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I guess I'm not too addicted, though 99.9% of all my direct communication relies on it, so that'd be the biggest blow I'd feel. I almost never play online, so I'd be fine on that, though I'd have to rely on whatever's already installed on my computer. Maybe I have to bite the bullet and make a home media server to put all my GOG stuff there... Half of my salary just for an 8tb drive, tho 😭

I have things I could do but honestly being 100% cut off, it would be honestly difficult to go back to early 2010s for me (younger child me had not much interaction with the internet).
I would say something between 65-75%.
Maybe I wojld go to the library more often ;)

1000000000000% I have neurolink to keep myself connected to the mainframe of the internet ziteghist

I depends on how depressed I am.

Feeling good? No internet is fine, I'll draw, worldbuild (although it's a bit "lonely" without chatgpt), play offline games, make Mario Maker levels, romhack, work on games, compose a song, etc.

Unmotivated as hell? I'm about ready to die if I can't scroll annoying and depressing content.

Now no power is another story. Life is nothing without electricity.

I don't have withdrawal symptoms without the Internet, but I certainly get bored without it since I use it a lot. So maybe 70-80% addicted. I've never known a world without it and here I am spending most of my free time watching videos when I'm not listening to music locally stored on my devices or on CD. That, and doing a lot of online looking when I'm not playing games, some of which are Internet/data (because mobile) required. Internet is a huge part of my mortal life right now, but at least I'm self aware enough to know I'm addicted to Hell and back.

Probably about 80% addicted. In saying that though, if there is no internet for whatever reason I'm fine. Everything is self hosted on my local network, eg Jellyfin, Mealie, Navidrome. Plus a bunch of games and an Xbox. I don't find it hard to keep myself occupied without internet with other things too like cooking, gardening, exercise and organising.

20, I would love the world without internet back.

The older I get the more it's obvious we were better off without.

We just came out of a 1 week long isolation due to cyclone Chido. I started weaning after five days, and I felt like a new man. I'd say 20% now. Probably 70% or so before

Must be quite high for me too since every time our internet doesn't work I realise how little things you can do on your phone and PC that don't rely on the internet. Even for programming you constantly need to look up things.

You can easily measure your addiction by how many tabs you have open right now.

Internet is more and more like cable TV, so actually losing interest in it. But sure, still fun for a while.

Trying to be honest with myself here. I’d say probably 80. I’d struggle hard if it went away, but breaks while rare aren’t too much of a struggle.

withdrawl symptoms

Is that when you randomly start sounding like you're from rural Alabama?

80 before latest USA election, 40 after. Deliberately distancing myself.

I'd been trying to do this since covid, victory!

I'd cope just fine now, I lived before widespread internet or wireless services too.

Most of what I miss about the internet is already long dead.

I would literally starve to death.

About 85-90% I can handle a few days away from the internet if I have some podcasts saved, as well as some random wikipedia articles.

Currently I have about 100 podcast episodes and plenty of different wiki articles saved on my phone.

I also have several videos saved.

I'm getting less addicted to the internet the more time goes on, and I remember when using the web involved a copy of lynx browser running on a BBS hosted by my local jerky company.

As long as I still have the content of my NAS, and a way to get the treats my cats like (but I can't find locally), I'd probably be OK. I'd have to leave me house more though... I don't love the idea of that.

I'm already at the point where I wish I didn't have to have a smart phone.

I’m definitely 100% addicted. I would probably go through some sort of mental crisis if I were shut out. But I also hate it. I want to unplug, but I’m unable.

Maybe like 90%. I don't deal well with borebom and I have literally to do at home offline, and since I'm living alone in a foreign country playing board games or whatever isn't an option. So... Yeah, good thing I wasn't born 50 years ago.

90-95%
I do a lil typing' (I am unironically developing carpal tunnel 😅)

If the internet shuts down, I'll be basically out of a job probably, so I don't know about addiction, I'm probably have a very bad time

It's more of a habit than an addiction.

If I have pretty much literally anything else going on, I don't tend to think about or miss the internet.

But if I don't have anything else going on, I'll probably reach for my phone or end up on a computer pretty quickly without even realizing it

Kindof a hard question to answer. I work remotely in software. If I couldn't use the Internet, I'd have to change fields and start working in person. But is working remotely and writing code for my day job an expression of "addiction"? How about looking up documentation while I'm writing code on my own time? Definitely something I use the Internet for, but I wouldn't think it's an "addiction" thing. What about updating the software on my computer? Is finding recipes online "addiction"?

Social media is "addictive". For sure.

So, I guess if you're counting everything I use the internet for as "addiction" and asking how well I'd fare (with 100 being extremely poorly), I'd probably have to put it pretty high. Maybe 85 or more?

If you only disallowed uses of the Internet that qualify as "addictive" such as doomscrolling or four-hour-long YouTube in-depth deep dives on invisible walls in Super Mario 64, then I don't think I'd be really all that bad off. I might put myself at 20.

80

Let's say 50%. If I can keep using my computer to code and do electronics projects. Maybe without internet I'd get to read some of the novels I'd always wanted to read. And I'd need to subscribe to some magazines to keep up. And find a way to listen to music, audiobooks and podcasts. I'm certainly not going back to watching regular TV if I'm bored.

I would say I'm 75% addicted. Like without it, if it shuts off for prolonged periods, what am I down to? I'm down to just books and whatever I acquired to make available offline like downloaded games and I've got quite a media collection going to delve into.

What I'll miss the most of it is being in contact with those I've established a connection with such as online friends. The longer I go without speaking to them, the more things will feel hollow.

100%. my generation is among the first to be raised online, I'm not shocked. even as a kid a lot of my memories are just of being on YouTube or playing steam games.

Probably 90%. Whenever my internet or power goes out, I have literally nothing to do at home. Maybe I should get a board game.

More server addicted. IDK if I don't have internet but I want my own services to run.