36 hours without Internet. What do you do? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

tikki · 07-08-2003, 06:15 PM

Well, my cable modem was out for thirty-six hours for no apparent reason. I watched a baseball game for the first time in about two months, read part of my current book, listend to the radio, and drove around town.

If you didn't have Internet access, what would you do with that extra time in your day?

The_Dude · 07-08-2003, 06:18 PM

bah, i dont know! i just dont know.

wait a sec, you said w/o internet access. you can still play 1 player games (which i have a SHITLOAD of).

i dont know what i would do w/o my regular dose of tfp though!

i'd resort to tv for some time, and maybe even GO OUT!!

YourNeverThere · 07-08-2003, 06:21 PM

ill be internet-less for all next week, im going to miss everything on TFP GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Phaenx · 07-08-2003, 06:29 PM

Single player games, read, work, golf, see a movie, meet up with friends, etc. etc. etc.

tikki · 07-08-2003, 06:35 PM

My dad was going nuts without having Internet. He kept badgering me to fix it because he felt so out of place without it. It's amazing how it has injected itself into our daily lives.

I was tempted to go play golf, but it is so frigging humid.

MacGnG · 07-08-2003, 07:33 PM

video games, tv, sleep

oblar · 07-08-2003, 07:38 PM

i have this happen for months at a time when i visit my grandparents.. I go outside, read a book, garden a bit.

when at my house, i generally go meet up with friends, read a book, go play a game of disc golf, watch a movie.. There are lots of things to do.. and if all else fails there is always sleep!

juanvaldes · 07-08-2003, 07:42 PM

I went a month without DSL (as you know justin), what did I do? I bitched at SBC to get our connection back, did my summer class/homework, did some coding and then suffered with dialup.

tikki · 07-08-2003, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by juanvaldes
suffered with dialup.

it's not worth it. Going back to dialup is so painful after being spoiled with broadband for three years.

butthead · 07-08-2003, 07:51 PM

Begin seizing.

bermuDa · 07-08-2003, 07:51 PM

the few days my cable was out, so was my power!

so i ate what i could from the fridge and slept a lot.

redrum · 07-08-2003, 08:06 PM

get rid of my 'chair-ass'

tikki · 07-08-2003, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bermuDa
the few days my cable was out, so was my power!

so i ate what i could from the fridge and slept a lot.

don't open the fridge when the power is out. The milk will spoil

GoldenOuroboros · 07-08-2003, 08:25 PM

What would I do.. go absolutley nutters!

sadistikdreams · 07-08-2003, 08:31 PM

hmn. probably 1-player games. And see a movie.

Nhanced1 · 07-08-2003, 08:38 PM

I had to suffer without my dsl for three weeks, truthfully, I dont remember them as I tend to black out bad things from my memory. If it happened today, I probably would catch up on alot of homework (Taking a summer session

). Every time I leave an airconditioned environment here in Tucson, I get a little less rare and a little more well done. I wasn't too sure that I really lived in hell until a temperature of 111 was forcasted and when you walk outside you see that the mountians are on fire. but thats beside the point. Another thing you can do is sleep. I would probably just sleep for 16-20 hours at a time if i could. it would make up for all of those lost nights spent playing mmpog's and drinking high amounts of caffeine.

hotzot · 07-08-2003, 09:18 PM

I read and watch tv

crow_daw · 07-08-2003, 10:21 PM

I actually get out of the house and do stuff. I hang out with my friends alot, stuff like that.

thenewguy · 07-08-2003, 11:41 PM

Read a book, do other stuff on the computer, or just go outside (depending on the weather)

RelaX · 07-08-2003, 11:49 PM

Sort out all my files... it's amazing how much junk an 80 gb drive will hold. Last time I sorted out my files I ended up reducing 36gb of data to 22gb, just by weeding out some of the bigger files...

lurkette · 07-09-2003, 05:10 AM

Take a nap in the hammock, go for a walk with my dog, read, go to the gym, write a letter to a friend.

Bill O'Rights · 07-09-2003, 05:45 AM

Pour myself a glass of lemonade, grab my book, open the front door, walk outside, park my butt on the lounge chair, listen, for a moment, to the singing birds and the kids playing next door, then imerse myself.

Or...I guess I <i>could</i> mow the damned grass....nah.

