There was radio and TV, though catching the news you wanted to hear meant you had to be listening/watching at the right time. A bigger problem was fashion... how the hell were you supposed to know what the other kids were wearing if you weren't connected via word of mouth? Hence being a social outcast became a self perpetuating downward spiral.

A lot of this is how I feel. What did people do when they were watching something and TV and thought, "I know that actor from somewhere" There wasn't always IMDB. Or if you were having a disagreement with someone about a fact and couldn't look it up online. Were these just mysteries that went unsolved, never knowing who was right? I'm partially kidding because I do remember life without the internet, but it's amazing how quickly we can adapt to technology.

I go without sometimes and it's actually kind of nice. But going without it permanently would require large changes in my life. Online banking was mentioned here. I do most of my shopping online, so that would be difficult to give up. Also just having access to so much information. I'm in college right now so I use it a lot for academic purposes, but I'd miss all the information even if I wasn't a student.

In the end I could probably adapt, but it would definitely take a period of adjustment.

Only if you paid me. I tried going with out for a 3 months, a semester, because it was expensive that round of the season. For some reason, though many worse things have happened since, I still call that the most depressing time of my life. I feel completely cut off from the world without internet.

No, I'm on it every day. As I have wifi, it's the first thing I do after waking up. I have an internet enabled phone, so even when I am on holiday, I use my phone for the internet.

It's become too integrated with the modern lifestyle, so that I can't give it up without also giving up something else.