What did you do...BEFORE the internet?

[Polyg0n]

Playing outside or reading books. I didn't really even get to computers and gaming until four or five years ago.

 

[YankeeCat]

Went outside.

 

[Veloxe]

Before the internet? My dad is an old school computer nerd and I've always had access to the "internet" equivalent for as long as I can remember.

I imagine if I was in a time before the internet I'd watch more TV and mess around with lego way more.

 

[Ithos]

Videogames. Warhammer. TV (bwahahah, yeah I don't miss that one)

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

Talked on the phone more. Read more books. Didn't know as much stuff.

Didn't have to deal with fucking Captcha.

 

[Archemetis]

I went outside and hit bushes with sticks.

Now days I just settle for the digital equivalent.

World of Warcraft.

 

[Therumancer]

So do you remember a time in your life when you didnt have access to the internet? has the internet changed your life at all?

in my case because of my age (born in 1991) I do vaugley remeber a time without it however really its been a big part of my life, ive pretty much grown up with it ,I mean I didnt really use it much when I was younger I watched alot of TV had my N64 and books I supose


but now as an adult its one of the nessecities alongside Energy drinks and air, Plus I dont even watch TV, in fact it baffles me how TV can compete with the internet (considering even the crappy state of foxtel/pay TV in Australia, in fact why would you bother? free tv is getting better I supose)

anyway Im quite facinated by this internet/technology thing, how its become a huge thing in such little time

I used BBS systems (Echos) for a lot of the same things I used the internet for. I was hugely into science fiction and fantasy, and read a lot of books/comics, played MUDs, and paper and pencil RPGs even as a child. I was also gaming on systems like the Commodore 64, Apple II, and DOS based machines.

I'm one of those people who argued that consoles would never catch up with gaming on a computer. To be fair though, I don't think it has, and a lot of the equality we're seeing is largely due to PC games being dumbed down at the same time console games become more advanced, allowing for more parity and simultaneous development.

I also generally think that telecommunications itself has suffered due to becoming so accessible. The Internet being full of so much drek (which everyone talks about) is largely due to it being so accessible. With things like BBS systems and Echos being the height of generally availible technology, I think a lot of things were better as the required knowlege and abillities, as basic as they were, meant that there were certain minimal standards anyone you ran into had to meet.

 

[DTWolfwood]

I had friends and played outside a lot.

 

[micky]

poked an electric fence with a stick...we were very bored kids

 

[ShakyFiend]

This pretty much sums it up:

 

[bam13302]

that is the before time
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we dont talk about the before time
the biggest thing i remember doing is playing pokemon....
EDIT: oh, and legos, i had a **** load of legos and loved them......

 

[Fetzenfisch]

I guess i went outside or played with my Atari, NES and 486s

I went outside and hit bushes with sticks.

Now days I just settle for the digital equivalent.

World of Warcraft.

yeah that too. We even developed techniques to produce better hitting-sticks aka "swords", found the kinds of trees and bushes producing the best wood, dried it for weeks .... damn werent we far superior kids than nowaday's ones?

 

[ZydrateDealer]

Wank to pictures in in porno mags.

 

[phantomcove]

i used to go outside, i remember the sun, and grass and trees, whatever happened to that stuff D:

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Wank to pictures in in porno mags.

We prefered to secretly record late night movies on VHS , watched the whole thing and rewind and review the 5 second nudescenes over and over and over again until the video got really bad and nearly unwatchable.

 

[Zero-Vash]

Played outside, watched TV, slept, and played video games. So nothing really different. TV has become internet videos more so as of late.

The internet just opened horizons but didn't really change what I did/do.

 

[ZydrateDealer]

Wank to pictures in in porno mags.

We prefered to secretly record late night movies on VHS , watched the whole thing and rewind and review the 5 second nudescenes over and over and over again until the video got really bad and nearly unwatchable.

That's fucking awesome secret club...unfortunately all we had was our mates dad's porn collection to steal from...ah the heady days of youth.

 

[Vault101]

I really should just rename this thread "what did you do as a kid?" still thats not surprising

 

[Jenneh]

Gamecube and Hilary Duff -_-'

 

[Aurgelmir]

Oh so many young people... I mean people talking about not having internet and the Game Cube in the same sentence... just sounds odd to me.
Sure I understand that people might not have had internet back then the GC came out (I mean I had internet even before I got my PSone... granted I got it just a year before the PS2 )

But yeah as a kid I would read about game news in magazines and hear rumors from friends. Other than that it was TV and toys all the way. Oh and my Gameboy!