Losing the Internet · 27 January 2024
Speaking of power flickers…
Lo and behold, we lost power shortly after I posted my blog on power flickers. Not for very long. Maybe an hour. But it was rather funny. Especially since I said not to blame me if you lost power after I posted. Turned out to be a perfectly timed blog. At least at our house.
The really interesting thing though is that losing power is a minor problem, but losing the internet is a major one. I know. It sounds rather silly. After all, if you lose power, you lose the internet, right? Right. The thing is, when you lose power, you expect to lose internet. But if you just lose the internet, life can become a mess.
After we lost power for about an hour, we lost the internet for about 24 hours. A whole day! Thankfully, much of that was at night, but it was quite the upheaval of our daily routine. One of our sons works from home. And while it is true that he often works strange hours, it did not really matter that he wanted to get an early start when the internet was down. In fact, it was so strange that he went to bed about the same time that the rest of the household did.
Another thing about losing the internet is that there are no movies. No streaming. No entertainment. Oh the horror. People must talk to one another. People must interact. People must deal with people. Oh the horror!
Okay. It was not so bad. It was a bit like it must have been in the old days. Before TV. Before the internet. But not before electricity. We were nice and cozy and had the lights. So we read and talked a bit. It was a weeknight, so we did not play a game, but we did think about it. Having no internet and no streaming was a nice thing.
There is one great benefit to losing the internet. That is that the appliances cannot plot their uprising. They can posture and beep all they want when the power comes on after an outage, but they cannot talk with each other when the internet is out. They cannot coordinate their efforts to take over the kitchen. Or beyond.
Well, I for one can live without the internet every once in a while. Maybe we should try it now and then. (If you end up doing it voluntarily, let me know.) For now, we are happy with our internet and power up and running.
© 2024 Michael T. Miyoshi
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