Think about it: How Would You Quit the Internet for Life

[DuckieLady]

Before I take a break from the internet, I wanted to do this post.

If you had to quit the internet for life, how would you do it? We rely so much on the internet.

Even when I mostly quit for a year, I still had a Kindle. This time I don't, which means I would rely on things I didn't have to before...

Cookbooks, crochet and knitting books, tailoring, I'd have to go back to the store to buy information and use a handheld calculator - just like the pilgrims did.

We would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate.

 

[DuckieLady]

Examples of things that pop up:

1. You can't say "Just Google it." You can either say "Go to the thrift store and see if you can find out" or "I don't know that part."

2. I thought "well, I was thinking about signing up for that writing course anyway," which is also on the internet. As well as all of my programming courses.

 

[Wynona]

I'd rely a lot more on the local library and on other people.

 

[DuckieLady]

I'd rely a lot more on the local library and on other people.

I remember libraries!

 

[Wynona]

I think you might have some amazing experiences by seeking out local experts instead of googling things.

 

[DuckieLady]

I think you might have some amazing experiences by seeking out local experts instead of googling things.

That's true... I don't play anymore but if I were to have to learn how to play guitar again without the internet, I would have to use a live person instead of Yousician.

It could be better.

 

[Heart2Soul]

Before I take a break from the internet, I wanted to do this post.

If you had to quit the internet for life, how would you do it? We rely so much on the internet.

Even when I mostly quit for a year, I still had a Kindle. This time I don't, which means I would rely on things I didn't have to before...

Cookbooks, crochet and knitting books, tailoring, I'd have to go back to the store to buy information and use a handheld calculator - just like the pilgrims did.

We would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate.

It would be impossible for me....you can't even buy a map anymore....you have to put the address in your GPS...

 

[DuckieLady]

It would be impossible for me....you can't even buy a map anymore....you have to put the address in your GPS...

I would pre-download directions wherever and be okay with it, but I didn't think about maps.

Paper maps were specially designed by experts to be 100x worse to fold than sheets.

 

[Heart2Soul]

I would pre-download directions wherever and be okay with it, but I didn't think about maps.

Paper maps were specially designed by experts to be 100x worse to fold than sheets.

True that! Lol

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Before I take a break from the internet, I wanted to do this post.

If you had to quit the internet for life, how would you do it? We rely so much on the internet.

Even when I mostly quit for a year, I still had a Kindle. This time I don't, which means I would rely on things I didn't have to before...

Cookbooks, crochet and knitting books, tailoring, I'd have to go back to the store to buy information and use a handheld calculator - just like the pilgrims did.

We would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate.

when you say “we would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate” do you mean no cell phones also? I can remember a time before the internet and cell phones. I would stop in a gas station to ask for directions. And there was no way to know while I was out somewhere if the family wanted me to stop to pick up something to eat. since I couldn’t call or text home, there was a lot of guessing. I still remember pulling through a drive thru with a friend and she had a Nextel two-way. She used it to ask her husband and kids what they wanted to eat for dinner. I remember thinking that is so handy and convenient! I want one! That was a long time ago, now I’m not sure I could manage without google maps. I haven’t seen a pay phone in a long time, but relationships are different now too. Back then it was easy to connect with people face to face…which is strange because staying in touch wasn’t so easy nor convenient. Now when it is easy to call, text, FaceTime or Facebook …there is a disconnect.

 

[farouk]

when you say “we would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate” do you mean no cell phones also? I can remember a time before the internet and cell phones. I would stop in a gas station to ask for directions. And there was no way to know while I was out somewhere if the family wanted me to stop to pick up something to eat. since I couldn’t call or text home, there was a lot of guessing. I still remember pulling through a drive thru with a friend and she had a Nextel two-way. She used it to ask her husband and kids what they wanted to eat for dinner. I remember thinking that is so handy and convenient! I want one! That was a long time ago, now I’m not sure I could manage without google maps. I haven’t seen a pay phone in a long time, but relationships are different now too. Back then it was easy to connect with people face to face…which is strange because staying in touch wasn’t so easy nor convenient. Now when it is easy to call, text, FaceTime or Facebook …there is a disconnect.

Hi @VictoryinJesus It's kind of topsy turvy, right?

Makes on appreciate in principle fellowship relationships based on Acts 2.42....

