I hate computers, the Internet, and phones beyond anything capable of plain basic calling and texting. Been staring into glowing rectangles nearly 35 years and I'm so sick and tired of this unreality wherein I feel entrapped despite no walls and I could at any time even before I finish writing this post get up and walk towards the nearest forest and keep going until I find a cave and live the rest of my life there and start picking berries and trapping quail and collecting rain water and filtering stream water through gravel and charcoal for clean drinking.
I'm more and more craving a retraux Henry David Thoreau lifestyle (not Uncle Ted, I don't plan to hurt anyone but myself): living in a cabin innawoods onnamount spending my days chopping wood and carrying well water, raising chickens and sheep and miniature cattle for food and clothing, fishing, gardening, having fun hiking up snowy peaks, and bicycling besides great lakes, and camping in haunted abandoned locations at night with a primitive camera that has no wireless connection whatsoever.
Hell, I might even still use the Internet at this point, but I'd try to stick to digital technology no later than the 1980's, like running my own server with its own BBS and IRC and usenet "sites" on an IBM with FreeDOS, Commodore 64, Tandy Deskmate, TRS-80, Apple Lisa, or if I can get my hands on one a Xerox Alto for maximum retro computing. I'd never use a phone besides one that connects satellite only and does plain basic texting and calling ONLY. If I need a GPS I'll get a satellite-only analog one that does GPS and only GPS.
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