productive. Things would get done. People would get contacted. My body would get exercised. You know what? I love the internet to pieces, but I still - or maybe even just because of that - wish it'd actually go.

Luckily I have the phone numbers for most of the online folks I want to keep in touch with, so that'd be fine.

You don't have mine. Am I not important enough to you? Eh? Eh?

only I will probabaly have to drink stella like some sort of common thug due to the lack of recipes :(
well...the chefs not sleeping in my bed >.>

you'l change your mind when you see her, they all say that at first see?
And you'l have a new occupation to replace internetting, cooking, yes cooking.
:)

What would happen if the Internet went offline forever, without warning. For some reason it just stopped working.
No Facebook
No Youtube
No Google
No Wikipedia
No Amazon
No NSG!
What would you do?
Delete the browser.

Turn on the modem get back to older networks that aren't so dependent on central infrastructure. What, your generation thinks there was nothing before the Internet?

Start fixing my amateur radio tranceiver.


What would become of the world?
It would become a better place.
* Facebook is just a lame substitute for actually meeting people who live a block away.

* Youtube is "How do I watch crappy videos made by lamers instead of movies made by professionals on the TV".

* Pedowikia does two things: help pedos find kids, and give readers a false impression of deep knowledge, which falls apart at the first talk with a pro. If you want to learn about something, damn you, read a book, or talk to a pro.

* BBS and their networks were used for trading before Amazon and ebay were even conceived.

* NSG is not as dumb as the *average* board, give it that, but compared to any discussion in older networks, NSG looks like an IRC chat of ADD kids. 99% of the posts people make on NSG would get you banned from proper networks.

* NS II is good. But I so miss those days when I could have proper RPs with, sort of, real people. And at least offline RPs work out better: offline makes you think. The fall of the Internet would make sitting at the computer for hours pointless, for the mail will only be delivered tomorrow anyway, and bring people back into the real life.

My primary school banned Bulldog because there was a small chance someone could fall over and hurt themselves.

Lol same.

with no mods or patches?!
Patches?!?! Patches!!!!

I don need no STEEKIN' PATCHES!!!! :mad:

No internet!? My house would be immaculate. All my needlework, knitting and crocheting projects would be completed and I'd be looking for more. I'd be getting enough sleep. I'd read all the books in the house again. I'd write letters to my friends who don't use computers. OMG, I'd be totally lost without it - how would I research stuff? Who would I argue with, without NS? How would I stay in contact with my kids - I'd have to call them and talk to them!

I think there'd be a revolution.

I hope it never goes offline. Picture all those countless MMORPG junkies suddenly forced to go cold turkey?

They'd end up forming gangs in real life and call them "clans" or "guilds". The explosion of nerd violence will be unprecedented and absolutely horrifying.

:D

I'd learn to do the robot.

Read a book. A REAL book.

So I was watching South Park, a great basis for starting a discussion I know, and from the episode I started thinking. What would happen if the Internet went offline forever, without warning. For some reason it just stopped working.

No Facebook
No Youtube
No Google
No Wikipedia
No Amazon
No NSG!

What would you do? What would become of the world?
This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emberverse

Read a book. A REAL book.

http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=2944643

So I was watching South Park, a great basis for starting a discussion I know, and from the episode I started thinking. What would happen if the Internet went offline forever, without warning. For some reason it just stopped working.

No Facebook
No Youtube
No Google
No Wikipedia
No Amazon
No NSG!

What would you do? What would become of the world?

Cheer for humanity.

This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emberverse



http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=2944643

Good one, but I (being an old dinosaur and all) meant a book printed on paper. Everyone knows that the internet (and by extension any digital media)isn't real in any sense of the word.:tongue:

Id go out Californie-Way, find me some internet...

I hope it never goes offline. Picture all those countless MMORPG junkies suddenly forced to go cold turkey?They'd end up forming gangs in real life and call them "clans" or "guilds". The explosion of nerd violence will be unprecedented and absolutely horrifying.

Dúnedain Rangers: Founded by Astrid Larsson of the Bearkiller Larsson family, the Rangers are a semi-mercenary military organization that protects caravans and fights brigands in the Willamette Valley. Ranger lifestyle is based largely on the The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, even requiring all members to learn Sindarin (Elvish). Rangers are also required to learn sign language as part of their training. The Rangers operate out of Mithrilwood, which is located in the old Silver Falls State Park, centered upon the settlement they have named Stardell Hall. The Rangers' flag features a silver tree and seven stars, similar to the royal standard of Gondor.

Need I say more?

No Facebook - Don't care
No Youtube - Porntube
No Google - Cuil search engine
No Wikipedia - This worries me. However my house has many an encyclopedia.
No Amazon - Lulz. Screw it.
No NSG! - The Hotel California quote stands true for NSG as well as the participants.

Wha? Life... Without... Internet?

First I would have to get a new job where I actually did work. Aghhhhh!

I would likely be bankrupt and homeless very soon afterward. Most of the people I know would be homeless and bankrupt so there would be no one to go out with.

Which would lead to drinking and panhandling. Eventually I would end in jail likely. Our economies would be in ruin yeah how could you tell these days but yeah even worse than now.

No Itunes
IPods would work unless you wanted new songs

Music and Artists would have to go back to making CDs ahhhhhhhhh!

I would never hear about any good movies

Computer sales would slump

Most computer games would be forced to play the ordinary game.

No World of Warcraft.

It would likely be a good thing for bookstores and libraries

Cable companies would be in bad shape. Most would go under if it were really long. TV would be forced to get better.

Netflicks would be done

That would be good for Blockbuster and the mom and pop stores.

Upheaval! It is scary how much we rely on it.

Maps (Google Maps etc), medical advice (WebMD), Ebay, Craigslist

We would be forced to go to stores again. The horror especially in New York City!

There would be 5 times as many people on the street.

Bars, music, and coffee shops are the only things left!

Actually, I'd probably hook up with my friends and form a band of raiders to roam the landscape.

I'd finally get to read the book I got as Christmas present. :D

My primary school banned Bulldog because there was a small chance someone could fall over and hurt themselves.

Small chance? What version were you playing, the type I used to play (before the school banned it) was pretty violent.

Small chance? What version were you playing, the type I used to play (before the school banned it) was pretty violent.

Okay, it was pretty violent. Children, concrete play areas and the excuse to knock people to the ground was painful but fun dammit!

Without Internet porn?! How is this possible?!

.

Well an imagination and an old Sears Catalog.

play the story mode in COD5 for a few hours, then watch TV, then start getting bored, then panic

EDIT: I also just realized I'd also be unemployed.

play the story mode in COD5 for a few hours, then watch TV, then start getting bored, then panic

EDIT: I also just realized I'd also be unemployed.

Most of the TV would go down too. The net is highly utilized in all aspects of programming.