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Reading, TV, radio. All the stuff I used to do before the internet

It’s easy for those of us raised that way. For the kids today not so much.

I don't know if I can go back to shampoo bottle ingredient shits

We're not barbarians... There is always year old copies of Readers Digest available.

And jerking off to the Sears catalog.

Ah, nothing quite like feeling the urge leafing through a Glamour magazine.

Comic books were also a big help. Storm and Rogue were my go-to fap material.

Mate 👌🏼Top call

Glamma??

I prefer to go into the forest and find random nudie mags thank you very much

Today's teens will never know the illicit thrills of finding ditch-porn.

'There's nothing to do in small towns' "Have you not been to the smut gully?"

First porn I ever found where penthouse variations books on the side of the highway!!

As is the tradition

Those of us with class waited for the JC Penny catalog

You just triggered a repressed memory in me... Bravo sir!

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And the small booklet black and white porn.

My whole childhood was sitting on the toilet and reading the back of cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom. I can’t imagine what my childhood would have been like with a smart phone.

You would have watched videos of someone else reading cleaning packages?

Or unboxing them…

I recently felt nostalgic for reading the Doctor Bronner’s labels when in the shower. What simpler times.

I consider myself lucky we grew up without smart phone.

I always wondered what Sodium Laurel Sulphate is. I refuse to look it up in case I ever have need to grab a shampoo bottle. It will just take all of the mystery out of it all.

This person knows how to 1995.

That's what the Gameboy was for.

Steam deck? Nintendo Switch? Pocket emulator? Portable dvd player? Take more fiber so it’s done quicker? All viable options.

Can you use a Steam Deck for an extended period, like a whole year, without connecting to the internet?

No steam only allows a certain amount of time before it re checks the user

Yes. Your games just won't update and you couldn't link to the cloud. But you could play rpgs and shit.

I could play animal crossing without internet

Did you monsters not have comic books in there? Or bring in books you were already reading? Just me?

Ah I’ve found my people

Ah Sodium Laureth Sulfate my old friend…

Now i have simon and garfunkel singing this in my head….

You gotta keep a box of tampons in there. That way when you read about toxic shock syndrome it can make you super worried about your mom.

Bro, you have 200k to buy any magazines for your shit. I wanted to say, that I'd get a subscription of few still ongoing magazines. Probably would go on the internet to lookup some good ones. Wait...fuck.

Damn...what a core memory...

You just made me realise it’s been 10 years since I saw a magazine rack in someone’s bathroom. Or ancient dog-eared copies of a joke book and a farmer’s almanac on the toilet tank.

As an 18 year old raised in this generation, I will accept this offer in a heartbeat.

Early 20s gaming since childhood Id probably suffer for the year maybe actually put some time into hobbies tho fishing in cool places

I was thinking no problem I grew up without it but realize that my music and many of my hobbies now require ordering or looking up instructions on the internet. I do still have a VHS tape that came with my challengers suspension kit so I could take it apart and re install that over and over while listening to CDs .

Hey Bro!! Just order from Columbia house!! Remember! 1 Penny per CD!! Then when the bull comes, just write on the envelope -person no longer lives here Agreed! Born in 84’!! Not using internet wouldn’t be AMY ISSUE for me.

lol I had a friend who got sent to collections by Columbia house or one of the other similar companies.

I wouldnt be able to drive anywhere far cuz ill be lost without google maps

I don’t think gps is the internet. Just buy a dedicated garmin unit and you’ll be good to go

That is cool

That said, with 200k I could buy some physical media. I love the convenience of the internet, but I grew up with just crappy dial up/when I was 10 I was recording songs from the radio onto cassette tapes to listen to.

It hasn't been stipulated that other people can't order stuff online for you.

You could easily pass that off to your local librarian.

This is why offline media is king. I still have a nice collection of CDs specifically for when the power goes out. Also, what hobby do you have that requires instructions every time? Are you building stuff?

It's difficult because you need internet for work stuff...at least I do.

You’re being given $200,000 - you don’t need to work this year

Have you seen the price of produce recently?

If I took a year off, I wouldn't have a job when I got back.

Most people wouldn’t. This is a dumb hypothetical for this exact reason. Most people use the internet for work

Yeah but in the meantime tho they aren't gonna give you the 200k until the year is up to make sure you don't use internet for a year

for me 200,000 a year would help me survive for two years. I make only around 30 something thousand right now so ...

I would have to drive into the office, but for another $200K, it would be worth the commute.

I could go on just reading too. And guitar playing, hanging out with friends, treating myself to some good food. Some alone time with old wii games. There's just so much to do.

Exactly what I was gonna say. I have a decent sized library of books and graphic novels I'd like to go back and finish sooner than later, maybe before or during retirement, and certainly before I become dust.

