you would cease to function if electricity suddenly went away.
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Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have a book titled “Generation Doof” (Generation Stupid), and yes, this book got it right.
I’m afraid that most people under 30 would simply cease to function if the internet suddenly went away.
cheesorist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Many people would, but I think I could rig something to have a sufficient amount of power in the house.
I can still read books and manuals, and i do have those books and manuals in paper form.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
You don’t realize how hard it is to do physically the work of water pumps in the grid, which allow you to have running water. Or to collect firewood (or some other burnable fuel) to use much of it every damn day for cooking, heating water, heating your habitat.
And the water will have unbalanced composition, so things you are getting from almost any findable water you’ll have to get specifically. Imagine a water supply short on lithium, but with horrible concentrations of iron, or something like that.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I am well aware of that. But that was not the original topic.
cheesorist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
and you think youre special? most people who cant read shit on paper cant read it on the internet. “reading books, and manuals in paper format” doesnt take that much brain power
kreskin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve noticed no one has books anymore though. I used to be able to go to peoples houses, look at their bookcase, and learn lots about them. No one has bookcases full of books on display anymore except really old people. Even our library has been mostly emptied and has maybe a fifth of the number of books it used to have. I have no idea where all those book went.
gian@lemmy.grys.it 2 months ago
Point is that most people who read on Internet have not the experience to do somthing without Internet since they never lived without internet.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Writes the one who has learned grammar in Twitter school.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
you would cease to function if oxygen suddenly went away.
cheesorist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
if youre trying to argue, you just proved my point.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Seems you already lost some oxygen supply
gian@lemmy.grys.it 2 months ago
Not really, sorry. Only problem would be the freezers.
architect@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
I mean I’d be absolutely, jump out of a window, levels of absolutely fucked without the internet.