Could you live without the Internet?

United States
February 25, 2011 10:32pm CST
Could you live without the Internet permanently? Could you go without the Internet for a couple of hours, days, weeks, or years? I seem to have a severe phobia surrounding lack of Internet access, even for short periods of time. I've actually uttered the phrase, "I can't sleep without Internet access", and believed it. Is this just typical behavior of the Internet age?
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12 responses
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
26 Feb 11
Not now I couldn't, it is a completely a change of life for me, like the whole world has been opened up yo me, I am not a traveller, with the internet I don't have to travel.
• United States
1 Mar 11
I would like to travel, but I don't even get out of the house much because of my illness. My connection to the outside world relies on the Internet. I love that I am able to learn about all the places I have never visited too though! :)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Great questions! I wouldn't go crazy over not having access to internet but giving that almost everything nowadays revolve around being online, I would need it to get important things done. Communication is a big benefit of having internet for me. I even attend school online so I'm on the internet pretty much of my day. Your symptoms are funny, but yes, normal behavior for the internet /technology age. We need it, yes we do......:0
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
1 Mar 11
Hi. hbsbucks. I know that I could live without having the Internet, but I know that I could not imagine life without the Internet around. We all use computers for many different reasons, and to not have the Internet around, can be very strange and boring.
• Canada
15 Mar 11
I cant...simply cant!!! I noticed i spend more time on the net than anything else.If i am not in front of my computer , i will do mobile browsing...
@sunny4691 (546)
• India
9 Mar 11
I can live without internet but not like i use to live with internet access, i will be cut off from the world, i will not know what new things are coming out and what is going on in different sectors of the world
@joystick (1675)
12 Mar 11
I have other things that i enjoy doing as well as being on here.I would miss it alot if i never did have the internet, as this is one of the things that i like being on when there is nothing on the tv.I think that there would be alot of bored people about if it was that none of us could use the internet.
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
26 Feb 11
hehe yes i think i can live without internet but i think on the same time it is better to have or access it as well..
• Philippines
26 Feb 11
I can do without internet for maybe 2-3 days but it would be difficult for me to live without internet for good. It has become part of my system, plus I work via the internet so it only makes sense that I always stay connected online.
• Pakistan
26 Feb 11
I am so with you in this internet addiction.....when I'm off the internet I'm constantly distracted and keep thinking about whats going on.....I keep going on the net,but I guess the longest I'v survived without the net is 36 hours......its hard to stay away.This is according to me typical behavior of this age,but that doesn't mean its good.These days I'm TRYING to un-addict myself cause I have my O'levels coming up.....lets see if I succeed
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
26 Feb 11
Wow now as i am so used to internet i don't think i can live without the presence of internet. I can maybe go on for a day or two but not long.
26 Feb 11
i think i can live without internet. I was able to live my life before when internet is not that really popular. but life would be harder if there would be no internet. i hope that would not happen. Internet had made such great difference on the way of living of people.
• United States
26 Feb 11
Thanks for the site invite! Looks interesting, I wonder if it works. I know I couldn't live without the Internet!