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guys, i wanna go analog.

is it possible to get by in this day and age without a computer and a cell phone?

>> No.6343693

>>6343682
I'm going no celly and it sucks.
Not worth the stark decrease in sex and social life.

>> No.6343718

>>6343682
possible, sure
but drastically different from life with it
dunno about you, but in my circle EVERYTHING social is organized on facebook. if you don't have it you miss out - people are only gonna bother take the extra effort of contacting your special snowflake ass once or twice before they just start doing shit without you.

>> No.6343728

>>6343693

i kinda want that though.

i don't really give a shit about getting ass or socializing, all the people i like to see know where to find me. Im starting to think that being disconnected would be worth it of i got away from all the information blasting. Is that weird?

>> No.6343734

>>6343682
I've thought about this quite a bit, OP. The trick is that you have to go all or nothing, and find a lifestyle that supports the no-technology. Seriously, it all has to go or it won't work.

What lifestyle supports it, though? I'm trying to figure that out myself.

>> No.6343768

>>6343734

im thinking a city, maybe?

i'd probably have a landline and an answering machine but that'd be it. there's no way i could be arsed to have more.

>> No.6343793

>>6343728
nah it's not weird, we're in a day and age of stimulus brain fucking at 9000rpm.

I do this at spurs and when you get back in the social game everyone wants to know where you been. it's a win-win.

>> No.6343800

You're pretty useless without a phone/computer.

just delete all your social media accounts, and get a new phone number.

>> No.6343803

>>6343768
Damn, a city? It seems like it would be especially hard in one.

The idea comes across as "living off the land" a little to me - of course not 100%, though

>> No.6343824

I live in a small town, (in a /fa/ as fuck 1890 brick house) don't have Facebook or any social media, have a smartphone out of necessity (self employed) I have friends and I keep myself busy

Thing is, I cannot imagine life without internet. Unless you're rich, have a trust fund or some sort of steady cash income, or don't mind living like an Amish, I can't see how you can't function without it.

One day I'd like to be able to get rid of it

>> No.6343826

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/1/4279674/im-still-here-back-online-after-a-year-without-the-internet

There's no benefit. You'll just waste time doing the same things you'd do on the internet or your phone.

>> No.6344002

This thread is priceless. People born after cellphones and the Internet are adorable.

"How can I socialize and get laid without a cellphone and face book?! Wah wah!"

I dunno, do you have fucking legs, and a mouth, and ears and brain to make you go out to talk to people?

>> No.6344017

>>6343682

I've never had a cell phone and I've managed to survive.

>> No.6344019
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>>6344002
Excellent post, sir.

I got my first cellphone last month and I'm going to chuck it once my internship is over and I go back to school.

>> No.6344034

>>6344019
>>6344030

i like how these are two completely images

>> No.6344035

>>6344030
I fucking love you <3

>> No.6344030
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>> No.6344059

>>6343682
I headed down to South America for a year, no cellphone, and just a laptop (no internet, just for writing).

I did have to find some internet service, and skype family once in a while. But aside from that, it was fucking bliss. I'm glad that I had the experience, but I'm aggravated that I'm never going to feel that way ever again.

>> No.6344062

I don't have a TV anymore. I got rid of my computer a couple months ago. I've never had a facebook or any other social network account.
All I need to get rid of is my iPod, but I just don't like decreasig the value of my vinyl collection.

It's not that fucking hard, OP. I just got a phone once for a weekend when I went to Yosemite. You'll finally have time to think for your fucking self what to wear and gain legitimate experience.

>> No.6344723

I would like to try this but is it sad that I am blatantly pissing my self scared to do it.

>> No.6344740

>>6343682
>i want to become useless
you're blessed to be born in this era,yet you do this shit...

>> No.6344779

>>6344002
thanks grandpa

>> No.6344810

>>6344779
>he showed how stupid i am gonna make fun of his age

only this faggot generation would think "anal-logged" was any sort of coool

>> No.6344820

going analog is fucking useless

analog was used by the dinosaurs

that's a fact m8

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6344848

>>6344810
r u the same 500e from /o/ with the mercedes?

>> No.6344915

I mean I don't see why you would want to do this indefinitely if you live in a modern country, but I could understand it being greatly beneficial for a couple months.

>> No.6345192

>>6344915

because media sucks.

i don't want to know what 900 people i met once are having for breakfast today. I don't play video games and havent since the ps2. I don't buy anything on the internet. I don't use apps on my phone. More and more, it seems ridiculous that i have all these things.

>> No.6345215

Who are you people trying to impress?

>> No.6345228

>>6345215

noone. i just don't want to be found.

>> No.6345251

Can you get by? Certainly

Can you excel? Absolutely not.
To be competitive and to really branch out you need modern methods of communication. If you don't keep up you will be quickly left behind.

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>>6345215
ur mum m8

>> No.6345270

I fucking hate luddites like you.

Seriously you're only taking the ultimate consciousness revolution longer to take place. Not only is their no point or need, but you're also hurting your ability to be a member of modern society. You're not living in reality, you're living int he past, which can be a very unhealthy thing to do. You have no sense of hope or direction for the future, and by not participating and attempting to drive that direction, you're allowing other more idiotic people to shape our own future, which you are apart of whether you like it or not.

>> No.6345271

>>6343682
No celly is super easy. I actually kind of feel sorry for everyone nowadays who's all sucked into their shit iPhones.

