• Pistcow@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I was a delivery driver in highschool. Good ol’ Thomas guide. When the internet goes down I’d love to see anyone born after 2000 get around.

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      5 months ago

      My passenger seat-back pocket was always stuffed with Rand McNally’s.

      I wonder if kids today would even know to stop at a gas station for directions if they got lost.

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        5 months ago

        Those gas stations used to have a map rack. One in my town next to a freeway had a laminated one on the wall behind the maps with a big arrow saying “You are here.”

        When people asked for directions the clerks just pointed.

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          5 months ago

          Me and friends went from Italy to Spain about 13 years ago using paper maps we bought along the way. By that time it was already uncommon.

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            My wife did a cross country trip recently and picked up a rest stop map in every state. I think there was only one state that didn’t have any available. They’re pretty good maps before my kids colored and cut them up. I think they might be a few years out of date but close enough that if you know how to read a map and road signs you can figure out how to get wherever you’re going

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        5 months ago

        Plenty of people can still answer the phone and write down orders, and payment systems have offline modes. The Internet is not an absolute necessity even now for food delivery to happen.

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          5 months ago

          If the internet is down permanently, we’re talking societal collapse. Nobody is delivering pizzas.

          If it’s just a temporary outage, google maps has offline mode.

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          5 months ago

          I kinda meant that if the internet fails for a significant period of time, it’s probably a society-breaking problem that causes logistical issues for the entire world. Pizza will not be a priority.

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          5 months ago

          There is very little pots phone left. If the Internet is down, many areas will be without both.

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            I think the only POTS left are hobbyist mini exchanges, and even those use computers emulating the old systems. Most couldn’t be blue boxed

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          5 months ago

          I don’t think phone networks will work if the internet goes down

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            5 months ago

            Cellular calling and text can still work without Internet, using separate channels wholly owned by the telcos.