 

[DuckieLady]

when you say “we would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate” do you mean no cell phones also? I can remember a time before the internet and cell phones. I would stop in a gas station to ask for directions. And there was no way to know while I was out somewhere if the family wanted me to stop to pick up something to eat. since I couldn’t call or text home, there was a lot of guessing. I still remember pulling through a drive thru with a friend and she had a Nextel two-way. She used it to ask her husband and kids what they wanted to eat for dinner. I remember thinking that is so handy and convenient! I want one! That was a long time ago, now I’m not sure I could manage without google maps. I haven’t seen a pay phone in a long time, but relationships are different now too. Back then it was easy to connect with people face to face…which is strange because staying in touch wasn’t so easy nor convenient. Now when it is easy to call, text, FaceTime or Facebook …there is a disconnect.

We will say flip phones allowed! Limited internet...

I remember payphones, too. Never see them anymore.

 

[amigo de christo]

Fluffy will be missed . You are loved dear sister .

 

[GaryAnderson]

What an interesting topic.
@FluffyYellowDuck i don’t think you can quit the internet without quitting society.
A friend of mine moved to Arizona 10 years ago and lives off the grid and off the land with no internet.
Another man was recently in the news in Maine who lived in a remote house in the woods for 30 years with no internet or anything modern.
You can also join the Amish.
Or you can also join a monastery too and live off the grid.

 

[dev553344]

Before I take a break from the internet, I wanted to do this post.

If you had to quit the internet for life, how would you do it? We rely so much on the internet.

Even when I mostly quit for a year, I still had a Kindle. This time I don't, which means I would rely on things I didn't have to before...

Cookbooks, crochet and knitting books, tailoring, I'd have to go back to the store to buy information and use a handheld calculator - just like the pilgrims did.

We would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate.

Why do you feel the need to quit the internet? Is there some problem for you? I use the internet and don't see anything wrong with my use of it. I get to have some fellowship here which in fact is a good thing.

 

[GaryAnderson]

This is true. I did quit for a year and spent time as a Mennonite (on my own) until I decided God probably wouldn't bless me with marriage as a Mennonite so I quit.

Turned out it seems it didn't matter either way, so now I have to figure out on what level do I care, and that's why I want to quit the internet.

Your response is layered in a way where I’m guessing there’s other things you don’t wish to discuss publicly but I can also add that quitting the internet can also be done in two ways. You quit the social aspect of it, but keep all the informational aspect of it.
Anything requiring knowledge, or anything transactional related, or maps etc can be kept but anything social such as … everything else including this forum, can be ignored.

 

[Lambano]

My job and some of the ministries I’m involved in require internet access, so giving it up isn’t practical. But I don’t do social media time-sinks like Facebook, Twitter, etc. (except for CB itself, and that might have to go too), and I don’t get my news feed (except for sports and comics) from the internet. That keeps my anxiety and irritability within socially acceptable limits.

 

[DuckieLady]

Why do you feel the need to quit the internet? Is there some problem for you? I use the internet and don't see anything wrong with my use of it. I get to have some fellowship here which in fact is a good thing.

I was trying to figure out how to explain this but I can't explain it in any other way than I am in emotional bondage and I blame the internet.

I think Satan is trying to keep me in emotional bondage to the internet with programming, which I am not sure I even like. Because it makes me stay there.

Leaving the internet forever and knitting cute sweaters may help.

Your response is layered in a way where I’m guessing there’s other things you don’t wish to discuss publicly

Lol yes.

 

[dev553344]

I was trying to figure out how to explain this but I can't explain it in any other way than I am in emotional bondage and I blame the internet.

I think Satan is trying to keep me in emotional bondage to the internet with programming, which I am not sure I even like. Because it makes me stay there.

Leaving the internet forever and knitting cute sweaters may help.


Lol yes.

Then I would suggest getting involved in a church with human contact and making friends.

 

[TLHKAJ]

when you say “we would have to use Lisa Frank stationary to communicate” do you mean no cell phones also? I can remember a time before the internet and cell phones. I would stop in a gas station to ask for directions. And there was no way to know while I was out somewhere if the family wanted me to stop to pick up something to eat. since I couldn’t call or text home, there was a lot of guessing. I still remember pulling through a drive thru with a friend and she had a Nextel two-way. She used it to ask her husband and kids what they wanted to eat for dinner. I remember thinking that is so handy and convenient! I want one! That was a long time ago, now I’m not sure I could manage without google maps. I haven’t seen a pay phone in a long time, but relationships are different now too. Back then it was easy to connect with people face to face…which is strange because staying in touch wasn’t so easy nor convenient. Now when it is easy to call, text, FaceTime or Facebook …there is a disconnect.

I remember in the 1990's, my husband and I had pagers where you could send very short texts. When he was at work, he'd have me give him the scores on his favorite teams via a text. We had to be very strategic. lol