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if you had to swear off the internet for good what would you take with? (lemmy.world)

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Just pertains to the internet, not computers as a whole. Like an offline version of wikipedia, favorite albums/movies/books. Any other ideas?

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[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

here's an outline of my meme archive:

hang on while I fix the formatting

├── Animals │ ├── Bumblebee Butts │ ├── Cats │ │ └── Cats Without Teeth │ ├── Dogs │ ├── Raccoons │ └── Tentacles ├── Diagrams ├── Economic+Political ├── Gifs │ ├── Acrobatics+Dexterity │ ├── Colorful+Geometry │ └── Machinery ├── Internet+Tech │ └── Sagas │ └── PolySexDoll ├── Life+Culture+Personality │ ├── Fashion │ └── Vintage Memes ├── Media │ ├── Anime and Manga │ │ ├── Fullmetal Alchemist │ │ ├── Howl's Moving Castle │ │ ├── Inuyasha │ │ ├── Kekkaishi │ │ ├── Naruto │ │ └── Spirited Away │ ├── Classical │ │ └── Mythology │ │ ├── Greek Mythology │ │ ├── Norse Mythology │ │ ├── Russian Mythology │ │ └── Seven Deadly Sins │ ├── Comic Books │ │ ├── Avengers │ │ │ ├── Captain America │ │ │ ├── Iron Man │ │ │ └── Thor │ │ ├── Batman │ │ ├── Calvin and Hobbes │ │ ├── Cassaday │ │ ├── Deadpool │ │ ├── Green Lantern │ │ ├── Guardians of the Galaxy │ │ ├── Spiderman │ │ ├── Super Dictionary │ │ ├── Superman │ │ ├── Teen Titans │ │ └── X-Men │ ├── Literature │ │ ├── Harry Potter │ │ ├── Hitchhiker's Guide │ │ ├── HIVE │ │ ├── Lord of the Rings │ │ └── Peter Pan │ ├── Miscellaneous │ │ ├── AI │ │ ├── IndependentArtists │ │ │ ├── George Bokhua │ │ │ └── Grittney │ │ ├── MultiFandom │ │ │ ├── Adventure Time Mashups │ │ │ ├── Avenging Angels Plus Cas │ │ │ ├── Bending Princesses │ │ │ ├── Disney Characters as Pop Culture Icons │ │ │ ├── Do You Love the Sky of Tumblr │ │ │ ├── Fandom Poster Mashups │ │ │ ├── House Quotes │ │ │ ├── Little Superheroes │ │ │ ├── Masters of Horror │ │ │ ├── Starship Comparisons │ │ │ ├── Superhero Quote Posters │ │ │ └── SuperWhoLock │ │ ├── Odds and Ends │ │ ├── Queen │ │ ├── The Candy Mafia │ │ ├── Unknown │ │ ├── Vlogbrothers │ │ └── Welcome to Night Vale │ ├── Morrowind │ ├── Movies │ │ ├── Cloud Atlas │ │ ├── Disney │ │ │ ├── Brave │ │ │ ├── Disney Character Sketches │ │ │ ├── Lion King │ │ │ ├── Monsters Inc │ │ │ ├── Mulan │ │ │ ├── Princesses │ │ │ ├── Rapunzel │ │ │ └── Toy Story │ │ ├── Dreamworks │ │ │ └── How to Train Your Dragon │ │ ├── Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog │ │ ├── Indiana Jones │ │ ├── Men In Black │ │ ├── Open Film Project │ │ │ └── 2008 - Big Buck Bunny │ │ ├── Star Wars │ │ ├── The Fifth Element │ │ ├── The Matrix │ │ ├── The Princess Bride │ │ └── Wreck it Ralph │ ├── Music │ ├── Stargate │ ├── Star Trek │ ├── Tabletop