Could you go 90 days without a cell phone, e-mail, and social media?

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

http://news.yahoo.com/90-days-without-cell-phone-email-social-media-015300257.html

 

[Batch]

I would welcome it.

 

[blunt_trauma]

only if i do it with me.

 

[Batch]

withoug

 

[KRCummings]

I don't use social media and couldn't care less about my cell phone. I have a home phone. Email could be an issue in terms of communication since it's primary for some things but if going without for 3 months didn't affect anything then no problem. It's not like I get a thrill out of checking it. The problem with it would be other people. I can't make them go without. If I'm going to lose money because I don't check it then of course fuck that.

 

[pointless]

hell, i've done it. it's no big deal.

 

[TexasWife25]

I dont have a home phone and I live 1000 miles away from most of my family

Also, Ive had an email account, social media and cell phone since I was 15

How would I find out what my cousin ate for breakfast?
my world would fall ... apart.

 

[Ishmael]

Yup, weeks even.

Ishmael

 

[warrior queen]

Done it.
Wasn't such a big deal, as I knew it was going to be that way.
If I have a choice, no. I would not choose it.
It's just not practical anymore - hell, even getting my bills the old-fashioned way (on paper ) costs me a levy these days.

 

[Ishmael]

Done it.
Wasn't such a big deal, as I knew it was going to be that way.
If I have a choice, no. I would not choose it.
It's just not practical anymore - hell, even getting my bills the old-fashioned way (on paper ) costs me a levy these days.

It's just a state of mind darlin'.

Ishmael

 

[CandiCame]

What world are you living in? I've had an e-mail account since I've been in the world- that was back when computers still made that sound like a cybernetic donkey being raped by a cactus- but my family would freak the fuck out if I didn't have a cell phone on me. Every time I left the house they would berate me about it- like they had to keep fucking track of me. How the hell did my grandparents even KNOW about cell phones? The elderly are not supposed to have a grasp on technology. I could do without social networking sites. If someone had something they wanted to say to me, they could e-mail me or call me. It would cut down on the stupid shit people post, because they'd have to sit and think about whether or not it would be worth it to sit down and send something to me.

 

[Ishmael]

What world are you living in? I've had an e-mail account since I've been in the world- that was back when computers still made that sound like a cybernetic donkey being raped by a cactus- but my family would freak the fuck out if I didn't have a cell phone on me. Every time I left the house they would berate me about it- like they had to keep fucking track of me. How the hell did my grandparents even KNOW about cell phones? The elderly are not supposed to have a grasp on technology. I could do without social networking sites. If someone had something they wanted to say to me, they could e-mail me or call me. It would cut down on the stupid shit people post, because they'd have to sit and think about whether or not it would be worth it to sit down and send something to me.

You mean be literate???? God forbid.

Ishmael

 

[warrior queen]

It's just a state of mind darlin'.

Ishmael

If I were to have all my bills sent to me in paper form, instead of by email, it would cost me twice as much as my internet connection does!
And as I'm a cheapskate, that would be bad.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

I don't use social media and couldn't care less about my cell phone. I have a home phone. Email could be an issue in terms of communication since it's primary for some things but if going without for 3 months didn't affect anything then no problem. It's not like I get a thrill out of checking it. The problem with it would be other people. I can't make them go without. If I'm going to lose money because I don't check it then of course fuck that.

Uhm......Is this not a social site we are posting on?

What world are you living in? I've had an e-mail account since I've been in the world- that was back when computers still made that sound like a cybernetic donkey being raped by a cactus- but my family would freak the fuck out if I didn't have a cell phone on me. Every time I left the house they would berate me about it- like they had to keep fucking track of me. How the hell did my grandparents even KNOW about cell phones? The elderly are not supposed to have a grasp on technology. I could do without social networking sites. If someone had something they wanted to say to me, they could e-mail me or call me. It would cut down on the stupid shit people post, because they'd have to sit and think about whether or not it would be worth it to sit down and send something to me.

I will take that as a 'no'.



Has anyone read the link in the OP? The guy that tried this, Jake Reilly, is the son of ESPN Sportswriter Rick Reilly.

 

[Ishmael]

If I were to have all my bills sent to me in paper form, instead of by email, it would cost me twice as much as my internet connection does!
And as I'm a cheapskate, that would be bad.

Me? I'd find a way to fuck with them. I know you can if you look at it as fun.

Ishmael

 

[CandiCame]

You mean be literate???? God forbid.

Ishmael

I think that if people had to sit down and write an e-mail; even if they could mass mail it; they'd think more about what they were writing, because everyone wouldn't be posting stupid shit all the time. We're bombarded with just plain stupid shit- like that abortion thing on the other thread. You're not gonna call someone and be like, "OMG! Dead babies!!" because then you would look like the asshole you are. Also I wouldn't spend so much time doing stupid shit like playing flash games. WTF? Why do I play Farmville? I have Harvest Moon.

 

[Ishmael]

I think that if people had to sit down and write an e-mail; even if they could mass mail it; they'd think more about what they were writing, because everyone wouldn't be posting stupid shit all the time. We're bombarded with just plain stupid shit- like that abortion thing on the other thread. You're not gonna call someone and be like, "OMG! Dead babies!!" because then you would look like the asshole you are. Also I wouldn't spend so much time doing stupid shit like playing flash games. WTF? Why do I play Farmville? I have Harvest Moon.

Spent years here writing complete sentences, paragraphs even. <shrug>

Ishmael

 

[warrior queen]

Uhm......Is this not a social site we are posting on?

Goodness! No!
It's a literary site, not a *gasp* social site!
Blasphemer!

Btw, did I spell that correctly?

 

[neci]

easily.

 

[blunt_trauma]

u did not own a cell until 2000, when my ex decided i wasn't aloud to be pregnant and leave the house without one.
i did not own a computer until 2003, and until then i had never used the internet.

i used to be a technophobe.

 

[neci]

i remember getting my first cell in 2000. i was driving home late at night and was being followed. scared the crap out of me. that's when i got the cell. it was a safety issue. the internet is a bit harder, because i like to use it when it's there. if it's not there, it's no biggie. one day i plan on disappearing. that will be nice.

 

[justuandmekiddo]

I could do it and probably quite, easily, too. I don't mind being invisible.

 

[koalabear]

I could do it and probably quite, easily, too. I don't mind being invisible.

It could save your bacon........

 

[IsabellaKing]

I rarely go 90 minutes without checking something on the internet.

We recently had a weekend away. We’d agreed to leave all the techno stuff behind and talk to each other instead...

The bastard smuggled his laptop into the bag (at least I only took my Kindle) but he couldn’t get a wifi signal from our beachside hotel and I’d forgotten to charge my pigging Kindle.

 

[Liar]

I don't use social media

You don't use Facebook and Twitter maybe.

This is a social media too.