What would you do if the internet went down?

[Kirsten]

I would feel completely cut off from the rest of the world, kinda trapped, I think, and "amputated".
I would really hate it!

Kirsten

[Medusa]

I thought about this just yesterday because I purchased a set of programs that was shown on PBS years ago called "Upstairs Downstairs". People actually wrote letters then! Occasionally they made phone calls but letters and the "Marconi gram" were the main modes of communication. The internet has its value, to be sure; we have the world of knowledge at our fingertips but I think that over time human relations would improve. People would be forced to actually start talking to one another again instead of texting and emailing and now, the epitome of laziness, "poking" as they do on Facebook. Insults wouldn't fly as easily as they do now because there wouldn't be the anonymity that the internet affords us, so we'd have to be more civil to one another. I would have to find another job but I'd live and probably be the happier for it.

[Kirsten]

I thought about this just yesterday because I purchased a set of programs that was shown on PBS years ago called "Upstairs Downstairs". People actually wrote letters then! Occasionally they made phone calls but letters and the "Marconi gram" were the main modes of communication. The internet has its value, to be sure; we have the world of knowledge at our fingertips but I think that over time human relations would improve. People would be forced to actually start talking to one another again instead of texting and emailing and now, the epitome of laziness, "poking" as they do on Facebook. Insults wouldn't fly as easily as they do now because there wouldn't be the anonymity that the internet affords us, so we'd have to be more civil to one another. I would have to find another job but I'd live and probably be the happier for it.

Good point!!

I'm also thinking a lot about these things lately, actually I made a similar post a couple of minutes ago . Sometimes I would think "Heck, what have I done in the 80s?!", but when I'm honest with myself, I lived a happier life back those days.

A couple of weeks ago when I started my Latin lessons, I wrote down some vocabulary in the notebook I got for that purpose, and after I had written one page, my hand and fingers started aching terribly because I'm no longer used to handwriting. Makes you wonder...

Kirsten

[Medusa]

Good point!!

I'm also thinking a lot about these things lately, actually I made a similar post a couple of minutes ago . Sometimes I would think "Heck, what have I done in the 80s?!", but when I'm honest with myself, I lived a happier life back those days.

A couple of weeks ago when I started my Latin lessons, I wrote down some vocabulary in the notebook I got for that purpose, and after I had written one page, my hand and fingers started aching terribly because I'm no longer used to handwriting. Makes you wonder...

Kirsten

Exactly, Kirsten! (I posted in your thread, too, btw.) After watching that program, I've decided to invest in some good stationery and sealing wax and to start writing letters again. I LOVE getting letters and packages in the mail, so maybe I'll start a new/old trend!

[Kirsten]

Exactly, Kirsten! (I posted in your thread, too, btw.) After watching that program, I've decided to invest in some good stationery and sealing wax and to start writing letters again. I LOVE getting letters and packages in the mail, so maybe I'll start a new/old trend!

Good idea!! It's always so much nicer to receive a letter instead of an email, or - even worse - a cell phone message!

Kirsten

[Medusa]

Good idea!! It's always so much nicer to receive a letter instead of an email, or - even worse - a cell phone message!

Kirsten

We agree again, Kirsten. I'll admit that when I turn on my cell phone in the morning, it's nice to hear that little beep telling me that I have a text from my son usually saying something such as "I miss my mom". I wouldn't trade that for anything. But when I receive an actual letter, I feel so special because I realize that this person took time out of his/her busy day to think of me and to tell me so in his/her handwriting. "Feeling special": that's the missing ingredient w/the internet.

[Kirsten]

I feel so special because I realize that this person took time out of his/her busy day to think of me and to tell me so in his/her handwriting. "Feeling special": that's the missing ingredient w/the internet.

So true!!!

Kirsten