A coma? Sleeping? A technology cleanse? I’m not sure I understand the intent behind the question.
Sleeping comes closer. OP asks the real life equivalent of being AFK which, assuming you’re normally regularly online, only really corresponds to being high or sleeping.
OP asks the real life equivalent of being AFK which, assuming you’re normally regularly online, only really corresponds to being high or sleeping.
The funny thing is, it didn’t occur to me how vague my question was until after I posted and started seeing the replies. That’s made it more fun tbh, and interesting as in this context (online vs. in real life) I’ve not really thought of being online in such individualistic terms as this and some other replies suggest.
Haha. That’s the neat part, coming across points of view you haven’t thought of before! People really do get high in a lot of different ways and be “offline” in a a lot of different ways. LOL
You might be interested in the philosophy of Hyperreality.
High
AFK
…nonexistant?
ISP: in surreal/supernatural life
The Matrix - it’s so IRL you hit an integer overflow on the server running IRL.
You could think of it in terms of time: online is the exception, while IRL is the default state. Then, what would be the most default state in normal life?
I think awake and sleep could form a pair like that. Being awake takes more time than sleeping, so awake would be the default state. You could also think that various other altered states of mind could be the exception instead of being asleep.
Being high as a kite and being sober form a dichotomy similar to that of being online vs. being IRL.
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