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11/15/23 7:01:30 AM
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11/15/23 8:01:14 AM
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Bat178
11/15/23 8:41:16 AM
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https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/solar-storm-wipe-out-internet

The current solar cycle is suppose to ramp up and peak next year...

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Robot2600
11/15/23 8:43:21 AM
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honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech

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Ricemills
11/15/23 8:44:00 AM
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Better start downloading those offline games and porns.

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LaLeyenda
11/15/23 8:44:26 AM
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Even the Sun hates Elon Musk and his Starlink.

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C_Pain
11/15/23 8:44:31 AM
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Good!

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CM_Ponch
11/15/23 8:48:40 AM
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Don't they say this once a week

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Were_Wyrm
11/15/23 8:51:21 AM
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Will my trillions in crypto be ok?

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Irony
11/15/23 8:52:47 AM
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I hear this every month

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Error1355
11/15/23 8:53:03 AM
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This has been forever a 'technically this could happen' threat, but seems like something so far beyond my control that I'm not even wasting any brain power worrying about it.

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NeonBoobs
11/15/23 8:53:16 AM
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Better start stockpiling offline porn!

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Zikten
11/15/23 9:04:18 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Better start downloading those offline games and porns.
I think all electronic devices will be broken. Even an old NES will no longer work. The world will be knocked back to the 1800s. There will be no modern technology
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mystic_belmont
11/15/23 9:09:30 AM
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He said most large corporations don't have the economic incentive to harden their system at this point.

Ha.

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boomgetchopped3
11/15/23 9:10:16 AM
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Sounds like it would fry the power grid too. According to that article this happened in the 1800s and telegraph operators were electrocuted. Thats fucking crazy.
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Zikten
11/15/23 9:13:32 AM
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boomgetchopped3 posted...
Sounds like it would fry the power grid too. According to that article this happened in the 1800s and telegraph operators were electrocuted. Thats fucking crazy.
Yep. And if we had the society of today, back then, it might have ended our civilization. We only survived because we weren't advanced enough yet to be fully affected
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TheOtherMike
11/15/23 9:16:50 AM
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boomgetchopped3 posted...
Sounds like it would fry the power grid too. According to that article this happened in the 1800s and telegraph operators were electrocuted. Thats fucking crazy.

Yeah, another Carrington event and it's GG civilization.

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Zikten
11/15/23 9:22:56 AM
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Also people with pacemakers will die. Also anyone on Life Support
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Heineken14
11/15/23 9:32:47 AM
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Zikten posted...

I think all electronic devices will be broken. Even an old NES will no longer work. The world will be knocked back to the 1800s. There will be no modern technology


This has the gop licking their collective lips in anticipation.

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AnsestralRecall
11/15/23 9:33:46 AM
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Robot2600 posted...
honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech

Lmao
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Pitlord_Special
11/15/23 9:37:38 AM
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Time to declare war and launch a preemptive strike against the sun


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Funkydog
11/15/23 9:39:40 AM
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Error1355 posted...
This has been forever a 'technically this could happen' threat, but seems like something so far beyond my control that I'm not even wasting any brain power worrying about it.


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Zikten
11/15/23 9:44:36 AM
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Just to be clear, this event is inevitable. It's not about it could happen. It's about when. It may not happen in our lifetime. Or it might. But someday it's going to happen. And this would be the first time it would actually harm us. It's happened countless times in the past, pre electronic civilization
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littlebro07
11/15/23 9:46:53 AM
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Start saving those bottlecaps

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boomgetchopped3
11/15/23 9:49:16 AM
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Zikten posted...
Just to be clear, this event is inevitable. It's not about it could happen. It's about when. It may not happen in our lifetime. Or it might. But someday it's going to happen. And this would be the first time it would actually harm us. It's happened countless times in the past, pre electronic civilization

it also sounds like it could be prevented with infrastructure changes. The more likely outcome is a brown out that makes us more aware of the threat, and then we gradually invest in infrastructure changes because of it. I think a complete and total obliteration of our network is the least likely outcome. Theres already redundancy built into a lot of our grids too.

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Garabandal
11/15/23 9:49:33 AM
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Bat178 posted...
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/solar-storm-wipe-out-internet

The current solar cycle is suppose to ramp up and peak next year, with the peak predicted to be stronger than previously anticipated...

https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/space-forecast-sun-2024-peak-impacts

Even with the updated predictions of more sunspots, the strength of the cycle is still expected to be generally weaker than average.

Hopefully there's no problems

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hereforemnant
11/15/23 10:00:50 AM
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In part you're right & in part you're wrong. The Internet has allowed people with dumb opinions & views to congregate together & feel like they're a larger force than they are. When you have idiots who think they have superpowers, can control water, have hateful views towards women & ethnic groups, & they're able to metastasize & grow larger because the Internet allows them to find one another...That wouldn't happen if there wasn't a system allowing them to find one another. Most people only say the deranged shit that they do online because very clear cut mens rea has to be shown for the law to catch up with them. Otherwise, they sit in their hug boxes with their 10 other people radicalizing themselves.

