If the internet didn't exist, what would you be doing right now?

[Hreter 9]

Writting, exercising, studying... SOmething way more productive and healthy than surfing a brony forum. At least I'm practicing my English I guess

[LittleRawr 679]

Probably reading actual books, not just fanfiction. 

 

Other than that, I would probably exercise more out of boredom. Maybe even daily.

[AfTeRwArDs 509]

Well, I'd be reading, of course. Reading and playing video games. And writing some. And uh.... that's pretty much all I do other than lurk the forums really, so ye

[Legacy Dash 438]

Probably sitting upside on a chair doing absolutely nothing and eventually die due to extreme boredom. 

 

I need internet. Luckily - we have it. 

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

Sleeping. Video games. Consumed in fantasy and fiction. Or dead. One of those four.

 

Yeah, that last one is a bit dark. If it weren't for the internet, I might have, quite honestly, committed suicide by now. It's a possibility. Sorry to be the downer of this thread and all, but! You know, being a friendless recluse with no way of communicating with others, no way to get away from a horrid family that is useless for helping me with my mental problems, and little support system from some rather crippling depression and or mental issues... yeah. The internet really takes you out of that, it is a beautiful thing that lets you reach out to anyone, anywhere.

 

Of course, I might've gotten my therapist anyway and would be still alive, though likely my progress would be cut WAY back without internet, friends to make and lose, and all the lessons I've learned. My entire social life has basically been online up until recently (though most of it still is here). Making the best friends I've ever had there and having a big help/support system for my mental issues, finding love and bringing it to my real life... (my boyfriend) I simply would not be the same person at all. And I don't want to even begin to think about it.

 

Oh yeah, and I wouldn't have a job either. (I got mine through many random applications via online to many places) My parents wouldn't drive me very often to get job applications because they hate leaving the house two inches away from it. So I wouldn't be working, or at college. (Due to being too timid to figure out how to get to it and having generally unhelpful and essentially non-parental figures)

 

I know, it's pretty damn important to me. It's more than just browsing around and playing some silly internet games. Not in an obsessive manner, 'cause I know when it's time to put the computer down. I knew it back then too and my therapist never acknowledged my consistent computer usage as an addiction anyway. Just that, I mean, it feels like a place where I am truly at home. Much more than my family home.

 

So glad it does exist. I don't take a moment of it for granted, that's for sure.

Edited December 13, 2013 by Arylett Dawnsborough

[Glaci 119]

I'd be writing, reading, playing video games, hanging with friends and family, probably would still play sports, etc. XD

[ChoroChii 284]

I'd either be dead or off having a life.

[Guest]

Drawing, eatin', drinkin', sleepin' and watching TV.

[Clockwork Cat 9]

Umm.....I don't know.....

At this exact second though, I would be asleep.

[Lithophila 291]

Become a loner who reads books and jogs. Trying to tour the world somehow and explore the knowledge and build ideas and expand.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,283]

Probably just playing video games. I would have even less of a life than I do now and to be honest, I would probably be quite miserable. 

[Buck Testa 5,503]

I would be inventing the internet.

This ^

 

The world would be a much different place without the internet, and we wouldn't be nearly as connected to the goings on in the world as we are now. Sure there are downsides to it, but the sheer potential the internet has alone is worth its faults. I would absolutely be trying to help invent it if it hadn't already been made. 

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

probably socializing with friends.

[Kiri 7,277]

I'd probably be doing something outside right about now, perhaps taking a walk or drawing still life. 

 

 

Or...more realistically, I'd be in the library with stacks of journals and books for my thesis since I wouldn't be able to do any online research. -_-

Edited December 10, 2015 by Quartzy

[Damonater 70]

As of right now. I would be fast asleep since it is 1:00am haha. But I would be a whole different person in my opinion. Heck, I dont even know if I would even be a brony infact. It's the internet that showed me the show in the first place anyways. But mostly, I think I would be more of a happier person if the internet never came about tbh... I would be out a lot more rather parked in front of a screen. Not to say that I am all the time but hey, just saying I would be out a lot more.

[hfiosdhvsdovsdio 86]

Would probably sleep a lot more

 

Play a lot more games

 

Be outside a lot more

 

Probably have more friends, though I still have enough friends already

 

Probably would have a part time job

 

Be studying more (high school not college)

 

Be a little more healthy

 

But also never discover MLP so yeah

 

Lol but really I wouldn't live without internet!

[StormdustPony 471]

Probally be ridiing my horse, or hiking, or at a job, or...  most likely something outside.  Its a nice day out, Im about to call Geico.

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Playing my regular single player adventure RPG games like I always do. XD

[Christine Eggston IV 44]

Probably I would have a life.

[Invincible 2,090]

I can't imagine, honestly. I'd probably work on inventing it

 

The internet is the biggest culmination of humanity's knowledge. Beyond the hours of entertainment it has provided, the sheer enlightenment i have gained web surfing is much greater than what i could attain from books, articles, etc. The quick, easy to use, detailed knowledge provided today through the web is much easier to absorb than sifting through outdated tomes looking for information.

[Rainbow Cloud 16,290]

I'd probably be doing something productive with my life

[LeonShi500 155]

Hmm... I'd either be a lot better or worse off than I am now. Hard to tell.

[Celtore 2,769]

I'd still be doing programming, debugging and figuring out how to overcome problems would be about 90% harder though.

[AmarisNsane 2,729]

Resume reading novels/stories that I have yet to finish for the time being.  In this case, The Witcher novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski.  Or hanging out with like, my one or two friends in person, I suppose. Haha.

Edited December 10, 2015 by AmarisNsane

[Lost 1,409]

Chances are i would be studying to be a History Teacher rather than studying Computer Science, so generally i would be reading books.