
People Reveal What They Would Do If The Internet Got Shut Down Forever
[rebelmouse-image 18355713 is_animated_gif=Remember all the things we used to do and participate in before the internet? All those good times? Yeah I don't recall any of it either. Which is sad. We've gotten too connected through not connecting in person. We rely solely on the tap of our phone or the click of a key on a laptop. Do you ever wonder what things would be like if we were forced to go back? When memories we'd revive.
Redditor _ShamikaHanchett had the internet wondering about... the internet by asking _If the internet was shut down forever, what's something that would quickly become very popular again? Take a stroll down memory lane y'all.
AHH THE GAMES OF YORE.
Videogame rumors.
"Ok. So my uncle works at Nintendo and he told me how you can catch a MewThree!"
VHS FORVER!
[rebelmouse-image 18355714 is_animated_gif=Blockbuster reopens and is a huge success!
DON'T TAKE MY WIKIPEDIA!
[rebelmouse-image 18355715 is_animated_gif=Encyclopedias.
GAMES WITH FRIENDS!
[rebelmouse-image 18355040 is_animated_gif=Single player video games and/or local multiplayer.
READING THE CLASSICS.
[rebelmouse-image 18355716 is_animated_gif=Porn magazines.
SHOPPING IN PERSON FOR FUN.
[rebelmouse-image 18979235 is_animated_gif=Local Hobby/ Comic Book/ Gaming shops...
HAILING TRANSPORTATION.
[rebelmouse-image 18358931 is_animated_gif=Ordering things like taxis or takeaways over the phone again as opposed to via an app. Which means I'd have to confront that rather silly phone anxiety I've been able to dodge for years.
START SAVING THOSE STAMPS.
[rebelmouse-image 18979236 is_animated_gif=The postal service. All that email has to be sent somehow.
THE HUMAN CONNECTION... REMEMBER THAT?
[rebelmouse-image 18978452 is_animated_gif=Small city cruising on a Friday and Saturday night. You just make laps around your town. Sometimes you would just park in the parking lot of your local fast food joint, and wave to your friends that would drive by on their laps cruising. Weekend plans were made here in these parking lots. Sometimes fights would happen, hearts were broken, kinships were formed and broken, and lifelong memories were made.
THAT STILL HAVE THOSE RIGHT?
[rebelmouse-image 18979238 is_animated_gif=Libraries.
A LOST ART.
[rebelmouse-image 18979239 is_animated_gif=Writing letters.
SOMETHINGS ARE STILL UNNECESSARY.
[rebelmouse-image 18979240 is_animated_gif=Phone Books.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE NOW?
[rebelmouse-image 18979241 is_animated_gif=Maps!
BACK IN MY DAY!
[rebelmouse-image 18979242 is_animated_gif=Going outside and riding bikes (I think that's what our grandfathers did before the internet).
THE ARTISTIC GAME OF CHAMPIONS!
[rebelmouse-image 18979243 is_animated_gif=That origami fortune teller game. I think people called it four corners? It was fun.
I WANNA PLAY!
[rebelmouse-image 18979244 is_animated_gif=I would KILL to LAN Starcraft: Broodwar again. My buddies and I loved infinite resources, as newer players would have an army to have fun with quickly, but more experienced players could still play against 4-5 of them for a fairly close game. The best moments were always when the Human player starts dropping nukes, having everyone's speakers scream "NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED", and looking around to see 6 players shitting themselves while one guy laughs like an a**hole. RIP my army.
STICK WITH THE SOURCE.
[rebelmouse-image 18979245 is_animated_gif=The Internet.
Stay with me here.
The Internet is a collection of data links. Even if all those links were somehow shut down, it would take less than a day for people to start setting up new ones. Depending on the nature of the shutdown we might have to go back to acoustic modems, but the Internet would come back, and fast. Even if all modern semiconductor technology stopped working, we'd revert to vacuum tubes and carry on - slower than before, at least for a time, but pretty much inexorably.
At this point, the only way to permanently get rid of the Internet would be to erase the very idea behind it from everyone's minds, and remove all technology that could obviously benefit from a global communication network. If that were to happen, one thing that would get popular again would probably be de facto city-states and similar owing to the increased difficulty of coordinating large nation-states.
I'LL STILL GRIEVING.
[rebelmouse-image 18978124 is_animated_gif=Toys 'R Us.
THE RETURN OF LITERATURE.
[rebelmouse-image 18979246 is_animated_gif=TV Guides would make a glorious return.
SPADES.. UNO... HEARTS... I'M IN!!
