Do you think people would open their eyes and become more neighborly? Would it free people to actually talk to their friends, go to actual events in person? Or is everyone already entrenched too far?

And yes its ironic im posting this online. However I like to think of how the world would react if we could disable the internet for a few months. Besides the chaos of banking and airlines, I think it would be a net positive on humanity.

Until then, ill go back to being mostly disconnected on weekends. Its great.

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Yes.

    I grew up in the 70’s where you’d run naked out of the shower to take a phone call, because that might be your only opportunity to be invited to a social occasion or event that day/week. Nobody ever turned down an invite to lunch, cards night, bingo, pot luck, watching vacation slides, etc, etc, etc. That was the chance to see the world, connect with people and hear what was going on.

    I grew up when you’d read the same shampoo bottle 10 times every time you took a shit, hoping you’d find some new detail you once missed.

    I grew up when reading every single word of the newspaper, literally from cover-to-cover was a normal thing, for want of better options.

    So I feel if people were forced back into the system of non-instant communication, it would automatically make humans come back together. We are social creatures, and The Internet & SM is an ersatz version of socializing, but if it were gone people would have to find it in real life again.