What would it take for you to give up the internet....for life?

[redAPPLE]

i guess if i cannot use my hands to type or use my voice (for speech commands), that would be the day i could give up the internet.

i basically cannot live without the online world. when i do my holiday plans, i consider hotels with wifi than ones without.

 

[w00d]

Simple

Honestly all it would take for me is enough $ to guarantee I could live comfortably and never have to work again. I'd happily trade this lifestyle for something simpler. I say this as a software developer going on 15 years of full time work. I don't even want to think about how many hours I have spent staring at this glowing square object while wiggling my mouse and tapping on the keyboard.

 

[andalusia]

and that's also what I use to talk to my boyfriend everyday (he lives 5500 miles away).

You could use a phone.

 

[anjinha]

You could use a phone.

Do you know how expensive international calls are?

But I do use my phone. I just use it with Skype and iMessages. And we use iChat when he's at work and FaceTime when he gets home. We need the Internet for all of that.

 

[iBlue]

It's a stupid hypothetical question because why would someone give you $1m to give up the internet? It also neglects to specify if a total disconnect is required or if people around you can use it for you. If people I know can use it on my behalf then $1m might be ok. You could sell your peculiar story and probably make a lot more. All sorts of ways this could go when you're talking hypotheticals.

 

[andalusia]

Do you know how expensive international calls are?

Of course I do. But if you gave up the internet for a high price, you wouldn't have to worry about that.

 

[sammich]

It's a stupid hypothetical question because why would someone give you $1m to give up the internet? It also neglects to specify if a total disconnect is required or if people around you can use it for you.

Beat me to it.

Just give me enough to have a butler-type person that I hire for life. And I basically dictate to him everything. Like what apple is going to bring for iPhone's but like more...human.

 

[Mord]

I wouldn't. Not for facebook, not for macrumors, or twitter or any of that crap just for the unique ability internet access gives one to better oneself.

If I want to learn pretty much anything I basically can and I wouldn't give that up for anything. While it's certainly possible to learn in other ways none are nearly as convenient and practical.

 

[(marc)]

You could give me thousands of hot women and unthinkable amounts of money, but I wouldn't give up the internet.

I wouldn't. Not for facebook, not for macrumors, or twitter or any of that crap just for the unique ability internet access gives one to better oneself.

If I want to learn pretty much anything I basically can and I wouldn't give that up for anything. While it's certainly possible to learn in other ways none are nearly as convenient and practical.

 

[Performa636CD]

It's a stupid hypothetical question because why would someone give you $1m to give up the internet? It also neglects to specify if a total disconnect is required or if people around you can use it for you. If people I know can use it on my behalf then $1m might be ok. You could sell your peculiar story and probably make a lot more. All sorts of ways this could go when you're talking hypotheticals.

Yeah, that. If I had enough money (I want $100 million+ to give up the Internet), I could pay someone to do my searching online for me. Heck, I could pay them to transfer certain websites, message boards, etc. to a massive server/SAN/whatever so I could build my own network. Of course, it would have to be offline.

 

[Mousse]

42 virgins in heaven

Hmm...42 gun toting nuns. I'll pass.

May want to put more detail in that statement. In case the OP is a wish granter or something.

Good advice. Too many have been burned due to vague wishes.

 

[(marc)]

42 virgins in heaven

 

[OutThere]

An exotic convertible with at least 500 horsepower and free gas/maintenance for life (there's the catch!).

 

[spencers]

Island life

 

[Mr Kram]

to live and survive in today's modern society, internet access is vital. even if i had a billion dollars in the bank, i think i'd be hard pressed to live without it.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

I spent a week in Florida, relaxing on the beach and poolside, and barely even looked at the internet. I glanced merely because I could. However, if I could live that lifestyle everyday, sustainably, and be able to travel/visit my family, I think I could get rid of the internet entirely.

So, I'm on board with those who said a private island.

This is an interesting question. I like it.

 

[MarkCollette]

Honestly all it would take for me is enough $ to guarantee I could live comfortably and never have to work again. I'd happily trade this lifestyle for something simpler. I say this as a software developer going on 15 years of full time work. I don't even want to think about how many hours I have spent staring at this glowing square object while wiggling my mouse and tapping on the keyboard.

Exactly. I would quit software and become a personal trainer or something. Whatever would involve never touching one of these things ever again. After 16 years of software, it'd be nice to do something else with my life.

 

[Mousse]

I spent a week in Florida, relaxing on the beach and poolside, and barely even looked at the internet. I glanced merely because I could. However, if I could live that lifestyle everyday, sustainably, and be able to travel/visit my family, I think I could get rid of the internet entirely.

So, I'm on board with those who said a private island.

Right behind ya, buddy. Where do I sign up?
If I never touch a computer again, it'll be too soon. This video reminds me of my first date.

 

[bobr1952]

I wouldn't give up the Internet for anything. Not that I'm obsessed with it but it is something I enjoy having access to. So I try to fill my life with things I enjoy --life is too short to deny yourself those things for no reason.

 

[lewis82]

I really can't answer that question. Right now I would say nothing, but sometimes (when the mood goes down) I'd say "Just give me a girlfriend and I'll quit the internet cold Turkey".

I bet I'd regret it

 

[RITZFit]

a garage of cars of my choice and an epic driving road just beyond my drive way...a ton of money wouldn't hurt either

 

[torbjoern]

I'm so much into CS whereas networking is an increasingly important part - so giving up the Internet and everything related to it would be like giving up a major part of my identity... which I would need to fill with something else. I just wouldn't give it up unless I were in a situation by which it was totally necessary to do so. But maybe it would be a bit easier if I had a lifetime supply of food, cocaine and luxury prostitutes (no street-girls, but they should not be virgins either).

 

[-aggie-]

$100 million and a yes man to find out anything I wanted to know, do my shopping, etc.

 

[Paulywauly]

One of two things

1: The kind of enlightenment you hear about from the little bald dudes up in the Tibetan mountains

OR

2: Sex, all day, everyday

 

[iJohnHenry]

2: Sex, all day, everyday

Be careful of what you wish for.

Remember the parable of Midas.