[rebelmouse-image 18979247 is_animated_gif=Board and/or card games.
So many good ones that people don't know about simply because video games are king.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYDAY! JUST BE SAFE!
[rebelmouse-image 18350855 is_animated_gif=Not knowing people's birthdays.
Women Divulge How They Really Feel When Someone Looks At Their Cleavage During A Conversation
My eyes (or rather, eye, in my case) are up here!
Alright listen, we get it. Boobs are great. They're fun, they look awesome in outfits, they make for great storage if you're packing enough heat for a serious bra.
But please, stop talking to them when you mean to be talking to the person the aforementioned dope rack is attached to.
We know they're awesome. We don't need you to remind us.
Reddit user Maleficent-Ad-190 asked:
"Women of Reddit, how do you feel when someone looks at your boobs while in a conversation?"
So here's the honest truth - straight from the source.
Quick and Innocent
"A subconscious glance is okay but don't stare"
-the_memedisease
"I hate it when I accidentally do this, so it's nice to be pardoned a bit."
-HikerGeoff
"For real. I feel such a perv if a girl/woman notices my accidental glance and pulls up her shirt mid conversarion.. Like I'm sorry, okay?!"
-Vincent541
"Usually that happens because I notice an innocent glance, and then I realize I’m hanging out more than I wanna be. It’s not usually an 'Eww, gross, protect my boobs from their eyes,' move. If you’re staring too long I’ll just leave."
-StepdadLRAD
It's Involuntary
"Depends on how they do it."
"If it’s a quick glance, it’s fine. That’s normal and feels mostly involuntary on behalf of the person looking. I notice but it doesn’t bother me."
"If they stare at my boobs while other people are talking—or worse, while I’m talking—that makes me uncomfortable.
Fortunately, I’ve experienced glancing a lot more frequently than staring."
-TheDiplocrap
"The glance is definitely involuntary instinct. I had an elderly principal in junior high who still wore pretty low cut shirts and did a quick up-down shift every time, even when I didn't want to."
-mistertorchic
Reading Is Fundamental
"When women wear graphic t shirts with writing on their chest I’m always hesitant to read it because I don’t want to look like a jack@ss."
-Chythonic
"I can tell when someone is reading my shirt versus just staring at my boobs. I don’t mind people stopping and taking a good look at the text, I know it’s hard to read, I’ll even turn and fully face them so they can read it properly."
"I don’t mind this at all, if I’m going to slap a message on my tits I’m doing it cause I want people to read the message. No biggie! In fact asking a woman 'what does your shirt say?' is a really good way to break the ice."
"I’ve seen multiple people mention feeling uncomfortable reading name tags. It’s always okay to read name tags! They’re literally there to be read."
"I’ve seen some women put their name tags on their upper sleeve if they felt uncomfortable with drawing attention to their left tit so in that instance you’ll know a woman doesn’t want you staring at her chest."
"If you’re really uncomfortable with reading a name tag that’s okay, just introduce yourself and then ask their name."
-BurstOrange
Stains
"Well, I have tig o' bitties and dress like a mom, so I usually panic thinking that I spilled something on them."
-Dutchie420x
"This. It’s probably because I got spaghetti sauce on my boxy striped button down shirt that 5 other moms at the park are wearing."
-Caris1
"So in this case it wasn't vomit on the sweater already, but it was mom's spaghetti?"
-lexievv
Mine, Yours, Hers
"I'm a woman who routinely gets distracted by nice breasts during conversations. Sometimes even my own."
-ally_mcgee
"Oh my God...the amount of women who look at my boobs while I'm talking astounds me! Lol"
-LusciousofBorg
"Straight women are worse about it than straight men lol it’s the funniest thing"
--anidiotonreddit-
"Haha!! I like how you get distracted by your own boobs."
"Which, not gonna lie, I have definitely been distracted when I find my husband staring (he can stare! Lol) I look down my shirt to see what all the hoopla's about."
-LusciousofBorg
Please, No Eye Contact.
"I'm more comfortable with that than eye contact...."
-loulabelle20
"‘Excuse me, my boobs are down here’."
-amanset
"I'm sorry! I was just reading your face mask!' "
-DiamondPup
"Looking in my eyes is way too personal, just look at my boobs. That way everyone is more at ease"
-loulabelle20
"I also fear eye contact. I also want to be respectful."
"So like, I end up staring at a lady's face with what I assume is an exaggerated interest, while trying not to look down, which my mind keeps asking me to do. Not to ogle, just to break eye contact."
