What would you lose if the internet as it is today were to completely die?

[PC]

For those of you complaining that the topic question is flawed/confusing/unrealistic, let us assume that you (and only you) have lost all ability and privilege to access the Internet in any way, meaning no IRC, no netplay, no downloading, no email, no forums, no anything. Permanently.

Now, you can still use your computer as a tool for school/work if you wish, and provided that they're acquired IRL through CD/whatever, run as much software/game as your little heart desires.

For some people, this would probably be life-shattering and break their souls completely.
Others would probably just shrug and move on.

What about you? What do you stand to lose (or gain, I dunno) if this were to happen?

[Ryuu]

my best friend : (

[日巫子]

A lot, most notably my source of music.

[Myschi]

my best friend friends : (

Not limited to but including my bro and sis and you folks.

[Thata no Guykoro]

I would lose contact with several friends of mine, access to communities I like, much of my reading matter, and the ability to look up things I want to know about. So yeah, it would suck.

[Unassuming Squid]

80% of my friends and daily activities.

Probably one of the worst things that could ever happen.

[Phlegeth]

My main source of entertainment.  Also a lot of friends too and contact with a lot of IRL friends too.

[Iryan]

My main source of entertainment.  Also a lot of friends too and contact with a lot of IRL friends too.

This.

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

Pretty much everything. I do research and school through online, I order pretty much everything besides groceries online, most of the games I buy are through digital retribution.

It would be really hard to buy stuff or have reliable news spread around.

edit: derp

[Letty Whiterock]

Mostly a social outlet. I'm sure I could survive without it, but it would be a great loss, as I really enjoy communication.

And yeah, music and games too.

[jigglyppuff8]

ITT: We admit to piracy.

I lose nothing because I have no friends anyway. Maybe I'd become a functioning member of society, god forbid.

[Phlegeth]

Just realized something else while looking for items in Dragon Quest IX.  I'd have to buy strategy guides again.

[Seian Verian]

It would probably kill me to be perfectly honest. Nearly all of the people I truly consider friends are online, most certainly my best friends are...  I wouldn't be able to game with any of the people here either, and for video games, I wouldn't be able to look up FAQs when I get stuck, or when I'm just curious about something in a game.

So yeah, it would suck VERY horribly overall for me. I mean, I'd still be able to play video games like I used to before I actually came on the internet, but... Really, the internet is where 90% of my time is spent, and 99% of where I actually talk to people. Losing it completely would be truly terrible.

[Tengukami]

Means to communicate with IRL friends, information that helps me in the real world, most of my study material, and of course a great deal of my entertainment - including music, games, anime, movies, and stories.

Then again, I spent most of my life without it so it's not like I wouldn't know what to do. It would just be difficult to downshift to a lower speed of information travel.

[Myschi]

Just realized something else while looking for items in Dragon Quest IX.  I'd have to buy strategy guides again.

... that's a world I don't wanna live in, man... :ohdear:

[Reddyne]

So much for all of my new entertainment and social life. Two days after losing it I'd start wondering if I should club a female to bring back to my cave, though I'm sure she wouldn't be impressed with my flimsy saber-tooth tiger pelt throw rug.

[Benny1]

There are some people who mean more than anything else to me that I talk to on the internet and it would pain me greatly to lose them.  I don't really care about the music and games and whatnot, but losing the connection to these people would absolutely devastate me, plain and simple.

[noodles]

My absolute best friends are on the internet, so of course that would be pretty crippling, but luckily I did exchange cell phone numbers with most of the ones that at least live in the USA...and I've given my address to those that don't.

So that no matter what happens to the internet, losing that connection doesn't mean losing OUR connection.

[Drake]

A FATAL EXCEPTION 0E HAS OCCURRED AT 0028:C0011E36 IN VXD VMM(01) +
00010E36. THE CURRENT MOTIVATION TO LIVE WILL BE TERMINATED.

*  PRESS ANY KEY TO TERMINATE THE CURRENT MOTIVATION TO LIVE.
*  PRESS CTRL+ALT+DEL AGAIN TO BREAK DOWN INTO TEARS. YOU WILL
LOSE ANY UNSAVED EXTENTS IN ALL JAMS.

PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE _

[MysTeariousYukari]

I'd be affected in various ways. I can live without the music, although I'd be really saddened by it, and I'd have a lot of difficulty focusing, as music helps me focus at times.

I'd be in rough shape without MotK or other sites I like, to pass the time and enjoy myself.

But I would be as good as dead if I lost contact with some people, who as is I can only chat online with, either due to not know phone numbers, or them living in a whole other country. A few people on this site make up a large chunk of my will to live, so without them, I'd give in to my troubles and issues, and death would claim me.

Know this MotK, I owe you, the entire site my life, you guys, all of you, to some degree, have given me the will, the drive, to keep going. Thanks for existing MotK, thanks for joining everyone

[Infy♫]

i'd have to find a new way to kill time.
i'd probably explode of boredom...

[trancehime]

i would die probably because i'd lose all the connections to everyone ever

also i'd get fucked over my schoolwork since i rely on facebook for group works

[helvetica]

I'd be out of a job totally.

[♛ Apher-Forte]

I believe my life would end.

or it would be reduced to me back in the days when I continously build up my real life collection of a comic book library.
well, there goes piracy I guess.

[Wisp]

If the Internet were to die, then I would lose the only place where I can express my true feelings.

[Suwako Moriya]

I would lose access to my two major sources of job opportunities, as well as information regarding anime conventions.

Amusingly, I actually don't need the internet for friends or games (as useful as it is), because I actually buy my Toohoos and I have off-internet contact info for about 95% of the people with which I'd want to maintain contact.

[Matsuri]

I would lose contact with my closest friends, as well as the person I love most. Losing a source of entertainment and information is nothing to me in comparison to that.

[Grand Octopus]

d20 sanity points.

[andrewv42]

My life would be very much less interesting, that's for sure.

[?q]

ITT: We admit to piracy.

zing!

It would free up a tremendous amount of time in my life that, like before I came online, I would have no idea how to fill.  I already devote too much of my time to intricate side projects that won't amount to anything; they would just shift to offline equivalents.