# What would you do if there were no Internet?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480 "2003-07-06T01:14:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Verick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verick)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/21 "2003-07-06T16:31:50Z")
Cry?
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### Author:  [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/22 "2003-07-06T16:47:03Z")
Instead of looking at porn I’d have to put up with a real woman which would be a pain because they have a tendency to talk back, ask you to hug them and other annoying things of the sort. Thank goodness for the internet.
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### Author:  [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/23 "2003-07-06T16:55:07Z")
I would start watching TV again…ever since the great world of Internet came into my house (to my own computer i should add) i haven’t watched TV for more than 24hours total in 2years. (but endless hours of DVD movies though 😃 )
I used to spend a lot of time in front the computer screen. Now that is winding down too…i started to read a lot again like i used to in school (a book of 400 pages is done in a day or two), listen to music and things of the sort.
I gotta start drawing again…
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### Author:  [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/24 "2003-07-06T17:15:49Z")
I remember not having Internet. Library card catalogs (the kind with actual CARDS) are such a pain in the wazoo! Research was much harder and less up to date, as well.
How the heck would I keep in touch with my best friend in Utah, my sister (currently) in Virginia, and sundry other folk? I can’t afford that much in long-distance phone bills! Plus I hate the phone. ::sob, cling to computer::
I would have more time to devote to my reading addiction though. I do currently manage a decent amount (finished Order of the Phoenix in two days! Woo!) but not as much as I did pre-Net. However, I get feedback from other people online, which books do not provide. Yeah, yeah, I know, I need to get out more… as soon as I find another aide I will…
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/25 "2003-07-06T19:17:40Z")
Check the movie times with a _newspaper_ again! I’d have to get a phone book as well.
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### Author:  [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-there-were-no-internet/186480/26 "2003-07-06T19:33:46Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by moejuck \*
> Kal, you have me slightly concerned.
You’re not the only one. But then the hospital closed though lack of funding.
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