Gortexfogg · 07-09-2003, 05:51 AM

When ever I don't have the internet for an extended period of time I become productive. I do things I've put off fors days or weeks. I'll clean, do stuff around the house, read, and eat healthier too (with extra time to fix food). Of course, when I get the internet back, that all goes out the window...

jujueye · 07-09-2003, 10:16 AM

Music music music! I would spend countless hours listening to music. Ahhh...........

Cynthetiq · 07-09-2003, 10:27 AM

have sex with my wife...

for at least 20 of those hours...

then i'd need to sleep for the last 16...

rogue49 · 07-09-2003, 12:05 PM

read, watch a movie, excercise, etc.

My life is not defined by the web,
despite whatever time I invest into it.

bondagegirl · 07-09-2003, 12:10 PM

It's kind of scary that I can go 19 years without a computer or internet, then after I've only had it for about 3 years, and it goes out for 24 hours I go completely nuts, and go through internet withdrawls. Its almost as bad as drugs... I shouldn't be admitting that but I know I'm safe on TFP, I know I'm not the only one.

brandon11983 · 07-09-2003, 02:34 PM

go outside amidst the beautiful people. internet keeps me cooped up too much. need interaction with humanity.

LittleOralAnnie · 07-09-2003, 02:46 PM

For a week once I was without my net service. The first two days I sat around moping and wishing it was still working, after I realized how stupid I was being and started being productive. I overhauled my place and did some indepth spring cleaning.

Getting outside and spending time outdoors is essential now. I took for granted all the times I could have been outside enjoying the sunshine but instead sat on my duff and played computer games, chatting and wasting precious time to have real fun as well as net fun. Now I spend equal time being on the computer and off.

punx1325 · 07-09-2003, 11:16 PM

I couldn't survive. I went to blockbuster and grabbed an AOL disc...that was 2 weeks ago and I am still finding little traces of that shitty program.

The Atomic Boy · 07-10-2003, 12:21 AM

Listen to some music maybe read a book. Try to get out and walk around for a few hours and maybe tinker around in Photoshop. There was a time where I went nuts when my cable modem fritzed Id like to think I could live a couple days without it now.

spectre · 07-10-2003, 05:14 AM

I was without a computer for the last couple of days. It sucked, but I found a few other things to do during that time.

Fallon · 07-10-2003, 06:17 AM

I've finally pulled myself away from the net enough that I can live without it. A few months ago, I would have died. I'd probably go to some mall or something that had computer internet service so that i can get my fix. But now, I get out and enjoy life. Now, I'd spend even more time with my fiancee, go out swimming or play on my fiancee's jet ski.

gov135 · 07-10-2003, 07:54 AM

Go outside.

isandro · 07-10-2003, 09:15 AM

I'd want to go out and ride my bicycle over to some foresty area and set myself down with my discman, a book and a big bottle of lemonade.
But in reality i'd need a screen in front of my face so i'd just watch tv or go to a friend's house- and watch tv

robbo59au · 07-13-2003, 10:41 PM

I guess being old enough to remember a world with no home computers, let alone the internet, if I find myself without access, the 'jump' to good ol' analog past-times is not really a problem :-)

DarkShatter · 07-13-2003, 11:04 PM

i read or run whenever i'm unable to get online

Stewie · 07-14-2003, 08:48 AM

Well for one thing I have to use my imagination instead of porn. I do homework or exercise in the meantime.

hambone · 07-14-2003, 08:09 PM

I would just hang out with friends and such. Been trying to do more of that anyway

Nefir · 07-14-2003, 08:20 PM

- Load up the some classic Lucas Arts games
- Finish reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
- Grab the digicam and go on a walkabout
- Order some Chinese food and sit around watching DVDs and eating Beef Lo Mein
- Finish that half-finished case-modding project
- Work out them neglected muscles

07-08-2003, 06:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
tikki Justified Location: West Lafayette, IN	36 hours without Internet. What do you do? Well, my cable modem was out for thirty-six hours for no apparent reason. I watched a baseball game for the first time in about two months, read part of my current book, listend to the radio, and drove around town. If you didn't have Internet access, what would you do with that extra time in your day?

