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Kiki1992

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I've just realized right this moment that I might not be able to survive even 6 hours without any electronic devices: computer, phone, etc...

What do you think? Could you survive at least a week without any electronic of any sort? To make a little simpler, how long do you think you could go without any electronic device?  :wave:

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 12:14:10 pm »
I think it would do everyone a chance to use their imagination and find a different way to pass the time. I think I could very easily, because I don't use them that much.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 12:20:19 pm »
Not me personally. I would suffer from withdrawal. I think we are all dependent on technology, anyway.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 12:40:01 pm »
No.  I've had to do it before after a storm, and it was miserable.  Especially not having any lights.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 01:26:02 pm »
Yes. I actually survived a month without electric service. That was after tropical Storm Jean hit the island of Puerto Rico. The only essential thing you need electricity for would be for the refrigerator. When you have too much technology around, you seem to forget about the people around you.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 04:00:05 pm »
I've went more then 5 months without electronics. How did I manage right? But once I got back on. Darn. :/ Sucked back in.

But then again I technically used it everyday, considering I have to use a projector, elevator, electric fan, etc.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 04:05:40 pm »
I was applying for a job the other day and they wanted me to list references and such so I pulled out my iPod and looked them up on facebook, then pulled out my phone to find their numbers if they werent on facebook haha. Now I could survive, I'd just not be able to apply for jobs  ;D

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 11:11:29 pm »
I don't think I could make it a whole week. On the rare occasion where I've had to go a whole day without anything I've felt seriously out of touch and do not like the feeling.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2011, 12:33:17 am »
 No I don't think that I could live normally for a week without any electronics! I would never even try to cause I know I couldn't last!

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2011, 01:02:40 am »
Mmmm, let me think?  Well, that's enough: NO!  There is no way I could live normally a week without electronics.  I just got back from Thailand and was in the country side for a while near Cambodia.  After I started to go crazy with no internet access, I got on a motorbike and rode with shorts and flip flops to the nearest mid-sized village with an internet cafe (about 22 kms away) just to get my fix!

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2011, 08:02:55 am »
Mmmm, let me think?  Well, that's enough: NO!  There is no way I could live normally a week without electronics.  I just got back from Thailand and was in the country side for a while near Cambodia.  After I started to go crazy with no internet access, I got on a motorbike and rode with shorts and flip flops to the nearest mid-sized village with an internet cafe (about 22 kms away) just to get my fix!

Sounds exactly like something I would do!

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2011, 08:13:36 am »
I think a lot of it depends on the situation. I use the computer and internet for work. It would be impossible to do my work without a computer. However if I took a vacation for a week camping it would be easier. I am a bit addicted to the computer and internet. I could go without tv, gaming consoles and phone pretty easily but the computer is different.  So I think that only on vacation I could really put it away not during a normal work week.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2011, 08:35:37 am »
I know I am very dependent on technology, mostly for communication. I think I could survive without it if I absolutely had to, but I'd rather not try it out!

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2011, 08:49:32 am »
I prefer not, but i feel that it is possible.

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Re: Could you live normally for a week without any electronics?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2011, 09:54:54 am »
It would be okay with me.  I grew up without any of these things. We didn't even have a land line phone in the house for years and bought a TV only when it was required for school so I could answer questions about the Huntley-Brinkley news report.  :)

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