What Would Happen If the Whole Internet Just Shut Down All of a Sudden?

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by ronjor, Aug 19, 2019.

  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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  2. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    It's amazing how this situation would probably cause people to kill each other in the streets if it lasted more than a few hours when 25 years ago life was fine without it.
     
  3. zapjb

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    People would forget how to wipe their ***. And then kill each other.
     
  4. Buddel

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    I think they would learn how to do it without asking "Is there an app for it?".
     
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    But if they cannot post pictures of it on FB, what would be the point?
     
  6. emmjay

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    Line up here to access my landline and ancient rotary phone. :D

    I saw a video that showed teenagers being asked by a teacher to make a call on a rotary phone. They pressed their fingers down in the holes in the dial where the numbers/letters reside rather than twirling the dial. One picked up the receiver and waved it around in the air thinking it might be needed to get a signal. Another teenager noticed a connection to the wall and determined it was for charging the batteries.

    The internet has to be declared an essential service. We have reached that point.
     
  7. zapjb

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    A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk


    Kid think magazine is a broken ipad.
     
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  8. Marwood

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    That's happening here a lot anyway even with the internet still working. :(
     
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    Wow, Wilders would cease to exist. We couldn't talk at each other no more. :'(
     
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