So while thinking about what I would blog on my personal blog (because I'm obviously thinking about Media & Society 24/7) I was sitting on my friends couch when the No Internet episode of South Park came on. This is one of my favorite South Park episodes because it is so startlingly true. The episode begins with the family discovering that they have no internet, they soon run over to their neighbors who also realize there is no internet (gasp!) Panic obviously ensues, as seen here.
Even South Park "out delivers all cable programs among boys and men ages 12-34" (pg.193) it relates to all of society.While this show is obviously funny in general, as lewd as it can be- it's actually quite terrifying. Terrifying because it is an accurate portrayal of what would happen if the internet suddenly stopped working. We are a society so dependent on our internet that even if the internet went down in one small town it would be treated as a disaster. I witness it in the halls of my dorm as students struggle to get their internet to work . Obscenities are screamed, tears are shed and lives are threatened. (it's that extreme, I swear) Lives fall apart when there is no internet. Period. This episode forces us to take a good luck at what the availability of internet has done to us- the way it has altered our daily lives. Looking into the mirror isn't always a pretty thing, it can be an eye opener. But just like the summer diet I tell myself I'll go on after looking in the mirror every pre-summer season, the effect doesn't last long. Until my life turns into this episode of South Park, I'll probably just appreciate and soak up all the internet I can, while it's still here. And while I'm at it, I'll watch some more episodes of South Park.
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