Do you remember life before the internet?

Do you remember life before the internet?

I spent most of my life prior to the Internet. I worked in the tech industry so I was able to get on it earlier than most, but that didn’t change my regular life.

I never had to worry about social media either. You could just not Answer the phone, or call someone back. When you broke up, it was over.

I could get to anywhere I wanted with a piece of paper with instructions on it, and a (dime)/quarter to call a home phone since we didn’t have cell phones. All my friends could get there too, and we all got there on time, and at the same time. 

That means I also write in cursive, and can drive stick. The first car I had was so old I had to learn how to double clutch to downshift.

We learned to read the weather by observing the wind, the sun, the title patterns, and observe nature.

I had to look up stuff in an encyclopedia, or find a book using the card catalogue system to write term papers.

So if they drop EMP, I’ll be just fine. As for Gen X, why, Z, millennials, and the rest of the people after boomers, they’re effed.