I’d say a solid 50.
I’m fine if I have some other kind of stimulation. If I find a good book to get lost in, an engaging project, or anything else to occupy myself I don’t think of the Internet at all and kind of forget it exists.
But as soon as I’m bored and have no other mental stimulation my phone is out and I’m browsing something.

When I go camping I don’t miss it. But if I’m in town it’d drive me nuts.

This post is a good reminder that I should save a copy of Wikipedia

If the internet shuts down, I’ll be basically out of a job probably, so I don’t know about addiction, I’m probably have a very bad time

It’s more of a habit than an addiction.

If I have pretty much literally anything else going on, I don’t tend to think about or miss the internet.

But if I don’t have anything else going on, I’ll probably reach for my phone or end up on a computer pretty quickly without even realizing it

I would say I’m 75% addicted. Like without it, if it shuts off for prolonged periods, what am I down to? I’m down to just books and whatever I acquired to make available offline like downloaded games and I’ve got quite a media collection going to delve into.

What I’ll miss the most of it is being in contact with those I’ve established a connection with such as online friends. The longer I go without speaking to them, the more things will feel hollow.

80 before latest USA election, 40 after. Deliberately distancing myself.

I’d been trying to do this since covid, victory!

I’d cope just fine now, I lived before widespread internet or wireless services too.

Most of what I miss about the internet is already long dead.

I’d say 99% considering I work using the internet and spend most of my time on a connected device

I’d say I’m probably around 20-30%. If the internet were to disappear tomorrow, the only thing it’d affect is my work which I’m not really concerned about. The only thing I’d probably miss is watching random stuff on YouTube.

I don’t have withdrawal symptoms without the Internet, but I certainly get bored without it since I use it a lot. So maybe 70-80% addicted. I’ve never known a world without it and here I am spending most of my free time watching videos when I’m not listening to music locally stored on my devices or on CD. That, and doing a lot of online looking when I’m not playing games, some of which are Internet/data (because mobile) required. Internet is a huge part of my mortal life right now, but at least I’m self aware enough to know I’m addicted to Hell and back.

I guess I’m not too addicted, though 99.9% of all my direct communication relies on it, so that’d be the biggest blow I’d feel. I almost never play online, so I’d be fine on that, though I’d have to rely on whatever’s already installed on my computer. Maybe I have to bite the bullet and make a home media server to put all my GOG stuff there… Half of my salary just for an 8tb drive, tho 😭

Kindof a hard question to answer. I work remotely in software. If I couldn’t use the Internet, I’d have to change fields and start working in person. But is working remotely and writing code for my day job an expression of “addiction”? How about looking up documentation while I’m writing code on my own time? Definitely something I use the Internet for, but I wouldn’t think it’s an “addiction” thing. What about updating the software on my computer? Is finding recipes online “addiction”?

Social media is “addictive”. For sure.

So, I guess if you’re counting everything I use the internet for as “addiction” and asking how well I’d fare (with 100 being extremely poorly), I’d probably have to put it pretty high. Maybe 85 or more?

If you only disallowed uses of the Internet that qualify as “addictive” such as doomscrolling or four-hour-long YouTube in-depth deep dives on invisible walls in Super Mario 64, then I don’t think I’d be really all that bad off. I might put myself at 20.

I watch a lot of YouTube. But I have other hobbies, games to play, books to read, and shit that needs done.

I’ll be fine.

100%. my generation is among the first to be raised online, I’m not shocked. even as a kid a lot of my memories are just of being on YouTube or playing steam games.

I depends on how depressed I am.

Feeling good? No internet is fine, I’ll draw, worldbuild (although it’s a bit “lonely” without chatgpt), play offline games, make Mario Maker levels, romhack, work on games, compose a song, etc.

Unmotivated as hell? I’m about ready to die if I can’t scroll annoying and depressing content.

Now no power is another story. Life is nothing without electricity.