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So I was just thinking about the concept of internet shutdowns... I realize I kinda have an internet addiction problem... (sh.itjust.works)
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Not to get political, so I'll just briefly mention it: I read about the internet shutdowns in Iran... and I've heard about similar things in India, during times of civil unrest...

anyways, this post isn't about politics, but the aftermath of such internet shutdown... like personally, how would people deal with it... like entertainment-wise...

Like... if the government of the country I'm living in right now, if they did this internet shutdown... I'd think I'd suffer from withdrawl and I feel like I wouldn't be able to function...

Like... I got so used to be able to just look up any movie, tv show, anime, book, youtube video, google any information I wanted... I never prepped for an internet shutdown...

I feel like a drug addict lol... if they shut down the internet... I'm gonna have severe withdrawl symptoms...

Can most people even cope with it?

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[–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

Well be careful don't drop the phone lol 🫣

I mean that's the most scary thing tbh...

Paper is a bit harder to cause immediate damage... like if you spill water, just quickly grab a notebook and start pre-emptively copying in case of damage. For a phone? Good luck fixing it lol, and the phone will eventually die, you might not have replacements for the files to be copied on to, but I highly doubt paper is gonna become unavailable for purchase any time soon.

Too bad you can't fit 500 .epub files worth of physical books in a backpack

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    Well the books are on an SD card, so if I break the phone, there's still a pretty good chance that the SD card will be recoverable.

    I also have books on all my computers lol. And then I have at least a few thousand pages of print books in multiple locations. So I'm covered 😆

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