Also tell me how bad on a societial level it would effect the country you’re in. This is a hypothetical as I clearly am not able to shut down all of the internet again
Not sure if this is close enough to on-topic for you but during the London blitz people who were previously depressed got a little less depressed.
When things are going crazy you don’t have as much time to mope about. You have to survive.
So depending on what you mean by “go crazy”. A lot of us might band together in the aftermath more than before.
It would be bad.
I think South Park nailed it
We’ll just have to go out Californey-way to find some internet
Man, probably not good when someone that’s been advocating for complete systemic segregation of the mentally ill and who thinks people dont “deserve” a chance at happiness starts fantasizing about having the power to shut down the internet.
What the fuck?
I’ve seen a few of OP’s posts and they’re really strange but what you linked is just eugenics. Get fucked, op.
It’s not eugenics, but it’s definitely eugenics adjacent.
We know where that road always goes… even if you don’t mean it to go there, you have to understand it will go immediately there.
Yeah they’re a real piece of work.
I finally get to block someone on the fediverse, wowee
Leader of my hater fan club. You’re so devoted go find a hobby
Seems like as good a hobby as any. We should have more un-fan clubs.
Oh that’s it, that’s the good stuff I crave.
Big difference; the internet would be shut down for them too.
Wait, whats being compared that’s different?
He doesn’t get the power to shut down the internet. The internet is shut down wether he likes it or not. And this guy might post that he would love it, but let’s be honest, he craves the attention.
I clearly am not able to shut down all of the internet again
That sure reads like them fantasizing they personally at least had the power to personally turn it off. But It ain’t my fantasy, and I think this isn’t really the salient point here.
I’ll just leave this here.
This is a hypothetical as I clearly am not able to shut down all of the internet again
Sure thing, not-an-aws-employee!
If the Elders of the Internet say its ok…
The elders of the Internet know who I am?!?
How bad would affect society, it would be pretty much catastrophic. I live in the United States pretty much. Everything is computerized at this point. No Internet access good luck in getting your medical files, good luck on buying something at a store. Stores would not be able to order anything so the shelves would be empty. Traffic lights are all computerized so there would be traffic jams from hell. Now the traffic lights might continue running for a while in certain areas as long as they are not networked, But I have heard rumor that some of them might be networked And if they are, I have no idea if they could run independently.
There’s so many things in this country that require an Internet connection to actually even operate. It’s quite scary.
Most people would lose their minds because society would really cease to function within about a day.
For example, grocery stores would shut down for the day, maybe two Possibly three, until the grocery store owners realized this wasn’t going to be a short term item. At which point they would have the managers of the store escort people in figure out what items they need and then have to hand. Write up receipts to get things sold. They would have to calculate the tax by hand. Many grocery store managers would have a hard time on even figure out how to do this. Within a couple of days, the grocery store shelves would be up empty. Because there would be no real way to re-order food., Grocery store owners would be forced to close the stores. At which point food riots would begin. Because people would be convinced there was food in the grocery store yet the stores are closed and the Kids at home would be crying for food, people would lose their minds.
I’m thinking a week maybe two tops before society completely breaks down
Important point: it’s not so much about people going crazy (presumably because they have nothing to do?) but about infrastructure and services collapsing pretty much immediately.
It would be (almost) like switching off electricity itself.
Fully agree
Sounds promising. Buy some dry beans and rice as back up food. Don’t forget water and maybe get a gun. It’s about to get tough. Hypothetically of course, but really do that
Complete society breakdown sounds promising? I think I misunderstood what you were trying to say.
Op is either a bad troll (likely) or a complete lunatic. Either way they’ve been unabashedly advocating for the mass segregation of the mentally ill and claming that people don’t “deserve” a chance at happiness all over their posts. They’re also a wannabe gun nut.
Probably best just to let them wallow in their own muck.
I’ll let the picture be my response and I don’t even like the show
From a business/productivity side it would be cataclysmic.
For the private life of people quite the opposite, things would get a lot more sane.
Yeah I agree with this. But you can’t separate the internet like this. OP didn’t think their Q through.
I think the world would become more sane if the internet stopped working.
Yes but only after the insanity
Give or take a few hundred years.
I’m fascinated by this
At this point the “Internet’ is the same as any other utility. So society would collapse in about three days.
There have been several high-profile systemic failures in the past few years that give us a glimpse into the hypothetical you’re describing. Most interruptions have lasted mere hours, if not minutes, before causing mass panic and devastating economic catastrophes. Planes are grounded, banks stop operations, global trade shuts down, and hospitals can’t access patient records.
The question isn’t how long before it would be a huge problem. That starts immediately. The better question is, how long before people adapt to a world without the internet? How long would it take to build an alternative?
How long would it take to build an alternative? They wont. If they would that would have not after I hit the switch but before it ever goes down
There is great sci-fi book about shutting down all electronic and how society collapses from perspective of the prepper guy.
Not sure if there is English translation because it’s Swedish author.
Stjärnklart
Author: Lars Wilderäng
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22937310-stj-rnklart3 minutes
The sarcism will hit harder after 3 days and you realize it’s not coming back on anytime soon
Not even sarcasm my dept loses their mind when the internet goes down for 5 minutes due to network issues. Minor downturn of 5 minutes means 10 minutes of productivity to catch up. 3 days would means a full week to catch up. The cogs cannot stop.
I wonder how many people would die before pharmacists and doctors adjust.