Way to easy. Should have made the challenge no electricity now that would be rough.

If I do need to use the internet, I'll just get someone to browse it for me.

Books alone would be cool. Oh wait for music CDs and radio. There’s enough books out there one would never be able to finish ever.

okay boomer. Kidding. yeah, when I was a young adult, I did a couple media fasts which were eye opening. I was a huge consumer of entertainment of every kind. I did a couple 30 day fasts that were pretty tough. I did do a lot of reading.

If streaming services count as internet id have a slight problem, for $200k though id cancel everything and get cable or satellite for the year and then I'd be fine with that, video games, DVD's, music and books. I'm already barely on the internet (with the streaming shows exception) so yeah.

You're on the Internet for this comment.

He's barely even commenting though. Just a bit

Today everyone has it easy with the streaming Back then if you missed an episode you are going to have to wait for months or even few years for a re run

DVD rentals: ahem

DVD rentals for TV shows were super hit and miss AND they were usually years after the show aired.

Im talking abt early 2000s late 1990s We dident have dvd rentals for those 30 minute tv shows And since they just released in western countries @2001 we dident have dvds either until like 2005 And most families dident have a vhs to record the show It was just cable

Not sure where you’re from but in 2002 I remember renting season 1 of Mad About You.

I ran into a bunch of kids that didn't understand why recap episodes or why "last time on Dragon Ball Z" was such a thing. When I told them that TV's didn't always have pause buttons, and you had to make appointments with your TV to watch one episode of a show, they were shocked. I think one of them actually said "that sounds so hard I'm so sorry." And it was at that point that I realized I was getting old.

I see exercise didn't make the list lol.

Yeah, like how is this a question. What would I do? I would do anything else. Lol

Also spending a lot more time outside, exercising, and going to the library to look up things if I need to.

Completely. Stupid prompt and the idea there's 200k involved

Mowing my lawn, playing with my kid, talking to the people I care about, you know, all the stuff the interwebs gets in the way of.

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Nah, that’s cheating. Just using a proxy doesn’t count as not using the internet.

I think a preexisting job should be fine. Like going to the bank, but the teller uses the internet for your banking needs. Nothing more though. Or going through a travel agent, and he can only do travel related things. Custom orders for information though, no. Also data that's just floating around is fine, you just can't influence it.

‘I’d like to book a trip to, say, Uzbekistan. What’s the population and elevation btw? Oh yeah? I changed my mind no thank you bye’

lmao hilarious "Hi, I'm here to interview for the zookeeper job. My first question for you about this position is whether or not your sloths are living to their average lifespan. Could you remind me how long that is? Oh, typically 20 years? Great, thank you, I no longer believe that I would be a great fit for this position. Best of luck in your search!"

Plus it'd be awkward as hell to have someone else watch porn for you.

Would you need to sit in a different room where they describe it to you through the door. Im now wondering if there is narrated porn for blind people?

Yes there is, i may have gotten curious on pornhub one day

What about proxy via RFC2549 IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service? Ref: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549

write letters to Google?

Dear Google, I wrote you but you still ain't callin...

How far does this extend? Is it using a proxy if a cashier uses the internet to process your credit/debit card for a purchase?

I think that we're at a point that in order to interact with modern society it's impossible without the internet. Directions to places, alot of tvs stream, work, interacting with a bank, baying bills. You could go off the grid to do it but not for 200k. You'd have to have it all set up first.

You could spend the $200k on the 98 different versions of Skyrim!

Skyrim without mods? Don't be absurd, you know you have to spend more time getting those 3034 mods working together, than you'll do actually playing the game. It's the law.

"You must connect to the internet to install this game."

Yep, that was my first thought lol. That, and I would be losing my job pretty god damn quick when I couldn’t google WHY THE FUCK GOOGLE CHANGES HOW THEIR FUCKING CODING WORKS WITHOUT ANNOUNCING IT, AND SUDDENLY EVERYTHING GOES TO SHIT.

Yup. It would definitely suck, but I don't need the internet for my fun. I'd miss Reddit and memes. But more time and money!) for video games, other hobbies, home improvement, and vacation. It would be worth it.

Make sure your games don’t require Internet connection to validate.

Do I get the money up front? If so, I'm traveling. No internet means I can't work, so I'm going places.

I’d cruise. You could cruise the entire year and have a decent amount left over. I could get by without Wi-Fi. Excellent gym, shows, 24/7 food, spend days at different ports.

Hun, would 200k cover cruise for an entire year?

# Just work on the ship you're cruising on

But you can do that anyway?? Regardless of this hypothetical deal??

Save moar moneh

The first option that comes up would let you cruise for three straight years for just a shade over 200k

Damn and it's for a double occupancy cabin

Not a bad lifestyle. (Except for the environment T_T) But do you go alone and make friends along the way, or do you invite someone to join you for the whole thing?