07-08-2003, 06:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	bah, i dont know! i just dont know. wait a sec, you said w/o internet access. you can still play 1 player games (which i have a SHITLOAD of). i dont know what i would do w/o my regular dose of tfp though! i'd resort to tv for some time, and maybe even GO OUT!! __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

07-08-2003, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
YourNeverThere Practical Anarchist Location: Yesterday i woke up stuck in hollywood	ill be internet-less for all next week, im going to miss everything on TFP GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR __________________ The Above post is a direct quote from Shakespeare

07-08-2003, 06:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phaenx The Northern Ward Location: Columbus, Ohio	Single player games, read, work, golf, see a movie, meet up with friends, etc. etc. etc. __________________ "I went shopping last night at like 1am. The place was empty and this old woman just making polite conversation said to me, 'where is everyone??' I replied, 'In bed, same place you and I should be!' Took me ten minutes to figure out why she gave me a dirty look." --Some guy

07-08-2003, 06:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
tikki Justified Location: West Lafayette, IN	My dad was going nuts without having Internet. He kept badgering me to fix it because he felt so out of place without it. It's amazing how it has injected itself into our daily lives. I was tempted to go play golf, but it is so frigging humid. __________________ Take notice. Take interest. Take me with you.

07-08-2003, 07:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	video games, tv, sleep

07-08-2003, 07:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
oblar Über-Rookie Location: No longer, D.C	i have this happen for months at a time when i visit my grandparents.. I go outside, read a book, garden a bit. when at my house, i generally go meet up with friends, read a book, go play a game of disc golf, watch a movie.. There are lots of things to do.. and if all else fails there is always sleep! __________________ "All that we can do is just survive. .All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive." - Rush

07-08-2003, 07:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	I went a month without DSL (as you know justin), what did I do? I bitched at SBC to get our connection back, did my summer class/homework, did some coding and then suffered with dialup.

07-08-2003, 07:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
butthead Loser Location: SF Bay Area, CA	Begin seizing.

07-08-2003, 07:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	the few days my cable was out, so was my power! so i ate what i could from the fridge and slept a lot. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

07-08-2003, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
redrum Crazy	get rid of my 'chair-ass' __________________ "you say erb....we say herb.....because theres a fucking H in it"

07-08-2003, 08:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
GoldenOuroboros The Cheshire Grin... Location: An Aussie Outback	What would I do.. go absolutley nutters! __________________ Can you see me grin grin grrriiiiinnnning?!

07-08-2003, 08:31 PM	#15 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	hmn. probably 1-player games. And see a movie. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

07-08-2003, 08:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
Nhanced1 Insane Location: Tucson, AZ	I had to suffer without my dsl for three weeks, truthfully, I dont remember them as I tend to black out bad things from my memory. If it happened today, I probably would catch up on alot of homework (Taking a summer session ). Every time I leave an airconditioned environment here in Tucson, I get a little less rare and a little more well done. I wasn't too sure that I really lived in hell until a temperature of 111 was forcasted and when you walk outside you see that the mountians are on fire. but thats beside the point. Another thing you can do is sleep. I would probably just sleep for 16-20 hours at a time if i could. it would make up for all of those lost nights spent playing mmpog's and drinking high amounts of caffeine. __________________ "Sell Crazy Somewhere Else, We're All Stocked Up Here," Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets

07-08-2003, 09:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
hotzot We're having potato pancakes! Location: stalag 13	I read and watch tv __________________ The Bully Boys are here!

07-09-2003, 05:10 AM	#21 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	Take a nap in the hammock, go for a walk with my dog, read, go to the gym, write a letter to a friend. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

07-09-2003, 10:27 AM	#25 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	have sex with my wife... for at least 20 of those hours... then i'd need to sleep for the last 16... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

07-08-2003, 10:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	I actually get out of the house and do stuff. I hang out with my friends alot, stuff like that. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

07-08-2003, 11:41 PM	#19 (permalink)
thenewguy Insane Location: West Coast, USA	Read a book, do other stuff on the computer, or just go outside (depending on the weather)

07-08-2003, 11:49 PM	#20 (permalink)
RelaX Follower of Ner'Zhul Location: Netherlands	Sort out all my files... it's amazing how much junk an 80 gb drive will hold. Last time I sorted out my files I ended up reducing 36gb of data to 22gb, just by weeding out some of the bigger files... __________________ The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. - Nathaniel Borenstein

07-09-2003, 05:45 AM	#22 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Pour myself a glass of lemonade, grab my book, open the front door, walk outside, park my butt on the lounge chair, listen, for a moment, to the singing birds and the kids playing next door, then imerse myself. Or...I guess I <i>could</i> mow the damned grass....nah. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-09-2003, 05:51 AM	#23 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	When ever I don't have the internet for an extended period of time I become productive. I do things I've put off fors days or weeks. I'll clean, do stuff around the house, read, and eat healthier too (with extra time to fix food). Of course, when I get the internet back, that all goes out the window...

