How To Survive The Internet Blackout

If you’re unaware of January 18th’s SOPA protest, the largest internet strike in history, you deserve to not be able to use Wikipedia for your homework for those 12 hours. While we’re all against SOPA, the shutting down of thousands of websites will leave many of us searching around the internet for something to do. Remember that blackouts are dangerous though, so here are a few tips on how to survive The Great Internet Blackout Of 2012:

- Don’t wander through the darkened internet blindly. You’re bound to stub your toe on a blog about tentacle rape or fall over one of your old blogs, leaving you crying on the floor about how much you miss your ex. Stick to the websites you know and save what’s left of your innocence and self-esteem.

- Don’t bother checking the fusebox. Science shows that constantly refreshing a page slows down time by 276%. Unless you want those twelve hours without Reddit, Twitpic, Wordpress, and more to last a lifetime, don’t bother.

- Don’t leave your computer. The sun burns, there’s nothing on TV, and social situations are awkward. There’s always something better to do on the internet than there is in real life. Always.

Make sure you’ve got new batteries in your e-torch, some candles in your downloads folder, and we’ll see each other on the other side.