What did you do...BEFORE the internet?

[EmzOLV]

Before the Internet, hmm. I remember I used to play on my N64, me and some friends near where I lived used to meet up (we'd cycle or run to each others houses, we didn't even know if they'd be in but hey we didn't have mobiles haha!) and then play Goldeneye for hours.

I'm sure I used to do other things but I can't remember what they are...

 

[AngloDoom]

I used to climb trees, have fights with the local boys, and I had this family...thing I used to play with, if I remember correctly.

 

[alimination602]

Same story really- i used to play N64, TV, hang out with my mates and only ever really used the internet ocassionally for work.

Especially since i grew up in a remote village in England and for most of my life the modem would take atleast an hour just to get a connection, even then it was pretty slow. Now i'm at Uni on the edge of London and not only does it work instantly it's considerably faster and i use it everyday for pretty much anything i need- watching videos, ordering games, communicating etc.

There are so many things i wouldn't know about or be able to do if it weren't for the internet. Writing this for a start...

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I've had internet since I was seven, so I don't really remember what I did before then.
I think I played on my old Gameboy or something.

 

[StormShaun]

Thank god that I was gaming then, but without the internet today, we could ALL die!

 

[Scarim Coral]

I used to be one heck of a couch potato manily watching any cartoon shows on back then well I'm still doing it to this day but with the internet instead (and the fact that I got no live channel in my tv in my room reinforce my used on the internet).

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I went outside, amazing right?

 

[Jesusthewizard]

There was no internet dear god?! (born in 1991)

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

I was out in the field more. Eating. However, my brain evolved and I've managed to evade capture for a long time now. I'm currently in Mr. Anderson's house, using his computer.

...

[sub][sub]He's coming! Quick, to the Cow Cave![/sub][/sub]

 

[GavmatexD]

Before the internet i had a life

 

[Mullahgrrl]

Books+lego+television.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

THE PLURAL OF LEGO IS LEGO GOD DAYUM EET!

Someone else knows what's up.

Lego, video games and books made up my non-internet activity. In 2007 I made a Facebook account, got addicted for a year before deleting all my apps and simply making it another tool of communication and then I joined the Escapist two years later.

August 5th 2009 was the day I truly joined the internet.

 

[Simmons 2.0]

Mostly TV / PS2 / Gameboy / LEGOs / hang out with next door neighbor.

i think 100% exactly what i did too. probably around early to mid 2000s when internet really kicked in for me. now i'm on the internet every single day.

 

[Creator002]

Before the internet, I played a lot of video games (bless you, Nintendo 64). I also went to school and went to friends' houses (where I played more video games).
Watched a lot of TV after school too. Now, I can't stand much TV. Only really watch the news, and that's once or twice a week.

I was born in '91, so it was only 5-7 years before I got the internet.

 

[chinangel]

I read books and watched tonnes of tv and played my gameboy.

 

[Jewrean]

DOS

Commander Keen, Doom, etc etc etc...

 

[Freemon]

There was this world, which we kids used to call "The outside".
We used to play there and have fun, but now it's forgotten.

I've heard it still exist in some places. A few buddies of mine went on a quest to find this...wonderland, but never came back. I don't dare to follow in their footsteps. It's safer here.

Personally i have faint memories of this "outside" but they are only vague recollections of random thoughts. I wish I could remember more.

but to answer the original question, i played games on my pc and had fun with other stuff. Lego ftw.

 

[Dana22]

I was playing outside more often...with...friends...*tear*

 

[FamoFunk]

I used to have a life.
Seriously, I used to go out more and have more friends, also, I became a Pokemon master about 34863 times on Yellow.

I can't really remember much else, I've been using the internet for a long long time. (I'm 20)

 

[Ailia]

I've had internet all my life but never really started browsing until a few years ago. Before that, I played video games (mostly console), read books or hung out with friends.