What would the world be like without Internet ?

[jmurray01]

I was just sitting thinking, what would the world be like today if the Internet wasn't around ?

Obviously, I'd be very upset about it, because I wouldn't be able to be a member of the best Lawn Mower Forum around! :thumbsup:

But on a serious note, what would it be like ?

People managed for years without it, but now it seems like even a day without internet can drive some people mad...

 

[JDgreen]

I was just sitting thinking, what would the world be like today if the Internet wasn't around ?

Obviously, I'd be very upset about it, because I wouldn't be able to be a member of the best Lawn Mower Forum around! :thumbsup:

But on a serious note, what would it be like ?

People managed for years without it, but now it seems like even a day without internet can drive some people mad...

For one thing, we would have a lot fewer ways to kill time. And we would have a LOT MORE PRIVACY !!!!

 

[jmurray01]

For one thing, we would have a lot fewer ways to kill time. And we would have a LOT MORE PRIVACY !!!!

:laughing: Yes, true!

The one thing bad about the internet (of quite a few I admit) is that waste of bandwidth - Facebook!

"Can't wait to see that new show tonight, LOL"
"Just been to the toilet, that new bleach smells great, LOL!"

 

[Parkmower]

I think the world would be a much better place. Don't get me wrong the Internet is a great tool. But too many people abuse it and rely on it for entertainment.
When I was a kid. We didnt even have cable tv. We played outside. Riding bikes, climbing trees, building forts, pick up games of every sport, swimming in the river or lake.
Nowadays you have to punish kids by taking away their Internet. And make them go outside and no surprise the nation is facing an obesity epidemic.
I have kids and they are not allowed to go on the computer or play video games until night time.
Thank god I work outside. Cause I don't think I could handle sittin in a office allday staring at a screen listening to the buzz of the florescent lights.

Sorry bout the rant. Bur that's how I feel

 

[jmurray01]

I think the world would be a much better place. Don't get me wrong the Internet is a great tool. But too many people abuse it and rely on it for entertainment.
When I was a kid. We didnt even have cable tv. We played outside. Riding bikes, climbing trees, building forts, pick up games of every sport, swimming in the river or lake.
Nowadays you have to punish kids by taking away their Internet. And make them go outside and no surprise the nation is facing an obesity epidemic.
I have kids and they are not allowed to go on the computer or play video games until night time.
Thank god I work outside. Cause I don't think I could handle sittin in a office allday staring at a screen listening to the buzz of the florescent lights.

Sorry bout the rant. Bur that's how I feel

You are entitled to your opinion :smile:

 

[Two-Stroke]

When I was a kid there was no internet but there was TV -- which I think is actually worse because it's not interactive -- you just sit there and take it in. :confused2:

Just because things like computers and TVs exist doesn't mean that we can't exercise restraint in using them. We humans need exercise as well as other types of balance in our lives.

And if the internet didn't exist the US Postal Service would still be in trouble but maybe not quite as much. :wink:

 

[JDgreen]

When I was a kid there was no internet but there was TV -- which I think is actually worse because it's not interactive -- you just sit there and take it in. :confused2:

Just because things like computers and TVs exist doesn't mean that we can't exercise restraint in using them. We humans need exercise as well as other types of balance in our lives.

And if the internet didn't exist the US Postal Service would still be in trouble but maybe not quite as much. :wink:

Well stated....I have been on both TBN and LMF several times today, but in the meantime I have walked at least TWO MILES push mowing and working in my garden, and hauling several wheelbarrow loads of yard debris back to my brushpile. Each trip back there and return is over a quarter mile, the return trip is a slight upgrade slope. I could always use my tractor and loader to move the debris, but that would be like driving your car a block to the 7/11 to get a Coke.

 

[JDgreen]

I think the world would be a much better place. Don't get me wrong the Internet is a great tool. But too many people abuse it and rely on it for entertainment.
When I was a kid. We didnt even have cable tv. We played outside. Riding bikes, climbing trees, building forts, pick up games of every sport, swimming in the river or lake.
Nowadays you have to punish kids by taking away their Internet. And make them go outside and no surprise the nation is facing an obesity epidemic.
I have kids and they are not allowed to go on the computer or play video games until night time.
Thank god I work outside. Cause I don't think I could handle sittin in a office allday staring at a screen listening to the buzz of the florescent lights.

Sorry bout the rant. Bur that's how I feel

I agree with you 100%...today's youth, and much of the population in general, have no real concept of what it means to actually exercise, do manual work, or do much aside from play with various electronic gewgaws and gimcracks. When I was a kid I did the same things you did, always active and it has helped me stay fit in my older years. Guy who lives down the road from me weighs 120 pounds more than me, he is so flipping lazy when he gets home from work, he parks by his mailbox and gets out to open his mailbox, then drives 80 feet to his garage. JEEZ !!!! A 160 foot walk once a day would be good for him, better yet a 1600 foot walk, but no.....too much work....:confused2:

 

[cubby]

I'll go even one better, what if we didn't have mobile phones. Remember when we had only beepers
and you had to find a phone booth.....that worked!

I see a lot of kids waiting for their bus but I don't see that many playing outside after school anymore.
I guess its easier to do your homework on the internet and eat a big mac at the same time. I'm like JD
I push mow part of my lawn just for the exercise don't have to but I do...cubby

 

[JDgreen]

I'll go even one better, what if we didn't have mobile phones. Remember when we had only beepers
and you had to find a phone booth.....that worked!

I see a lot of kids waiting for their bus but I don't see that many playing outside after school anymore.
I guess its easier to do your homework on the internet and eat a big mac at the same time. I'm like JD
I push mow part of my lawn just for the exercise don't have to but I do...cubby

I remember beepers, when I finally got my first two way pager, a RIM 950, the original Blackberry, in 2001, I thought this gadget has to be the ultimate thing...and ten years later it is so outmoded its laughable.

About Big Macs...has anyone noticed just how many fast food commercials there are on TV, they show these great looking, huge-and-larger-than-life meals that appear very different when you go to the seller to buy them. It should be illegal to advertise the way they do as it is deceptive.