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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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  • ticlo7 2012/07/20 09:17:00
    Yes
    ticlo7
    +1
    As long as I have paper, pencil, a book and music I can survive.
    hell yeah
  • Lil ticlo7 2012/07/20 14:50:37
    Lil
    How could you listen to music without the Internet?
  • soaring... Lil 2012/07/20 15:29:44
    soaringeagle
    +2
    There are things called music stores that sell things called CD's, which can be put on your computer and then copied to an mp3 player that can also be bought at a music store, even some electronic stores, in which no internet is required at all to hit play on that mp3 player and listen to said music.
  • Lil soaring... 2012/07/24 18:52:12
    Lil
    What I meant by that was that it is EASIER to use the intereweb, which might have been confusing because I hadn't implied that very well, but I own a record player so don't patronize.
  • ice steel Lil 2012/07/20 15:46:58
    ice steel
    they listened to music before jesus was born
    internet was invented in the 90's
  • ticlo7 Lil 2012/07/21 08:17:03
    ticlo7
    Radio, my mp3, myself, other people, my piano...people listened to music long before technology came about. The internet isn't the only way.
  • Lil ticlo7 2012/07/24 18:53:58
    Lil
    MP3s didn't come until after the internet.
  • ticlo7 Lil 2012/07/25 10:35:12
    ticlo7
    Then let us return to the radio. If I can't use that, I have a piano and my own voice to keep me company.
  • Rob Williams 2012/07/20 09:06:27
    Yes
    Rob Williams
    +1
    I did up to about 1995!
  • PerpetualBeet 2012/07/20 09:01:50
    No
    PerpetualBeet
    +1
    There is just nothing without the internet 0.o
  • emoanimegirl1000 2012/07/20 08:58:14
    No
    emoanimegirl1000
    I wouldnt last an hour...
  • strawberry 2012/07/20 08:24:52
    No
    strawberry
    The internet is recreation for me which I really enjoy. I would be lost without it.
  • Lord Sesshomaru 2012/07/20 08:14:31
    No
    Lord Sesshomaru
    No couldn't do it!
  • Tunnel Vision 2012/07/20 07:52:26
    Yes
    Tunnel Vision
    I did it for 22 years. It would suck, but it is doable.
  • Katja 2012/07/20 07:12:27
    Yes
    Katja
    ..I'm more into nature
  • Dave The Canuck 2012/07/20 06:53:34
    No
    Dave The Canuck
    Sorry, but sodahead, listverse and the weather Canada site have got me hooked.
  • Tiah 2012/07/20 06:47:29
    Yes
    Tiah
    I have a lot to do away from my computer and i would be able to live without it for at least one year
  • Qwik619 2012/07/20 06:39:09
    Yes
    Qwik619
    I made it through a blood on the dance floor concert without commiting suicide, arson, homocide, mass homocide, genocide, etc. I can do this.
  • Denny Lukman 2012/07/20 06:15:48
    No
    Denny Lukman
    I need internet for most of my activities. from assignment until helping someone i unable to reach on time.
  • LarryStylinson 2012/07/20 06:13:28
    No
    LarryStylinson
    I'd probably go crazy and go on a wild killing spree with a battle axe.
  • Dolly 2012/07/20 06:12:06
    Yes
    Dolly
    I wouldn't like it but if I had to I could maybe.
  • KingdomNow 2012/07/20 05:46:09
    Yes
    KingdomNow
    I've lived over thirty years without a television, it would be a piece of cake.

    Mmmmm...cake...
  • Arianne 2012/07/20 05:35:35
    No
    Arianne
    I wouldn't last a week
  • Zeruke 2012/07/20 05:09:01
    Yes
    Zeruke
    BUT.... with this Job I finally got I have to use the internet to send in time sheets so while with this Job I should have said no lol...
  • Hula girl - Friends not Fol... 2012/07/20 05:06:56
    Yes
    Hula girl - Friends not Followers
    Did it for 40+ watch one more.
  • C4TSMILEY 2012/07/20 05:05:13
    Yes
    C4TSMILEY
    Believe it or not, I like to draw and read, so I have hobbies outside of my computer...
  • zionosphere 2012/07/20 04:25:46
    Yes
    zionosphere
    +1
    I went for 26 years with no internet. Boy, I used to get a lot accomplished back then...
  • SlaveWaterNymph 2012/07/20 04:11:11
    Yes
    SlaveWaterNymph
    Done it lol
  • Marcus Clark 2012/07/20 04:05:44
    Yes
    Marcus Clark
    I wouldn't like it, but I could do it.
  • Relay 2012/07/20 04:04:06
    No
    Relay
    go back to the stone age? no thanks
  • AnoSayWa 2012/07/20 04:01:43
    Yes
    AnoSayWa
    But, then I think I would never get memos on upcoming social events because no one picks up a phone anymore.
  • Bibliophilic 2012/07/20 04:00:49 (edited)
    No
    Bibliophilic
    I would get fired. Good for him, but some of us have work and school to deal with.
  • flrdsgns 2012/07/20 03:58:22
    No
    flrdsgns
    Not sure I can go a day without the internet!
  • Rachel ~In HP I Trust~ 2012/07/20 03:53:55
    No
    Rachel ~In HP I Trust~
    +1
    I could live without it for a couple months maybe no more...
  • Xerxes,Phantom of PHAET 2012/07/20 03:31:56
    Yes
    Xerxes,Phantom of PHAET
    I could use the time to read
  • Jana~ una chica loca 2012/07/20 03:05:23
    No
    Jana~ una chica loca
    +1
    HELL NO!!! I can't survive one day without intenet, it's just something I need. and facebook is the only way to reach me, I don't answer phone calls and texting can get expensive when gossiping :D
  • Strangelikeme 2012/07/20 03:04:15
    Yes
    Strangelikeme
    i could !
  • Clare 2012/07/20 02:46:44
    No
    Clare
    +3
    I can't go a day without the internet.
  • Michelle 2012/07/20 02:41:54
    No
    Michelle
    +1
    I spent a month offline at the beginning of 2012 when my computer died and it seriously disrupted my life not to be able to use it when I needed it: it's more problem to not have it, for me, than to be distracted by it.
  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/07/20 02:31:47
    No
    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    I use it for email, bill payment, and a bunch of other everyday necessary tasks.

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