"I can't resist for long, so...I usually end up looking down, then back up with intensity, and then back down, repeat until I make an awkward exit from the conversation thinking I played it cool, but we all know that it was a train wreck."
-kingfischer48
No Harm
"Honesty, I’m used it. Unless they are gawking or being creepy about it I don’t give it a second thought."
-AKBK2013
"In the '80s and maybe '90s, they'd sometimes say sarcastically, 'Take a picture; it'll last longer!'."
"I think they stopped saying that when cell phones started all coming with decent quality built-in cameras. I'm sure a few people responded by pulling out their phone cameras… and that was probably the end of that saying."
-brndm
"This. I’m not going to hide my body in shame, and it’s not shameful to glance or gander…just don’t stare or be a creep."
"Bodies really are eye catching, and pleasing to look at sometimes, but feeling like you’re being oogled or fantasized in public is super unsettling."
"Take your dreams home bud."
-skippieelove
Eyes Are Closed!
"I am an ex hair stylist and when I would cut mens hair and would be standing in front of them cutting bangs or something of that nature I could just feel their eyes burning a hole into my chest."
"I did have one guy tell me straight up on the middle of our conversation 'I’m looking at your cleavage' and he did this weird chuckle. I had no words. He tipped well though 🤷🏼♀️🥴"
-Soggy_Physics452
"I will be honest. In that exact situation there really isn't anywhere else to look."
-Sarnick18
"I close my eyes"
-Brandon_The_Binosaur
"I generally would just close my eyes in those situations. It just seemed polite."
-Reaverx218
"As a man on the other end of this, I feel so bad when I catch myself staring off into nothingness and realize I’m staring at my barber’s cleavage. She’s so sweet and I feel bad lmao"
-sleekandskilled
Self confidence
"I don't care, boobs are boobs. I know they look good. It's nice to be attractive"
-IAmNotLookingatYou
"I wear stuff to show off my cleavage on purpose, I’d be slightly offended if no one looked"
-f**ktheroses
"I would go cross-eyed if I had a nice set of boobs of my very own to look at."
-Dason37
Magnets
"It depends."
"I had a boss that would glance down literally every 30 seconds. We wore baggy, ugly polo shirts that did nothing to highlight the area and yet he did it with every single female. Gross af."
"If it's a one and done, I notice but don't get offended."
-LeotiaBlood
"Some people talk like that. Sometimes when I'm speaking to someone regardless of their sex, I'm looking down at their chest, shoulder, neck, or off to the side if I need to think. When I'm listening, I'm looking at their eyes or somewhere on their face."
"Concentrating on speaking and checking out your boobs at the same time is not an easy task by the way."
-eggtart_prince
"Oh sh*t. There are so many conversations I've had where I'm trying so hard not to look at boobs and it's like I just can't make my eyes stay off them for longer than a minute."
"I always feel terrible because I desperately am trying not to look at them and give my full attention to the conversation but it's such a f-ing struggle."
-SocksofGranduer
Let's recap - glances are fine. They happen. It's natural.
In some situations you really can't help it - like if the person you're talking to is 4'9 (and three quarters) then you're probably looking down their shirt every time you try to talk to them. Or that barber situation.
But don't stare. Don't be a creep.
We totally notice.
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People Divulge Which Ordinary Skills Become Suspicious If Someone Gets Too Good At Them
Is it possible to be too good at something?
Many wouldn't think so, particularly those who strive to be perfect at anything and everything, or who are desperate to impress others.
What if you're so good at something, that you inadvertently scare someone?
Or worse yet, what if your unique skill set ends up giving something away that you were trying to hide?
Redditor I_Love_Small_Breasts was curious to hear which skills people might want to think twice before gloating about, leading them to ask:
"What ordinary skill becomes suspicious if you're good at it?"
What are you trying to hide?
"Really thoroughly deleting your internet search history."
"Most people with computers know how to delete their browsing history and hide folders."
"Enough that people borrowing their computer wouldn't be confronted with their porn."
"Or as one adorable advertisement suggested, they could buy their wife an anniversary present without her finding out."
"But if I knew someone who could hide their search history well enough that an e-crime unit or intelligence agency could get their hands on their laptop and not access everything, I would suspect that the laptop had either horrible snuff films or terrorist stuff."- Aduro95
Hi, remember me? No?
"Remembering random details about people or recognizing them from years ago."- phrasing7
Super sleuth!
"Being able to find almost anything."
"People start being suspicious that you're hiding sh*t on purpose."
"I've found things in other people's houses that I've never even BEEN TO by describing the places to look."- Millenniauld
Where did you learn to do that?