That's why deplatforming works

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Error1355
11/15/23 10:19:22 AM
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hereforemnant posted...
That wouldn't happen if there wasn't a system allowing them to find one another.

Cults existed for centuries before the internet.

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hereforemnant
11/15/23 10:22:52 AM
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Error1355 posted...
Cults existed for centuries before the internet.
And the Internet has made it easier for them to find one another

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Anony1125
11/15/23 10:25:55 AM
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Thanks for the warning, I've already stocked up on a couple stores' supplies of toilet paper.

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hockeybub89
11/15/23 10:26:32 AM
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Robot2600 posted...
honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech
Why the fuck should we not rely on technology? Should we also spend months without cars so everyone starts relying on bicycles and walking and horseback?

If society should not rely on advancements, then it should not advance in the first place.


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Revisited
11/15/23 10:27:40 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Better start downloading those offline games and porns.

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Error1355
11/15/23 10:35:31 AM
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hereforemnant posted...
And the Internet has made it easier for them to find one another

ok so how does the internet going away make cults stop if cults existed before the internet?

I mean I understand the logic of 'the internet makes this one specific thing worse' but using that logic to justify that the internet has set society itself down the path of doom or whatever is just nonsense.

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Sahel
11/15/23 10:41:45 AM
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We didn't respect the Earth and Mother Nature enough so they asked the Sun to do a favor and burn down humans for creating technology that pollutes the environment and cause Climate Change. D:
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hereforemnant
11/15/23 10:49:00 AM
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Error1355 posted...
ok so how does the internet going away make cults stop if cults existed before the internet?

I mean I understand the logic of 'the internet makes this one specific thing worse' but using that logic to justify that the internet has set society itself down the path of doom or whatever is just nonsense.
Never said that, you should take that up with another poster that did say the Internet was an overall downward trend for humanity. Imo it's both the greatest benefit to humanity, & also one of the greatest negatives. I wouldn't ever say get rid of the Internet, just not that it's only an objective good when there's a lot of things the Internet does make more possible that are awful because it exists & enables it, & wouldn't be as bad hypothetically if it didn't exist.

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TonyKojima
11/15/23 11:05:34 AM
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They say this every year. I won't hold my breath.

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Strider102
11/15/23 11:11:40 AM
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And then the radiation causes the zombie apocalypse to begin.

And that's when the aliens arrive.

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Seaman_Prime
11/15/23 11:14:58 AM
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Better start printing your porn
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CADE_FOSTER
11/15/23 11:15:18 AM
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Robot2600 posted...
honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech

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kelemvor
11/15/23 11:26:25 AM
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We have satellites accurately measuring and watching solar flares. If something like a Carrington Event is heading right at us, we will have 3-4 days to prepare for it. Power plants will be shut down, networks will be out offline, etc..

There will be chaos and looting like any natural disaster, maybe worse than we've ever seen, but slowly everything will come back online and life will return to normal.
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Robot2600
11/15/23 11:47:26 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Why the fuck should we not rely on technology? Should we also spend months without cars so everyone starts relying on bicycles and walking and horseback?

If society should not rely on advancements, then it should not advance in the first place.

Yes I think a month of walking everywhere would be generally good for society.

I meant relying on tech to THINK. Just getting spoonfed info from social media instead of critically thinking about things.

A break from the internet sounds good, is all.

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ItsNotA2Mer
11/15/23 11:50:10 AM
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Robot2600 posted...
honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech

Are you new here? People would go insane.

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LinkPizza
11/15/23 11:58:11 AM
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Robot2600 posted...
honestly it might save civilization; everyone learns not to rely so utterly on tech

Probably not, though Many people alive right now (from my generation and older) use to not rely on tech as much. The only reason we do now is because its easier. So, for a while, we might not rely of tech. But as soon as its been back for enough time, people will go right to relying on it again And will hope someone builds better defenses so it doesnt happen again

That said, it also causes all kinds of other problems where certain things rely on tech to make them better of safer So, even though people can do it without tech, its better to use it

hereforemnant posted...
And the Internet has made it easier for them to find one another

Thats true that the internet just makes it easier. But even without the internet, theyll still find each other Itll just be a little harder

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HHH_is_the_game
11/15/23 12:06:01 PM
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I think the internet has definitely caused unforeseen long term effects on culture and society like widening echo chambers and one can make an argument its partly to blame for the radicalization in America now and the breakdown of the political system. Because the gap between left and right seems ever further. Maybe its always been like this but in my lifetime it feels worse than ever. Ever since trump, but I think the internet is partly what has led us there. Everybody has their world and community catered to their already existing beliefs meaning we can no longer even agree on reality

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Murphiroth
11/15/23 12:10:01 PM
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Robot2600 posted...
Yes I think a month of walking everywhere would be generally good for society.

I meant relying on tech to THINK. Just getting spoonfed info from social media instead of critically thinking about things.

A break from the internet sounds good, is all.

Doesn't sound like you've though critically about this at all, maybe you should take your own advice?
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variasuite
11/15/23 12:42:31 PM
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We're always at the knife's edge of a CME or Carrington event. We missed one by nine days in 2012. It's not likely to happen, but it will, and it will fucking suck when it does.

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