[WP] The internet is turned off forever. u/emceedude
Five days.
It’s been five days since the shutdown. The world is cold and everyone is alone. I think I’m the only one left; it feels like I’m the only one left. The soft whispers of the life I once lived haunt me. My eyes fresher then ever, but with no sustenance. What does it matter; my eyes can go, there’s no need anymore. This world doesn’t feel worth living. The feelings of boredom consume my being and drag me down from the core. Is anything even real? Is this life now? Why has it come to this? Who turned the internet off?
I still remember when it happened. I was sat on my couch scrolling through my Twitter feed. The notification chimed and as the noise raced through my ears, I understood the message, “Starting at 9 P.M. PST tonight, the internet will be turned off FOREVER.” The message didn’t seem real. It was like a sick joke that some hacker had come up with. I blew it off, there’s no way that’s a real alert. To my surprise, as the clock creep up to 9, it happened. The connection gone, no WiFi, no internet, just nothing. At first I thought it to just be a technical issue, the router died or my provider just went down. But it was worse, the whole internet, the whole thing just dead. No signal anywhere, just nothing.
The message was real and this was real. I was lost. A kid thrown to the wind, life as I knew it was gone. My mind went into a fury, thoughts rushing through the cracks of my skull filling my head with the strength of a tsunami. The thoughts didn’t stop. Why? How? Who? Was this my problem or the world’s problem? Had I upset God and been condemned to live through the torture of the modern world? I was Sisyphus, life devoid of meaning with mundane tasks filling my days. Maybe there’s a solution, maybe I can fix it. But how? The question drove me to insanity to the point where I considered leaving. With the internet gone, my connection to the world has dissipated. To solve anything I must do the unthinkable. Walk through the golden gate to the steps of fiery hell. I must leave my home.
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