07-09-2003, 10:16 AM	#24 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	Music music music! I would spend countless hours listening to music. Ahhh...........

07-09-2003, 12:05 PM	#26 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	read, watch a movie, excercise, etc. My life is not defined by the web, despite whatever time I invest into it.

07-09-2003, 12:10 PM	#27 (permalink)
bondagegirl Muy loca en la cabeza!! Location: San Diego. Ca.	It's kind of scary that I can go 19 years without a computer or internet, then after I've only had it for about 3 years, and it goes out for 24 hours I go completely nuts, and go through internet withdrawls. Its almost as bad as drugs... I shouldn't be admitting that but I know I'm safe on TFP, I know I'm not the only one. __________________ "Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today."

07-09-2003, 02:34 PM	#28 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	go outside amidst the beautiful people. internet keeps me cooped up too much. need interaction with humanity. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.

07-09-2003, 02:46 PM	#29 (permalink)
LittleOralAnnie Banned	For a week once I was without my net service. The first two days I sat around moping and wishing it was still working, after I realized how stupid I was being and started being productive. I overhauled my place and did some indepth spring cleaning. Getting outside and spending time outdoors is essential now. I took for granted all the times I could have been outside enjoying the sunshine but instead sat on my duff and played computer games, chatting and wasting precious time to have real fun as well as net fun. Now I spend equal time being on the computer and off.

07-09-2003, 11:16 PM	#30 (permalink)
punx1325 Junkie Location: San Diego	I couldn't survive. I went to blockbuster and grabbed an AOL disc...that was 2 weeks ago and I am still finding little traces of that shitty program. __________________ If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is....

07-10-2003, 12:21 AM	#31 (permalink)
The Atomic Boy Tilted Location: Indianapolis	Listen to some music maybe read a book. Try to get out and walk around for a few hours and maybe tinker around in Photoshop. There was a time where I went nuts when my cable modem fritzed Id like to think I could live a couple days without it now. __________________ All problems no matter how complex can be solved with fire and/or duct tape.

07-10-2003, 05:14 AM	#32 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	I was without a computer for the last couple of days. It sucked, but I found a few other things to do during that time. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

07-10-2003, 06:17 AM	#33 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	I've finally pulled myself away from the net enough that I can live without it. A few months ago, I would have died. I'd probably go to some mall or something that had computer internet service so that i can get my fix. But now, I get out and enjoy life. Now, I'd spend even more time with my fiancee, go out swimming or play on my fiancee's jet ski.

07-10-2003, 07:54 AM	#34 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	Go outside.

07-10-2003, 09:15 AM	#35 (permalink)
isandro Crazy Location: Groningen, Netherlands	I'd want to go out and ride my bicycle over to some foresty area and set myself down with my discman, a book and a big bottle of lemonade. But in reality i'd need a screen in front of my face so i'd just watch tv or go to a friend's house- and watch tv __________________ -Life, liberty and the pursuit of hamburgers.

07-13-2003, 10:41 PM	#36 (permalink)
robbo59au Upright Location: Brisbane, Australia	I guess being old enough to remember a world with no home computers, let alone the internet, if I find myself without access, the 'jump' to good ol' analog past-times is not really a problem :-) __________________ 'These aren't the droids you're looking for'

07-13-2003, 11:04 PM	#37 (permalink)
DarkShatter Upright	i read or run whenever i'm unable to get online

07-14-2003, 08:48 AM	#38 (permalink)
Stewie Upright Location: SAn Diego	Well for one thing I have to use my imagination instead of porn. I do homework or exercise in the meantime. __________________ Well if ya ain`t the grandaddy of all liars

07-14-2003, 08:09 PM	#39 (permalink)
hambone Zeroed In Location: CA	I would just hang out with friends and such. Been trying to do more of that anyway __________________ "Like liquid white from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over"