Our lives before the internet

[belleg1]

Back before we had the internet (when I was really young) and I couldn't sleep at night I was stuck watching old horror movies. Now, I know some of you cannot imagine NOT having the internet (Oh to be young again - I'm not sure I'd live through it again), but for those of you who are closer to my age (47) what did you find yourself doing when sleep wouldn't come and the internet wasn't there to entertain you?

[jnjmolly]

I'm only 26 but when I was younger and I didn't know how to use the computer (lol)...I would ask my mom if we could stay up and talk. She would make us hot chocolate and we talked until one of us fell asleep. 

[rcbrad]

I cannot imagine not having it either.  We have so much more knowledge and news right at our finger tips.  E mail is also a great quick way to communicate.

[Graeth]

There was no time before the internet. I AM the internet.
 

[thetotalfool]

I would usually read a book or comic, or sometimes draw.

[jaymz462]

I'm not *that* old, but I do remember the days before I could access the intertrons.  Most restless nights I'd just read, or watch whatever movie happened to be on TV.

[jusu]

It's hard to even remember what I did to fill the hours in the day. How did I find recipes or look up medications??? I'm spoiled now and take the computer for granted.

[cakestripe]

jnjmolly, I remember doing that sort of thing, too! 
I'm also 26, and my brother's eight years older than me. He'd come home pretty late from work when I was younger, and I'd stay up and wait for him, then we'd play Silent Hill and things like that until I'd fall asleep! 

[lvstephanie]

Play computer games until the wee hours of the morning... I remember doing a 48-hour marathon of Kings Quest.

[brendy1990]

Play computer games until the wee hours of the morning... I remember doing a 48-hour marathon of Kings Quest.

i did the same thing but i played super mario 3 so addicting back then

[mrisha]

Well before the internet, I think we mostly had a TV and we interacted more with people face to face.  Butt I do love the internet and could not do without it now.

[belleg1]

Thanks everyone! I'm grateful for the internet so that I can interact with all of you!! Have a great weekend and beyond!!!!

[articx]

Before I got a computer, I would just watch television and I would fall asleep. The shows I watched late in the night were Duckman, Monstervision, and USA up all Night. There were also those shows from MTV such as The Maxx, Aeon Flux, and The Head.

[devrosekk]

i wonder how much different teens would be today if the net was never invented or widespread

[makedoughonline]

I would read more printed books than digital ones.