What if the Internet would going to shutdown?

A hell of a lot more guys would take part in no-fap... and become the best version of themselves. Better than they even thought possible.
Too many guys literally fapping their lives away...

 

People would over react and then moan and whine until they're fully adjusted to how life was 15+ years ago. Anyone who wasn't born in the 90's onward or doesn't have any heavy stakes in IT/tech/apps/digital services/finances shouldn't have that big of a problem. Traditional forms of media would have a resurgence and hopefully television will remain unaffected. Also, parents might start complaining about real bullying rather than virtual bullying. I'm not speaking ill towards any kids involved in the latter, but how in blazes is that considered bullying?

 

Microsoft would release Encarta again!

 

i would be pissed as i would not be able to buy cheap stuff online

 

Exactly. There's too much "I DONT LIKE THIS THING, OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD STOP LIKING IT, I WILL BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS MISERY WHEN THIS THING STOPS EXISTING. GIT OFF MAH LAWN YA DARN KIDS." going on.

The loss of the Internet would be a pain in the ass. Getting a datasheet for an electronic component would mean phoning up the company and having them mail/fax it across, meaning waiting until business hours, or waiting till 3AM and making an expensive international call. Forget 24/7 access to schematics from other enthusiasts, too.

Researching some particular topic means relying on what your local library has, OR spending all day (and spending loads of money on petrol) driving around to different libraries.

Music would be expensive again, you're once more forced to buy a 15+ track album for the 1 song that you like.

There are too many tangible, positive benefits to everyday life to say we'd be better off without it, especially because 'I HAET FACEBERKS BRING BACK MATLOCK WHIPPERSNAPPERS DAGNABBIT'

 

If the internet "would going to shutdown", people wouldn't have an easily accessible place to make horrible grammatical and spelling errors and logically confusing statements.

 

Which in turn would remove the joy that I gain from correcting these brain dead slobs. Those would be dark times, indeed.

 

I don't think so. I'd expect that if it was impossible to create a 'true' internet replacement (i.e. computer network), people would switch to a kind of 'sneakernet' instead, that is, distribute stuff via thumb drives etc. I hear Cuba has 'blogs' that are spread like this: Almost everyone has a copy, and when he sees one that's newer than his, he updates his own copy and spreads it. Things like data sheets whould, obviously, mostly be shared between individuals interested in electronics, but you're likely to know a couple of those if you are one yourself - so the only bits that'd be hard to find would be the ones not already part of your group's shared pool of information.

And the songs could still be distributed separately. You think people would stop sharing MP3s if it could only be done offline? IIRC even Microsoft 'got' that - couldn't the Zunes share songs between them with nothing like an USB cable (or even wirelessly)?

 

Sneaketnet is fine if you're in a decently densely populated area, and do know other people IRL that (A) share your interests, and (B) wouldn't mind you popping in/phoning up in at random hours for whatever piece of info you're after.

If you're in anything but a major-ish town, or don't have many friends, you're pretty much screwed.

It's easy to flippantly say "Oh, well we'd just do X instead." without considering all the different circumstances people are in. I realise people "got on just fine" before the Internet, but nearly everything is SOOOOOOOOO much better with it. The things people complain about are really, in the scheme of things, pretty insignificant.