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so in today's world it seems as though everything i could ever need to do can be done on the internet.
i can work on the internet
i can bank on the internet
i can play games on the internet
i can watch films on the internet
i can watch live TV on the internet
i can listen to music on the internet
i can communicate with all my friends at once on the internet
i can talk face-to-face with the friends i like on the internet
i can get a girlfriend / boyfriend on the internet
i can shop for groceries on the internet
i can buy a new car on the internet
i can send my special someone flowers, chocolates and a birthday card on the internet
i can book a holiday to Japan on the internet
i can learn about the history of Cornish Pasties on the internet
i can find out pretty much any piece of information i want on the internet
and this is just the stuff you have a choice to do over the internet or not; many many things are being phased out (or already have been) in favour of internet-equivalents.
is this too much for the modern human being?
imagine what would happen if suddenly the internet went down and [b]never[/b] came back. could we as a species cope?
are we putting too many of our needy eggs in the one basket that is the internet?
do we really need to rely on technology [i]this [/i]much?
discuss.
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Edited by Thecrow333: 5/2/2013 11:30:26 PMno we don't need tech this much and I don't think a lot of people could cope, me, I hunt, fish, talk with friends face to face, hike, and have weekly airsoft fights and don't own a phone so I could live just fine without electricity but a lot of other people I don't believe could such as the two I saw in a park on a bench texting each other or the GROWN man I saw cry because his battery ran out and the girl in my math class who threatened to kill herself because the teacher took her phone I don't own one and the last time I had to use one I spent twenty minutes trying to find the on button while my friend was there watching me fail and laughing the whole time as Mitch Hedberg says I like to keep my friends close by so that when one needs my help I can say yes? and tilt my head slightly