Games │ ├── TV │ │ ├── 30 Rock │ │ ├── Adventure Time │ │ ├── AncientAliens │ │ ├── Avatar │ │ ├── Babylon 5 │ │ ├── Blakes 7 │ │ ├── Community │ │ ├── Danny Phantom │ │ ├── Doctor Who │ │ │ └── Torchwood │ │ │ └── Trading Cards │ │ ├── Fairly Odd Parents │ │ ├── Firefly │ │ ├── Futurama │ │ ├── Lexx │ │ ├── NCIS │ │ ├── Phineas and Ferb │ │ ├── Psych │ │ ├── Red Dwarf │ │ ├── Scrubs │ │ ├── Sherlock │ │ ├── Simpsons │ │ ├── Stargate │ │ │ └── Glyphs │ │ │ ├── Destiny Protogates │ │ │ ├── Milky Way Stargates │ │ │ │ └── Points of Origin │ │ │ └── Pegasus Stargates │ │ ├── Star Trek │ │ ├── Supernatural │ │ ├── The Big Bang Theory │ │ ├── Tin Man │ │ └── Whose Line is It Anyway │ ├── Video Games │ │ ├── Mario │ │ ├── Minecraft │ │ ├── Pokemon │ │ ├── Portal │ │ ├── Starcraft │ │ ├── The Elder Scrolls │ │ ├── Vintage │ │ └── Zelda │ └── Webcomics │ ├── Basic Instructions │ ├── El Goonish Shive │ ├── Humon Comics │ ├── Lackadaisy │ ├── Looking for Group │ ├── Oglaf │ ├── So Youre a Cartoonist │ └── XKCD ├── NSFW │ ├── Degeneracy │ └── Visually │ └── Porn ├── Nurse Memes │ ├── COVID+AntiVax │ └── Old-Timey Psych Drug Ads ├── Nursing │ ├── COVID+AntiVax │ └── Old-Timey Psych Drug Ads ├── Reaction Images │ ├── Raccoons │ ├── Squid Gifs │ └── Squids ├── Religion+Belief │ ├── Eldritch+Cryptid │ │ └── Long Furby │ └── JudeoChristian │ └── NSFW ├── Resources │ ├── Activities of Daily Living │ │ └── Food │ ├── Computer │ │ ├── Apps │ │ ├── Cheat Sheets │ │ └── Fonts │ ├── Diary Card │ ├── Emergency │ │ └── Car-Driving │ ├── Employment │ │ └── Medical Billing and Coding │ ├── Health │ │ ├── Animal │ │ └── Psych Resources │ ├── Hobbies │ │ ├── Visual Art │ │ │ ├── Drawing Tutorials │ │ │ │ ├── People │ │ │ │ │ ├── Anatomy │ │ │ │ │ │ ├── Feet │ │ │ │ │ │ └── Hands │ │ │ │ │ ├── Clothes │ │ │ │ │ ├── Diversity │ │ │ │ │ ├── Expressions and Faces │ │ │ │ │ ├── Miscellaneous │ │ │ │ │ ├── Movement and Poses │ │ │ │ │ └── Multiple People │ │ │ │ ├── Settings │ │ │ │ └── Things │ │ │ └── Stock │ │ │ ├── Fashion Help │ │ │ │ ├── Clothes │ │ │ │ └── Hair │ │ │ ├── Miscellaneous │ │ │ └── Textures │ │ ├── Visual Guide to Makeup │ │ │ ├── Colors │ │ │ ├── Eyes │ │ │ │ ├── Liner │ │ │ │ ├── Mascara │ │ │ │ └── Shadow │ │ │ ├── Face │ │ │ └── Lips │ │ └── Writing │ ├── Interesting │ └── Life │ ├── Employment │ ├── Food │ ├── Health │ └── Laundry ├── Satisfying ├── Science │ ├── Health │ │ ├── A+P │ │ │ └── Eyes │ │ ├── ClinPsych │ │ ├── Gender+Sexuality+Relationships │ │ │ ├── Abuse+Toxicity │ │ │ ├── Cishet │ │ │ ├── Sexual Health │ │ │ └── Trans │ │ └── Mental Health │ │ ├── ADHD │ │ ├── AuDHD │ │ ├── ClinPsych │ │ ├── DBT Memes │ │ ├── Schizposting │ │ ├── Substance Use │ │ └── Suicidal Ideation │ ├── Math │ ├── Nature │ ├── OverlyHonestMethods │ ├── Physics+Chem │ └── Space ├── TrippinThroughTime ├── Vids └── Wholesome

