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For me it would be a full copy of wikipedia, an offline copy of some maps of where I live, some linux ISO's, and a lot of entertainment media.

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[โ€“] corsicanguppy 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Nothing.

If the Internet went away, we'd have a little time before batteries were not viable even if replaceable, as distributing those batteries would get problematic.

We would have had no time to withdraw cash as cash, an important thing since banks will fall over at least enough to trigger an economic collapse.

No, we're all gonna need to learn how to fight, and live without hospitals and drugs and probably electricity.

We have bigger problems than ensuring we can look up the capital of Rwanda on this cached Wikipedia while we listen to The Cure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True but he's got a point. If the internet suddenly went away, there are likely bigger problems to deal with.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Similar to "if the government can't cash your check, we're all fucked"

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