nobody needs the internet. . . .NOBODY...you just think you need it....(like a cocaine addict)

I earn $130K/yr as a full stack developer, from which I pay for mortgage, utilities, and provisions for my family.

So yeah, I need the internet.

OP, you should consider increasing the breadth and depth of your reasoning skills.

life will go on without it just fine.
In fact, probably much better too.

Life was fine before it came into existence.


So maybe Russia can help all you go to internet rehab???

(cut the undersea cables)

The next pandemic could very well be internet shutdown.

life will go on without it just fine.
In fact, probably much better too.

Life was fine before it came into existence.


So maybe Russia can help all you go to internet rehab???

(cut the undersea cables)

life will go on without it just fine.
In fact, probably much better too.

Life was fine before it came into existence.


So maybe Russia can help all you go to internet rehab???

(cut the undersea cables)

Many people rely on the Internet, sick people are tied into hospitals, doctors can perform surgery over the internet, the power grid is monitored with it, chemical plants and sewage plants are monitored, traffic is monitored and controlled over the internet. Banking and commerce run over the internet. Heck even our voting system runs on the internet.

Without it nobody would have any idea what was or wasn't occurring in the world

When you tards say internet you ate talking about the web. The rest of the protocols you don't know exists are required for society to exist. Most people would die if they go down. So go ahead and advocate for your demise.

Most of us saying the internet is ruining society, are not among the 90 something percent of people who will die without it.

Yes you are, Infrastructure will go down. No supply chain, no utilities. Things like nuke plants will eventually go boom without electricity or fuel for their backup generators.
Like it or not, modern society is dependent on that computer network. I am not taking about social media or the web, I am talking databases.

There’s a nuke plant like 50 miles from me. I still don’t care. They have protocols for that. If it doesn’t work, I guess I’m a nihilist. If I could, I’d live in the Alaskan or Canadian wilderness, and the world can burn. I’d deal with it when it got to me, but I don’t need internet to survive.

Yes you are, Infrastructure will go down. No supply chain, no utilities. Things like nuke plants will eventually go boom without electricity or fuel for their backup generators.
Like it or not, modern society is dependent on that computer network. I am not taking about social media or the web, I am talking databases.

Consequences of internet going full off nowadays:
- Financial: almost everything regarding finances is now through internet. Transfer, payments, purchases, market, everything. If internet goes off, we will be set back about 30 years in this regard. Your cards will be useless, basically everyone will have to go withdraw cash on an ATM. But guess what? For an ATM to dispense cash, it needs to check your bank account balance, which is, guess what, through the internet. So the only way to withdraw some cash is go personally to your bank and even so it might be possible this wouldn't work. You see, all records of your account are online, meaning, your local branch might not have access to your balance, making even this option non-viable.
- Communication: Telephony nowadays is almost 100% reliant on the internet. VOIP services are very common in many places and cell towers rely on the internet for synchronization. This means, that no phone calls for you or anybody else. Communications via internet also play a huge part on electric and water systems, so chances are that without internet, power and water might not work properly, if at all.

Its not as if we, as humans, need it. But its one of the pinnacles that hold life as we know it today. So, would it be TEOTWAWKI? In a few ways, yes. Will we survive? Most likely, yeah, but life will be more like it was back in the 50's and 60's regarding infrastructure, but with tons of people totally unsuitable to live like this.

Some of us live where life will go on just fine without modern society.

how would we keep up with the kardashians?

The internet helped me share my secrets directly with the FBI so they don't have to snoop around my house.