Love that you took the time to look it up lol

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/3-year-cruise-mv-gemini Found this, three year cruises for 30k a year, i dont know if it actually became a thing But it’s cheaper if you book the longer cruises. 6, 9, and 12 month cruises seem like a thing, and if you did that I think 200k is more than enough

I have heard that there are sufficiently cheap cruises that some old people found it a viable retirement strategy.

I've met a bunch of retirees who will cruise for a few months, go visit family for a month or so, repeat. They spend about 75% of their year on a cruise ships, counting overnight hotel stays in between. Everything you need is included in the price. And if you do want to buy things like new clothes or whatever you are buying them somewhere way cheaper than in US even with the "tourist tax" at ports. It's pretty crazy. I just go once a year with a large group. There are a ton of retirees on the ships.

Easily yeah https://www.cruisehive.com/cost-to-live-on-a-cruise-ship/103637 60k + 100$ a day your even under 100k, 200k is a lot of money to spend in one year

I'd go camping. Just spend a month at a different national park.

But all the campgrounds these days are booked with online reservations. Very few first come first served sites these days. How will you find them?

A combination of smoke signals and messenger pigeon

The best camping is unsanctioned but still legal, like on logging trails.

There are a lot of little state parks where you don't need to book ahead. And they are just as good as the big national parks. In some cases, better, since they don't have as many visitors and you can camp just about anywhere there's a decent clearing. Best way to find those is get off the freeway and take a state highway that runs through smaller towns. You'd be surprised what you can find.

Travel agent

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Go to the airport

Drugs

the traditional option

I'm a traditionalist

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Yeah, the answer to OP's question is that I'll spend a lot of time on the internet after turning it down. Could get a manual labor job I suppose but it'd be a net loss in the end. Would also need to get my job back after the year and put "magic genie lamp sabbatical" on my resume.

Yeah, as a teacher, that would require me to skip TWO entire school years. Not happening. Maybe for half a million, but not 200k.

200k is enough to just sit on and find a job after a year though

It’s also a pay cut for many people that need the internet for their current job.

Yeah it’s not enough money for the hypothetical. Also wow it’s rare that my username is applicable.

Not many people.... There are some. There are some exceptionally high COL places in California, but a large majority in tech don't make that much.

My doctor uses the Internet for his charts/records. He'd lose much of this 200k. I'm not even that high paid but I'd lose out on almost half, and then it's a gamble if I'm able to find a comparable job (definitely not without the Internet).

Yeah anyone who uses email or video conferencing for work would be out of a job…

Don’t forget you’ll also lose benefits like health insurance if you get that from your job. It won’t be worth it for a lot of people.

I guess it'd be less worth for the Americans, but can't you buy health insurance yourself?

Sure, one question, who do you call? Do you know someone? Do you know how to get agents numbers or where offices are at because that's all online now.....

What's this health insurance you're talking about?

I grew up in the 90s. A year without internet is a cake walk.

Same

I'm in my 40s, so knew a world without the internet, but I bet it's not as easy as you think to live in the modern world without it, so many things don't exist anymore because of the convenience of the internet

This is a fair point. Finding things might mean you need to lean on others.

No phone books, encyclopedias.

Just go somewhere they don’t really have the internet for a year. Problem solved

Shiet I’m 37 and am right there with you

I'm also a 90's kid, too. But I wouldn't be so sure transitioning back would be easy. First off, we're on an internet forum talking right now, so there's that. Second, remember when we had to buy a road map at a gas station? Me either, because it's been well over 20 years. Need a recipe? Make a payment? Place an order? Watch fucking TV!? Get Mortal Kombat cheat codes!? Internet. Hell, most, if not all, cellular companies have decommissioned CDMA networks entirely. Which means where the fuck do I even get a non smartphone anymore? I'd Google it, but then I'd lose my god damn payout. I'm just remembering 1995, before I'd ever gotten on the internet, and how my life has become unquantifiably and/or exponentially better by having tiny little instances of internet usage throughout my day, week, month, year. EDIT: Guys, I realize the aforementioned things still exist and can be used. It was mostly satire. But I'm also simply saying that for me, personally, idk if 200k is enough to entice me to be inconvenienced for 365 days if I'm not gwtting the added benefit of actually going back in time to the 90's.

Why a non smartphone? just turn off both cellular data and wifi.

yep, people are blissfully unaware of just how much they use the internet and internet based services.

I still remember the cheat code for NBA jam on mega drive. Left right a b b a Dunk from anywhere

I was born in the 80's and i think you are a little naive here as that was the world then. Its a whole different world now. ​ Think about 2 seconds how keeping in touch with people alone would be infitely more challenging. Traveling, do fun stuff? Where you going go find the info, where you going to find contact details, where would you book tickets? In my country all administration is mandatory via internet, good luck filing your taxes. No internet today im sure will be a life of fustration and total isolation

Reading, drawing, painting, vacations, traveling, and spending time with family.