>> No.6345286

>>6345271

>iphones

regardless, of course it's easy for people with no friends

for anyone else it's needlessly isolating. just cop some discipline and you won't feel so sucked into social media and the internet all the time

>> No.6345293

How will you post on 4chan?

>> No.6345292

>>6345192
living a proper life mate

>> No.6345317

>>6345270

I refuse to believe that my only option is "go with it".

>>6345293
i'll never come back again :3

>> No.6345330

>tfw you want to get rid of your phone because the only person who calls you with any consistency is your mum and it's only to ask you inane questions three times a day because she's bored

>> No.6345333

i think if you want to be gainfully employed you're at the very least going to need a phone and probably a computer. but i want to step away from both. over the past few months i have become increasingly concerned with privacy and i realized that getting rid of my electronics would drastically decrease the amount of data that is collected about me.

>> No.6345339

>>6345330
>tfw not even your mom calls you
>tfw the last five calls i've received were all from my sister saying she was stopping for food on the way back from hanging out with her friends and if i want anything

>> No.6345340

>>6344030
i fucking lost it

>> No.6345346

>asking people, 99% of which cant remember life without internet and cell phones for advice on going analog

top fucking lel

if you want to drop modern communication thats up to you but you're a fucking tool and a poser for trying to boast about it on a japanese cartoon image forum

>> No.6345369

>>6345346

who's boasting

Does the average user here really not remember life before the internet? i suppose "technically" i don't but my fam used a windows 98 and a dialup connection til about 2004, it was too slow to do much anything but word process and play chess so i never used it.

>> No.6345374

I don't think being analog is possible now, since technology is incredibly embedded into our environment such as work and study.

I really don't see how you can avoid using computers and cellphones, unless you are author who is writing on a typewriter in the wilderness.

Or do you mean you just want to be socially disconnected from the world?

>> No.6345376

>>6345333
w2c dat tinfoil hat

>> No.6345387

>>6345374

i don't think it's possible to be socially disconnected. If you move to a city and live near people you are friends with and the place you work i don't see why you can't get by with just a landline.

if someone can't be arsed to make plans with me or tell me to meet them somewhere at a certain time on a certain day i don't really want to know them.

>> No.6345433

>>6345387
>if someone can't be arsed to make plans with me or tell me to meet them somewhere at a certain time on a certain day i don't really want to know them.

I agree on this one, I'm kind of in the same situation.

>> No.6345727

>>6345369
I do and it was pretty fun. Going out more to, in the chance that you´d randomly see someone you knew. Which you almost always did because that was probably the only thing you could do.

>> No.6345747

What OP think's will happen if he goes analog:

Mysterious edge added to his persona
Originality amongst his generation

What really happens:

Due to OP's preexisting sperg levels he wasn't in contact with anyone in the first place so now he's just a lonely loser who isn't even up to date with technology

>> No.6345765

>>6345747

>projecting

sorry to disappoint but im not a sperg, my problem is i know too many people and im trying to distance myself from a lot of them and their noise.

>> No.6345767

Why dont you just minimize your digital life?
Get a cell without internet, hell without camera if you can find one.
Delete all info from FB or social media accounts and stop posting shit incase you still are (>2013 >shiggy)
Block posts from other people you dont really know, so that you only get stuff from your friends for doing stuff and events.
Also dont check every 5 mins, maybe check 3times a day that should be enough. Same for email
I think this also has great benefits wirhout turning you into a hermit

>> No.6345768

>>6345765
>destroying relationships simply due to the fact he 'knows too many people'

you sicken me

>> No.6345776

>>6345767

>delete everything from social media

that's just it man. that's the hard thing, because for a lot of people i know, that'd be like hard-deleting myself from ever having existed in their life.

>> No.6345786

>>6345776

the other thing that i have a hard time leaving is pictures, noone will ever call you and go "hey, i developed this roll of film and there's a picture of you, you want to come look at them? you can have one of the doubles if you want."

maybe i just got too used to being able to examine and select every picture ever taken of me.

Maybe i have to give that up. Take more of my own.

>> No.6345796

>>6345786
>autism

>> No.6345801

>>6345776
>>6345786
I mean your 'about' section and other info
Keep your account

>> No.6345802

>>6345796

how is that autism

>> No.6345877

>>6344820
10/10

>> No.6345902

I've never had internet on my mobile phone. Ever. I never needed it anyway. So instead of chucking your phone away just get a pre-paid one without internet. It will give you some piece and quiet, at least that's what some of my friends tell me.

Not using social media might be more tricky, I personally only use facebook to keep in touch with acquaintances and some association work, plus the fact a lot of invites for parties are done through it.

I know two people who don't have facebook, one has a 'fake' account with only 4 friends who invite her when needed. The other one really doesn't have anything, I can ask him how he manages things if you'd like to know.

>> No.6345929

>>6345902

Sure, see what he says. Might give some insight.

>> No.6346446

I have never had a phone or a computer. I just use a payphone if i need too but usually i just meet up with friends and other people i know when i just go to certain events or places. Were into the same things and shit so i run into them almost daily plus we hang out at the same places all the time so i don't need a phone or computer to hang out or plan things out.

>> No.6346457

>>6343693
I do this too

bitches be sending me letters and telegrams wanting the D

>> No.6346652

If there is any sort of punk/hippie scene in your town there are all ready people who have adopted an analog lifestyle. Go find them.

>> No.6347115

>>6344062
>No computer
>uronthainturnet.png

>> No.6347296

>>6346446
so you're payphoning onto the internet right now?

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>>6346457
lmao