I don't have withdrawal symptoms without the Internet, but I certainly get bored without it since I use it a lot. So maybe 70-80% addicted. I've never known a world without it and here I am spending most of my free time watching videos when I'm not listening to music locally stored on my devices or on CD. That, and doing a lot of online looking when I'm not playing games, some of which are Internet/data (because mobile) required. Internet is a huge part of my mortal life right now, but at least I'm self aware enough to know I'm addicted to Hell and back.
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Probably about 80% addicted. In saying that though, if there is no internet for whatever reason I'm fine. Everything is self hosted on my local network, eg Jellyfin, Mealie, Navidrome. Plus a bunch of games and an Xbox. I don't find it hard to keep myself occupied without internet with other things too like cooking, gardening, exercise and organising.
20, I would love the world without internet back.
The older I get the more it's obvious we were better off without.
Must be quite high for me too since every time our internet doesn't work I realise how little things you can do on your phone and PC that don't rely on the internet. Even for programming you constantly need to look up things.
80 before latest USA election, 40 after. Deliberately distancing myself.
I'd been trying to do this since covid, victory!
I'd cope just fine now, I lived before widespread internet or wireless services too.
Most of what I miss about the internet is already long dead.
Idk man, might be important to know when the brownshirts are coming to your doorsteps so you can at least prepare.
Well the internet isn't gone, I stopped at 40% addiction ;)
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
You can easily measure your addiction by how many tabs you have open right now.
I have 40 tabs open...I need...them
Not really, I kinda have some obsession with not wanting clutter, so I never have more than 5 tabs open.
Do your tabs reopen when you start your browser up? Because that's a sign of addiction. Or do you start fresh with zero tabs.
Internet is more and more like cable TV, so actually losing interest in it. But sure, still fun for a while.
If the internet shuts down, I'll be basically out of a job probably, so I don't know about addiction, I'm probably have a very bad time
About 85-90% I can handle a few days away from the internet if I have some podcasts saved, as well as some random wikipedia articles.
Currently I have about 100 podcast episodes and plenty of different wiki articles saved on my phone.
I also have several videos saved.
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.
I would literally starve to death.
withdrawl symptoms
Is that when you randomly start sounding like you're from rural Alabama?
Wait, y'all become a raging bigot without the internet?
Nah. I'll just look like a scared kitten crying in the corner.
It's more of a habit than an addiction.
If I have pretty much literally anything else going on, I don't tend to think about or miss the internet.
But if I don't have anything else going on, I'll probably reach for my phone or end up on a computer pretty quickly without even realizing it
When I go camping I don't miss it. But if I'm in town it'd drive me nuts.
I would say I'm 75% addicted. Like without it, if it shuts off for prolonged periods, what am I down to? I'm down to just books and whatever I acquired to make available offline like downloaded games and I've got quite a media collection going to delve into.
What I'll miss the most of it is being in contact with those I've established a connection with such as online friends. The longer I go without speaking to them, the more things will feel hollow.
This post is a good reminder that I should save a copy of Wikipedia
My addiction is so severe, merely the offline wikipedia doesn't really provide the same high.
I mean its better than nothing, but you really need the memes and shitposts.
Offline wikipedia isn't even the same, watching the real time edit-wars on ongoing events is so fun.
Maybe like 90%. I don't deal well with borebom and I have literally to do at home offline, and since I'm living alone in a foreign country playing board games or whatever isn't an option. So... Yeah, good thing I wasn't born 50 years ago.
If you were born 50 years ago, you would have other tools to deal with boredom
Kindof a hard question to answer. I work remotely in software. If I couldn't use the Internet, I'd have to change fields and start working in person. But is working remotely and writing code for my day job an expression of "addiction"? How about looking up documentation while I'm writing code on my own time? Definitely something I use the Internet for, but I wouldn't think it's an "addiction" thing. What about updating the software on my computer? Is finding recipes online "addiction"?
Social media is "addictive". For sure.
So, I guess if you're counting everything I use the internet for as "addiction" and asking how well I'd fare (with 100 being extremely poorly), I'd probably have to put it pretty high. Maybe 85 or more?
If you only disallowed uses of the Internet that qualify as "addictive" such as doomscrolling or four-hour-long YouTube in-depth deep dives on invisible walls in Super Mario 64, then I don't think I'd be really all that bad off. I might put myself at 20.
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.
100%. my generation is among the first to be raised online, I'm not shocked. even as a kid a lot of my memories are just of being on YouTube or playing steam games.
90. I stay in contact with friends, even IRL ones, through the internet.
Probably 90%. Whenever my internet or power goes out, I have literally nothing to do at home. Maybe I should get a board game.
+1 to beating yourself in chess 😅
(You can also read wikipedia offline. Search "Kiwix")
+1 to beating yourself in chess 😅
Somehow my Elo still dropped.
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.
Jerky company?
Yeah. The dad made beef (and other) jerky, the son ran a modem pool. They both ran under the name "Taylor County Farms."
That is wild, I miss the home grown internet
Let's say 50%. If I can keep using my computer to code and do electronics projects. Maybe without internet I'd get to read some of the novels I'd always wanted to read. And I'd need to subscribe to some magazines to keep up. And find a way to listen to music, audiobooks and podcasts. I'm certainly not going back to watching regular TV if I'm bored.
I can go days without. But I spend maybe 2-4 hours a day. Sadly I work remote, so I get bored. But during holidays and staycations, I hardly pick up my phone, let alone a laptop. 30. 30 is my addiction number.
Hello stranger. I would just like to thank you for using the phrase "let alone" correctly. As far as I can remember, this is my first such sighting on Lemmy. Thank you.
90-95%
I do a lil typing' (I am unironically developing carpal tunnel 😅)
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.
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%
80
More server addicted. IDK if I don't have internet but I want my own services to run.
I think I'll be okay if they sell podcasts at music stores, or if radio makes a big comeback I guess.