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:
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.
Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/internet-year-tec...
Top Opinion
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(▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) 2012/07/20 00:52:16
Yes and no. When I was a kid through 18, I lived with my mom most of the time and my computer there did not have internet. The only thing I could do on that machine (It was also a Windows ME! :D) was play any game I had which was two. I'd write stuff on Microsoft Word, Excel, mess around with Powerpoint. Read books, watch an hour of TV, go to bed at 9 to 9:30. Or, whenever my mom made me go to bed. She gave me a time limit on TV, my computer too and a bed time. Even though when she's not home, I could have more. I guess because of that I became a storywriter and stuff. X)
The only time I would have internet was at my Grandmother's, at the Library (I rarely go there, not that I do not want to though.), or at School. I was only at my Grandmother's on the weekends. I had most of my video games there. Real cable TV. As at my mom's I only had 24 channels, minus the ones that airs snow and seizure lines.
I moved to my Grandmother's at 18 one I liked it here, and two: things got very rough between me and my mom at the time. Been on the internet nearly every day. Lazier and do not read books as often I used to, I try to though. However, thanks to the internet I met great friends and people, and because of them I'm happier, I have Tanor because if it wasn't fo...
Yes and no. When I was a kid through 18, I lived with my mom most of the time and my computer there did not have internet. The only thing I could do on that machine (It was also a Windows ME! :D) was play any game I had which was two. I'd write stuff on Microsoft Word, Excel, mess around with Powerpoint. Read books, watch an hour of TV, go to bed at 9 to 9:30. Or, whenever my mom made me go to bed. She gave me a time limit on TV, my computer too and a bed time. Even though when she's not home, I could have more. I guess because of that I became a storywriter and stuff. X)
The only time I would have internet was at my Grandmother's, at the Library (I rarely go there, not that I do not want to though.), or at School. I was only at my Grandmother's on the weekends. I had most of my video games there. Real cable TV. As at my mom's I only had 24 channels, minus the ones that airs snow and seizure lines.
I moved to my Grandmother's at 18 one I liked it here, and two: things got very rough between me and my mom at the time. Been on the internet nearly every day. Lazier and do not read books as often I used to, I try to though. However, thanks to the internet I met great friends and people, and because of them I'm happier, I have Tanor because if it wasn't for the internet, I would not have him or most of my creations so far. They say, once you have prolonged exposure, you can never get enough of it...and damn, they were right.
However, I've gone months without internet since I had to get my compy fixed every so often, and I didn't have a PS3 till late 2010. That had internet (albeit very crappy, because Sony does not care about it!), but to go a year? Maybe. Just Maybe...if I can reach down into my childhood...I may. I'd be missing my mate, bros and folks, but I could find a way to contact them when I could. So, I have a 55-45% thing going on whether I could do it or not.
My real answer depends on exactly what is meant by this question: I could find a way to survive without it, but I wouldn't be a happy camper.
No thank you.