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I'm personally like 70% addicted. If the internet shuts down, I'm gonna have withdrawl symptoms.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

About 40%, but it’s been more in the past. I was about 16 before we got the internet so I know what it’s like to live without it and I actually spent a lot of that time being bored, rather than reading books and otherwise expanding my mind as people would like to have you believe. I use the internet to support my other hobbies now. There’s things I would never have even known about without the internet and it’s great for learning about things. I like making my own beer and working on my car, etc. I wouldn’t ever have started making beer had I not read about it and working on cars is a lot harder without YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My addiction is basically whenever I have nothing else to do, like working on vehicles or moving furniture, or sleeping, I browse the internet.

So basically about 42%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think I'll be okay if they sell podcasts at music stores, or if radio makes a big comeback I guess.

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