"I had a record as a kid, used to break into cars and homes into my late teens."
"As I grew older if someone locked themselves out of the house I would help them out."
"I'm a grown man work in pharmaceuticals I look like a typical nerd."
"Boss tells us on the phone he's locked out of his house and can't get a locksmith I told him if I come down there pick his lock and get him inside can I get the day off?"
"He laughs says sure."
"I got my tools in the cars takes me 15 min to get there 10 min to pick the lock."
"Got the day off."
"Fast forward a year later."
"Our lab supplies closed was locked, the key was with someone at home."
"Boss says to me can I get in the closet, I told them as long they don't judge me or ask questions."
"Now some people in the office wonder what the hell do I do in my free time." - User Delted
A necessary skill?
"Folding fitted sheets."- lovesmasher
I'm not buying it.
"Remaining calm."- Fuel_Some
Where did you come from?
"Quietly walking and minimizing your presence."
"It's fun when people realize you're there and freak out because you came out of 'nowhere' despite walking right past them."- Nuksum
Human Calculator
"Knowing how to quickly calculate how many grams are in x ounces."- VictorBlimpmuscle
"Procedural memory."
" I have to type in numbers occasionally at work."
"If I have to type them in more than twice, I can't recall the number but I can retype it."- wildcardcrow
The table is hot.
"Shuffling cards, stacking chips, lots of gambling related dexterity skills."- ummque
Regardless of what other people might think, having a very particular set of skills is bound to come in handy.
Ask Liam Neeson.
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Needless to say, when a crime or mystery is never solved can be both frustrating and devastating.
Those assigned to solve what happened to a missing person, murder, or theft will likely lie awake at night going over the case on and on in their heads.
While the families of the victims and missing persons will never get the closure or answers they were hoping for as to how and why it happened.
But for those of us on the outside, it's easy to be fascinated by an unsolved mystery, or cold case.
Particularly, if the mystery is a case of possible supernatural phenomena which was never explained.
Redditor Lelo-Of-Kah was curious to learn more about the various cases people are still trying to solve to this day, leading them to ask:
"What is the greatest unsolved mystery of all time?"
Asha Degree
"Disappearance of Asha Degree."
"In 2000, 9 year old girl that packed a bag in the middle of a storm and was last seen walking down a highway."
"A driver approached her to help and she ran into the woods and was never seen again."
"Nothing suggest why she would run away."
"Her book bag was found a year later."
"Most likely she was abducted while walking but why did she leave her house in the middle of a 'raging storm'?- palabear
Missy Bevers
"I love unsolved mysteries but one that always gets me is the murder of Missy Bevers."
"She was killed in the early morning at a church that she taught yoga at."
"Security footage from the church showed the murderer roaming the halls of the church all night but that’s not what’s weird."
"What’s weird is that the murderer was dressed head to toe in police riot gear."
"It is the weirdest and eeriest video footage and is just unsettling."
"There’s lots of theories but her murder has never been solved and I believe there hasn’t even been a real suspect in the case."- norminthedorm
The Springfield Three
"The disappearance of the Springfield Three is a top contender for me."
"Long story short, in the early morning hours of June 7, 1992, these three women, Sherrill Levitt (47), her daughter Suzanne 'Suzie' Streeter (19), and Suzie's friend Stacy McCall (18) all vanished from Sherrill and Suzie's home following a night of fun and partying as it was the girl's high school graduation."
"All their personal belongings, their cars, purses, and even the little dog was left behind."
"There were no signs of a struggle or foul play, however, the front porch light's glass globe was broken and not swept up, and there was a weird message of the answering machine that accidentally got deleted."
"Yet, no trace of the three women has ever been found and the case remains unsolved 30 years later."- Bjnboy
Zodiac Killer
"The identity of the Zodiac Killer hands down."
"It hasn't been solved despite what you read about Gary Post."- 1man2barrels
Zimbabwe Sightings
"The aerial school landings in Zimbabwe."
"60+ school children saw crafts landing and beings coming out of them."
"The kids interacted with the beings."
"They were put under evaluation by a Harvard psychiatrist."
"They all told virtually the same story and drew the same drawings."
"It was concluded that they were telling the truth."- Equivalent-Quail3995
Chicago TV Hijacker
"My favorite is the Chicago Tv hijacking."
"During a Dr. Who rerun in 1987 somebody dressed as Max Headroom hijacked the tv signal for a minute and a half during which got spanked by a woman and mocked coca-cola."
"FCC has been investigating for years and nobody has been charged."- KhaosKake
Disappearance At Ohio State
"One I’m always fascinated with is I believe in the mid 2000’s a student at Ohio state mysteriously disappeared and to this day they have no idea what happened to him."