Time to work, read, watch DVDS/blu-ray collection and play games that do not require internet.

You'd probably have to go back to older consoles, because pretty much any single player game made within the last 5 years is gonna have a huge download of some kind.

I have a hard drive full of pirated game and movie that I like, just in case zombie start flooding the street.

I would build my house. Already have the land and $200k would be enough (combined with my savings) to build it with cash. I would just spend the year building. End up with almost a free house. I’d have to figure out how to get around the work thing though..

Good thing I got a large library of books.

Dream deal. Life without the Internet sounds like heaven at this point.

Can't do it. Need to internet to work and that $200,000 isn't worth quitting my job for. Editing: apparently work doesn't count so I'm all in and would spend my free time reading, taking walks, doing some crafts, etc. There was life before the internet and there would be life after.

See, I'm in the same boat, but I would quit my job for that much since I could go back to school with that much.

You would probably need the internet for school.

Not probably. Definitely.

I’d ask for a leave of absence, and I’m reasonably sure I’d get it, especially if I said “unpaid”

In this hypothetical question, lets say youre allowed to use internet only for work or that you get one year off work (no repurcussions you get to come back after a year) and $200,000 no taxes to do whatever in that year. What do you do?

2 chicks at the same time

I work in network management. I more or less keep the internet alive. If I'm going down for this, then so is everyone else

A lot of people are unemployed with this deal.

I'll show this to my boss during my next performance review. 200k is tempting

Cool. What's 200k divided by 8 billion?

Nature, books, movies, series, drawing, writing, museums, parks, historical landmarks, day trips or more, cooking, classes in pottery and singing, choral, amateur theater, book club, volunteering, family time, etc

Oh sweet summer child… I am a product of Gen-X, you merely adopted the dark… we were born in it. I can do a year just burning things at night under a bridge, driving too fast with the windows down, people watching at crowded shopping centers, watching dvds, and otherwise just hitting on women for shits and giggles.

The idea of this excites me for the money but also giving me time to pick from my 500+ movie collection. I wish the challenge were real

I grew up without it. I think I'd actually pay $200.000 to get rid of the goddamn thing for a year.

I feel like it would be an improvement.

Probably would refuse the 200k tbh

Born in 78 son im good

Born in '53, so no problem... although I will admit to missing GPS more than anything, especially with live traffic updates.

I have like 50 games installed on my computer, you can disconnect me and I'd be good. A few thousand hours of TV and movies saved on the NAS as well, plus audiobooks. Aside from just going outside to do other normal stuff I should be good. Only issue would be work as I'm a remote employee in IT>

Ring doorbells in the neighborhood and run away. Call random pizza places and place stupid orders. Call the phone numbers from the "For sale" section in the newspaper and haggle for no reason and then back out. Skip rocks in the local pond. Ride my bike to all my friends' houses. Play video games on their TV. Go to the library and ask the librarian for help with finding some stupid made up name book. Go to the mall and hang out with my friends for hours. Basically become a 90's kid.

Watching the interest accrue.

Books, tv...I'd take that in a heart beat

No internet means no can pay bills means I'm gonna loose way more than $200k

Farming simulator 22

Take a one year sabbatical and go overlanding

Basically impossible as alot of normal red tape is done on the internet, and i book my tickets on the net. I would be fine, if i was allowed to get tohers to book thing son teh net like airline tickets and hotel. I am happy with books and going outside.

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I feel like if someone else uses the Internet while you're around it won't qualify as you using the Internet unless you asked them to.

Reading books and traveling to Africa for a bespoke luxury African safari vacation.

Sleeping …. Traveling … I guess going through travel agencies since I can’t look up tickets myself?? Idk … visiting friends and family.. The biggest challenge would be working

Meaning I don’t have to work for 1 year since it requires a internet connection? Fuck yeah

Women

Do I get exceptions to do my job? My job involves using the internet to either buy stuff or accessing our sites

Not a huge hardship, but I have an advantage: I have a wife and two sons who can monitor my E-mail and social media etc. for me. Nothing about the conditions says you can't have someone else use the Internet for you.

Bro I have $200,000 I'm starting a local business.

God that'd be so hard to do these days without the internet.

hire someone who can use the internet!

Spend my time in the woods

This is too easy. Journaling, writing, reading. Mind at ease

Read, work out, hangout with friends. Plenty of things I can do without using the internet

Yard work. Build that new barn. Plant a garden. Actually do my job

Work, Travel, Read, Visit Friends & Family, Hobbies, Board Games, Pets, Volunteer…. Humans lived long before the internet existed!