# Who here isn't getting on the internet today because of SOPA protests? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904 "2012-01-18T14:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/1 "2012-01-18T14:53:54Z")
Poll in a moment. ---
**Author:** ![carm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@carm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/2 "2012-01-18T14:56:40Z")
Think you might have a small problem here. . ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/3 "2012-01-18T15:02:09Z")
:existential anguish: ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/4 "2012-01-18T15:11:07Z")
Enderw24, when did you stop beating your mother? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/5 "2012-01-18T15:18:59Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Enderw24, when did you stop beating your mother? > [@carm](#): > > Think you might have a small problem here. . I dunno. I think beating my mother counts for a fairly large problem. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/6 "2012-01-18T15:21:53Z")
Option 3 is a little bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/7 "2012-01-18T15:22:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Who here isn’t getting on the internet today because of SOPA protests? Me. Oh, wait. Damn. Busted. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/8 "2012-01-18T15:33:19Z")
Iam staing awayy from mykeybord tooday i am typping with 5 fooot lomng baclkscratcvher… ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/9 "2012-01-18T17:04:26Z")
Canadian web developer here, damn right I’m on the internet. Damnit Americans, you’re screwing it all up! My coworker needed to do a Wordpress install, but Wordpress blacked out too. Luckily, we discovered a little link wayyyyyy at the bottom of the page that let you get to the full site. It’s going to be interesting seeing Reddit’s traffic numbers for today. Apparently Canadians are the nationality that uses the site the most. I foresee an extreme spike in productivity for the day! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/10 "2012-01-18T17:13:27Z")
I didn’t even see this thread because I decided not to log on today because of the SOPA rodeo. I would love to have participated in the poll but I don’t read English much good. Besides we lost electicity at midnight on New Year’s Eve and they say it will be a month before we have power again. And maybe I can get a computer and web access by then. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/11 "2012-01-18T17:19:38Z")
Is this a joke? ---
**Author:** ![thatguyjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@thatguyjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatguyjeff)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/12 "2012-01-18T17:20:00Z")
No I am not on the internet today. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/13 "2012-01-18T17:23:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Is this a joke? Look, if I were joking, I would’ve said "what do you do with an elephant with three balls? You walk him and pitch to the rhino". ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/14 "2012-01-18T17:48:51Z")
I like to think of myself as \*in \*the Internet, not \*on \*it, so I answered “No.” ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/15 "2012-01-18T19:15:20Z")
The net isn’t down but my favorite blog got shut down because of it:( ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/16 "2012-01-18T19:33:31Z")
a person couldn’t answer this if they weren’t. more than a few places i go to daily are down in protest of this (and have done so with reason). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/17 "2012-01-18T20:25:52Z")
I’m not online now and neither is my wife. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/18 "2012-01-18T20:59:02Z")
I’m not online today. I’ve never been online in my life. Any posts you’ve read by me (including this one), you’ve just imagined. You’ve got a very weird imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/19 "2012-01-18T22:14:49Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > a person couldn’t answer this if they weren’t. :eek::eek::eek: Great Scott!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904/20 "2012-01-18T23:42:20Z")
I’m online, and making good use of Google’s “cached view” to look up Wikipedia articles when I need to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-isnt-getting-on-the-internet-today-because-of-sopa-protests/609904.md?page=2)