"Basically he went out to a popular bar with friends, the security camera sees him walking into the bar and this is the only entrance/exit as the bar is in a larger building but it never sees him leave the bar at the end of the night."
"His name was Brian Shaffer."
"It’s an interesting story/mystery to take a look at."- TrainingRegistration
Escape From Alcatraz
"What the hell happened to the 3 escapees of the 'inescapable' Alcatraz."
"If they did survive or not but if they did that's one hell of a plan to escape undetected till to this day."- Leveolizan
The Yuba County Five
"The Yuba County Five."
"One of the detectives interviewed at some point said not a damn thing about this case makes any sense at all."
'Five guys with minor disabilities go to a basketball game."
"They have their own very anticipated game to play in the next morning: one of the guys even laid out his uniform for the next day."
"They leave the game they were spectators for, on the drive home, they stop to buy snacks--the wrappers were found in the car and the cashier remembered them."
"Then instead of going home, they drive miles and miles out of their way to a national state park, leave their perfectly functioning and fueled car to wander unprepared into the snowy wilderness."
"A witness claims to have seen a second vehicle and perhaps a woman?"
"A convenience store nearby claimed to have seen them the next day?"
"But three of them are found dead in the woods, believed to have died from exposure."
"A fourth one is found in a trailer in the woods that had sufficient food and heat sources to survive for quite awhile, having apparently starved to death and losing 200 pounds before succumbing to that and hypothermia."
"He had approximately 13 weeks of beard growth."
"The last man has never been found."
"So, firstly, why? "
"And then why starve to death in the woods for weeks?"
"If it was foul play, for what purpose?"
"Their car wasn't stolen."
"There was no money to be gained."
"Even if it was some weird cult thing, none of them were apparently harmed, they all just died in the woods from staying in the woods."- Kaysmira
Mr. Cruel
"Mr. Cruel."
"That case is so disgusting to me, and the most commonly used picture/police sketch is even scarier."- piledguts
Mysterious, tragic and gruesome.
The world may never know the truth.
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Each new day brings change.
It's pretty remarkable to think just how much our world has changed over the course of time.
Even in the span of a few years, we continue to see remarkable changes in architecture, technology, even in socializing.
But, as the saying goes, "some things never change".
Redditor sexykaren was curious to learn about the things which have remained constant with the passing of time, leading them to ask:
'What hasn't changed in the past 1000 years?"
Sturdy and steady.
"Bricklaying."
"The materials and techniques are remarkably static over the centuries."- fysicks
Eternally funny.
"Even in Rome they had 'yo mama' jokes scribbled on the walls."
"As well as stuff like 'Aranicus has a fat a**."
"Gives me some comfort to know that humans don’t change that much."- momogirl200
"People still find toilet humor and dirty jokes funny."
"We probably always will, tbh."- Demonkitty121
High Rollers.
"Dice."- Jedibri81
Timeless beauty.
"I work as a hand embroiderer in the fashion industry and often think if I was born 1000 years ago I could literally be doing the exact same job."
"Shame I need glasses though."- PrickStitch
Creepy, but practical.
"Using bone to scrape hide into leather."
"Plastics, metals and wood have been tried, but bone is still the best."- ironmcheaddesk
A Mighty Whack.
"The humble axe."
"While the axe did go through several major design shifts over the course of human history, by the time we get to 1022, we had already settled on a more or less straight shaft with a head made of iron/steel, with an opening or 'eye' that the haft goes through."
"If you walked into any big-box hardware store and bought a Collins axe and then took it back to 1022 and showed it to someone, they'd think the style was strange and they'd be astonished to find that the whole head was made of steel, but that's it."
"They'd be all, 'yeah, that's an axe'."
"'Obviously from some foreign country where everyone's rich, but it's just an axe'."- Glasnerven
The best friend anyone could have
"People loving their pets."
"Look up roman pet cemetery on Google."
"The epitaph's on some of the graves really hit home."
"Also help's to humanize those in the past."- Ralife55
When you need to sit down for a moment
"I was very stoned a while back and I walked past my kitchen table and I was just marveling at the chairs."
"'Wow'."
"'1000 years ago people were sitting in chairs just like that'."
"'Here I am...still doing it'."
"'Amazing'."- DurtyKurty
A beach fixture.
"Horseshoe Crabs."
"My understand is they have been pretty much the same for a LONG time."
Change is good, there's no doubt about that.
But it can be comforting to know that with each passing year, some things will always be the same.
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