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No Internet For One Year: Could You Do It?

mrosen814 2012/07/19 22:00:00
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How long could you survive without the internet? One day? One week? One month? Paul Miller, 26, is trying to live without the internet for one whole year. So far, Miller has been offline for 3 months. He hasn't sent an email, clicked a link, sent a text message, or used web browser since May 1st of this year.

The ABC News article goes on to say that Miller loves the internet. However, he is also aware that the internet is a giant distraction and he wanted to unplug for a while. Miller states, "I found it very distracting and I wanted to spend time studying and writing uninterrupted. I wanted to read books that I could have read at any time, but instead I was reading Reddit. I wanted to write things I wanted to write for a long time, but instead I was tweeting." Do you think you could survive without the internet for one year?

ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
For one whole year Paul Miller will live without the Internet, and as of publishing this article, Miller has not been online for three months.
reports year paul miller live internet publishing article miller online

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  • shygurl 2012/07/19 22:53:42
    No
    shygurl
    +3
    when i get bored thats the first thing i do get on the internet
  • XxXdead.princessXxX 2012/07/19 22:42:49
    No
    XxXdead.princessXxX
    +3
    I can't even do it for 2 days...
  • ♥dreamer-leigh♥ 2012/07/19 22:40:56
    No
    ♥dreamer-leigh♥
    +1
    I never owned a home computer until 6 yrs ago, and now am so dependent on it for juat about everything so I have to say no, a year would be too long for me. Everything is done via the internet.
  • Christopher Brady 2012/07/19 22:39:07
    No
    Christopher Brady
    No. I'm crippled and sometimes leaving the house is difficult. Thus I am unemployable and have an excess of time. And given the lack of money that Disability gives me, there's not enough to keep me occupied. Not to mention that my gaming console is automatically attached to the internet, whether or not I use it, means that I will never truly be unplugged.

    Hello, Matrix. :P
  • Osk The Great Guru 2012/07/19 22:33:35 (edited)
    Yes
    Osk The Great Guru
    +1
    I did for 15 years, so I can see why not. I agree, the Internet is distracting and an addiction
  • Kigan 2012/07/19 22:28:38
    No
    Kigan
    Aside all convenience or preference, the college I attend requires it.
  • Callaway 2012/07/19 22:25:58
    No
    Callaway
    +1
    It simply is far and away the only information form in which you can gather varied enough opinions from vastly different sources that will allow you to form what is as close to the truth as you can get today. This just can't be done with print, radio or TV as we know them today.
  • yuddandi siva Subramanyam 2012/07/19 22:18:17
    Yes
    yuddandi siva Subramanyam
    i will get on.
  • weirdchickalert 2012/07/19 22:12:34
    Yes
    weirdchickalert
    As long as i had sky on demand to distract me
  • C.C. 2012/07/19 22:09:57
    Yes
    C.C.
    +1
    If I didn't have to use it for school and work then yes
  • clasact 2012/07/19 22:03:29
    Yes
    clasact
    +1
    I did it for over 40 years before it even came out I think I could do it again.he is right though it is very distracting
  • bennett.dunn1 2012/07/19 22:01:51
    No
    bennett.dunn1
    I honestly don't know. It would be very hard, especially if I knew that all my friends were online and that I wasn't, but I suppose that I'd just have to adjust to the situation...
  • MlssCue =Go Blue= 2012/07/19 21:59:10
    Yes
    MlssCue =Go Blue=
    +1
    I've gone without it for over a year before then again for months. Surely wasn't done w/out frustration & withdraws but yeah, I think I can do it.
  • ~[Rachel Mariee]~ 2012/07/19 21:59:03
    No
    ~[Rachel Mariee]~
    Noo o:
    I wouldn't survive lol o:
  • Tim Upham 2012/07/19 21:58:33
    No
    Tim Upham
    I would great bored.
  • sarah 2012/07/19 21:57:56
    Yes
    sarah
    I'm sure I could
  • Lord Emperor of Dune 2012/07/19 21:55:36
    No
    Lord Emperor of Dune
    Not unless I had a different job...
  • Tee Quake 2012/07/19 21:54:51
    Yes
    Tee Quake
    In a second (so to speak).
  • riffraff 2012/07/19 21:49:28
    No
    riffraff
    I think it'd be really tough. But if for some reason I had to, I think I could do it. Maybe.
  • Sister Jean 2012/07/19 21:44:12
    Yes
    Sister Jean
    +1
    if i had to i gave up all at 18
  • Chris D 2012/07/19 21:42:46
    No
    Chris D
    Damn that would be hard...couldn't last a week! Does Voip count?
  • Ron in ... Chris D 2012/07/19 22:31:45
    Ron in Oregon
    You would have to go back to an old fashioned land line.
    No caller ID
    Maybe even a party line....you ever have that.

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