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Fantastic list!!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Honestly if I knew how to set up a solid post scheduler bot I could really breathe some life into a lot of smaller communities here most of those folders have ten plus items which is a few months of weekly posts. Or a matrix scheduled messenger for the matrix server bridged into my texts and discord to regularly reach out to my friends.

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Old meme compilation videos

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wikipedia.

Regarding other stuff, I hoard myself thank you very much. 😂

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Homestar Runner

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

probably my steam library (well the singleplayer ones that is), and every single ROM known to man

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

All the dots. . com would become com. 192.168.1.1 would become 19216811. All mentions of dippin dots would be affected across many different areas, though no one would be able to see it. Take all the tops off lower case I's. It'd be fun.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, porn, of course.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

The internet is for porn

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Well, I would absolutely make a list of every single song I would ever want to download, every show/movie, every video from my favorite creators, and install my whole entire Steam/itch.io library, get the installers for every GOG game I have, get every single favorited art on FurAffinity/Weasyl downloaded, and then probably download an offline version of wikipedia to ensure I have plenty of things to do.

Would need tens of terabytes, if not a hundred plus terabytes, of storage to do all this, but I'd be gutted without the internet because of how much I use it.

[–] Feadanaigh@fedinsfw.app 1 points 1 day ago

The fun I had in the early days of the Internet and the social connections in the times of old MMORPGs.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Diy stuff

[–] emb@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Already mentioned in OP, but a copy of Wikipedia would be first priority.

To say something else, I'd also grab the archive of GameFAQs guides.

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

GameFAQs guides is a clutch answer

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Offline wipideia, maps, dictionaries and study material in at least japanese and Norwegian, and every how-to video on farming, bikes, cars, tractos, home repair, and carpentry I could get my hands on. I actually prefer books for some things, but reading japanese is such a slog for me, having them in English would save a lot of time.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd be glad I chose the PS5 with an optical drive, though I'll have little reason to play as I only really play online with friends

I'd be disappointed as I'd have to work from the office

If it was a general thing my employer would be unhappy as they only have office space for about half of us

I'd download Wikipedia, and a lot of stuff from archive.org, all my photos and online stored stuff, the rust book

Thinking about it, I think it would be impossible if it was just me - so much of my work is online and must be as my team is distributed around the country

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 8 points 2 days ago

As much music as I can

[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Archive.org has archived an awful lot of websites and other data, including Wikipedia. If I had to take just one website, I'd take that one.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

The equivalent to “infinity wishes”. Love it.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Maps and navigation. Human-to-human communication could still happen via phone call. But navigation is absolutely required now. I remember having to drive places with a simple map and it sucked.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Annas archive.....

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anna's archive does not host files itself but links to third party downloads. So without the internet it would be useless.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

anna's archive's archive! (I wonder how many tb or pb that would be? same with the internet archive.)

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The source files for Annas Archive seem to be around 1900 TB.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

hell yeah.

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Thicc knowledge

[–] DudeWhoYapsTooMuch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Recipes! I gotta do something with the long winded conversations!

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Underrated mention! Same for the person who mentioned DIY stuff

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

All the porn

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

all stable versions of Dwarf Fortress and all the NES, SNES, and GBA ROMs and manuals I can find

uh, and a backup of my personal blog, I guess

[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Shrek

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

maybe just avoid the social media sites.

[–] agentTeiko@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The internet is not bad. The internet is not 5 websites. The old internet never went away. IRC never went away. Tildeverse is a thing. Gemini is a thing.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

Music and games. I'd be looking at GoG game installs.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I already have 30 G of music, lots of TV series and movies, and all my own pictures plus a bunch of interesting ones from the internet. I also have a bunch of ebooks covering various topics including software development tech, wilderness survival, and bushcraft/homestead tutorials. I'd say I already have everything I'd take from the internet.

I've never been one to rely on the internet being available. If something is important to me, I save it just in case. Periodically I review what I have and purge what no longer matters.

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Guna need recipe books to go with the homesteading!!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I mean if I had the disk space which I would prioritize redundancy and backup over more space if I never had access again and presumably could not get it from others. I would want wikipedia sure but honestly everything I could. Every game and media I could get my hands on. As much of the internet I could download like all of the internet archive or such.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I have most of what I need/want outside of the Internet (books, newspapers, people to discuss with, places to go,... even my music and movies are physical media/offline). I would get back a tad more free time, I guess which would probably be great ;)

[–] ElfWord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Information about any skills I might want to improve or learn someday. Tutorials, professional reference sites, an archive of subreddits & other discussion communities dedicated to the topic. There's so much depth of experience and know-how for any given skill on the internet; this would be one of the hardest things to give up access to current information on.

Similarly, inspiration reference for a lot of creative skills I pursue or may pursue in the future. A huge pile of blog posts, Pinterest tag archives, and YouTube downloads. It'll be disappointing after a few years to not have easy access to current trends and styles, but hopefully enough of the reference is timeless.

I'd try to find some way to capture the vast amount of human life experience shared on the internet. Ask Metafilter archives, all the essays and blog posts I can find on different life stages and milestones and potential challenges that I can think of. It wouldn't be the same as being able to actually connect with other people going through the same thing, which the internet makes so much easier, but at least it'd still be comforting to know they existed and hopefully learn from what they wrote about their experience.

Overall I'd rather not swear off the internet. Everyone loves to complain about the bad parts, but I think it's a lot more dependent on how we choose to spend our time online than anything else.

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Keeping up with creative design trends would be tough! Although maybe it would result in something wild without outside influence

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Books and manga, and music, honestly. Without video it would take some adjustment because honestly I use or more like background noise for my eyes and ears lol but I can manage.

Books can be fictional and non fictional stories, manuals, guides and recipes.

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