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What If They Turned Off the Internet?

Posted by timothy on from the very-funny-now-where-is-slashdot dept.

theodp writes "It's the not-too-distant future. They've turned off the Internet. After the riots have settled down and the withdrawal symptoms have faded, how would you cope? Cracked.com asked readers to Photoshop what life would be like in an Internet-addicted society learning to cope without it. Better hope it never happens, or be prepared for dry-erase message boards, carrier pigeon-powered Twitter, block-long lines to get into adult video shops, door-to-door Rickrolling, Lolcats on Broadway, and $199.99 CDs."

2 of 511 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oblig. South Park Quote by Hurricane78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That was the best quote you could manage? You missed out on the epic chance to quote

    "We can't go back to Playboy now!"

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  2. Re:What would happen if Microsoft turned it off by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    > All it would take is one really bad Windows Update to turn off 70% of the
    > Internet.

    Yes but we're discussing the part that would actually be missed.

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