was life boring before the internet?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

My life was way better before I got a regular internet connection.

So was ours.

Just be grateful I haven't discovered the forum back in 2004

[RR1997]

I wouldn't know.

[WalterMitty]

the worst part of no internet was the lack of data.  no we can look up data on anything.

[Simfan34]

I doubt it.

[Badger]

Yes, actually getting laid was SO much more boring than sitting in front of a keyboard chatting about it.

That said, going back to a five channel tv system as entertainment would be hell.

[justfollowingtheelections]

No it wasn't.  Like others have said the lack of information wa the worst thing about the pre Internet era.  But other than that no I don't think life is any worse without it.  There are still a lot of people in the world who have no access to the Internet and they lead perfectly happy lives

[DemPGH]

Not really, no. You talked on the phone, had VHS tapes, went to peoples' houses, hung out at the mall.

Thankfully, though, by the time I made it to grad school everything was computerized. Researching without a computerized system does seem like, "How did people do that!?"

No........you cant miss what you do not yet know. I can tell you however that I would be bored without it now!

Absolutely agree.

[Brittain33]

No it wasn't.  Like others have said the lack of information wa the worst thing about the pre Internet era.  But other than that no I don't think life is any worse without it.  There are still a lot of people in the world who have no access to the Internet and they lead perfectly happy lives

As a kid in the 80s, I was always horribly bored on Sundays. TV was only sports and shows that cost virtually nothing to air, e.g. The Three Stooges or old b/w movies that I couldn't understand. I think better computer games were as much of an improvement on weekends as the Internet.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Yes, actually getting laid was SO much more boring than sitting in front of a keyboard chatting about it.

That said, going back to a five channel tv system as entertainment would be hell.

Having access to the Internet was one of the most important factors in my coming to terms with my homosexuality. Without the Internet, I'd never have gotten laid.

[Storebought]

The absolute worst about life before the Internet was attempting any kind of academic research. Ever gather sources for an end-year term paper from card catalogues?

I could go on, but I will show you what research -- what life -- was before the Internet.

Tomes and Talismans: a library venture.

[retromike22]

Without the Internet, I'd never have gotten laid.

Somewhere that needs to be an epitaph.

[badgate]

I wish I knew.

[Brittain33]

Having access to the Internet was one of the most important factors in my coming to terms with my homosexuality. Without the Internet, I'd never have gotten laid.

I can't even imagine how much better my life would have been in high school if we'd had the Internet. I didn't really have access to anything beyond email until late freshman year of college. In the early 1990s there was a near-total media blackout on anything dealing with being gay other than AIDS stories and the occasional show like Tales of the City on PBS which, of course, you had to watch while it was on in real time or hope no one noticed you set the VCR to record it.

[ElectionsGuy]

Probably, but I'll never know.

[Flake]

My life was way better before I got a regular internet connection.

So was ours.

You really have to be like that?

[retromike22]

In the early 1990s there was a near-total media blackout on anything dealing with being gay other than AIDS stories and the occasional show like Tales of the City on PBS which, of course, you had to watch while it was on in real time or hope no one noticed you set the VCR to record it.

That sounds so lonely and terrifying