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* [[TheComicallySerious Peridot]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is a {{Justified}} example: she is from another planet and really ''doesn't'' know much about the Earth, save for the information that her now-destroyed tech could provide.

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* Webcomic/{{XKCD}} example: [[https://www.xkcd.com/903/ Extended Mind]]: "When Website/{{Wikipedia}} has a server outage, my apparent IQ drops by about 30 points."

* In the ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mA5fCFqqz0 OUR GENERATION IS F*CKED: The Movie]]", Anthony is [[spoiler:used as a test subject to see if today's generation could get by in a world without cell-phones and internet]] where he quickly breaks down, slowly going crazy without modern conveniences. Safe to say, our generation is f*cked.

* In the WebVideo/{{Twelthofadime}} video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u035J55bdY Lord of the Facebooks]]", Kyle, Ben, Baxter and Charlie end up stranded on a deserted island [[spoiler:which they later find out is not deserted]]. Baxter brings up that they would not be able to go on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter in their situation. [[OnlySaneMan Ben]] points out that food and shelter take higher priority, but because he is the ButtMonkey, they all just tell him to shut up. While Kyle tries and fails to hunt, Baxter and Charlie instead try to replicate the experience of Facebook, Twitter and television.

* Webcomic/{{XKCD}} example: [[https://www.xkcd.com/903/ Extended Mind]]: "When Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has a server outage, my apparent IQ drops by about 30 points."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'', Pal makes her point that humanity needs her more than she needs them when she shuts down the global WiFi. What follows is a serious of jump cuts showing that humanity devolves into anarchy over the lack of service, either treating WiFi as a god that needs sacrifices or stepping over each other to let the robots capture them for the promise of it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' provides the page quote, but it's actually a {{Justified}} example: [[TheComicallySerious Peridot]] is from another planet and really ''doesn't'' know much about the Earth, save for the information that her now-destroyed tech could provide.

* In the 28th episode of the [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0vRcJh1-GQL_V4qm5F6xFw All Def Digital]] Website/YouTube series ''Dr. Reasons'', the Dr. is treated a couple where the man literally does everything with texting. He never talks like a normal person, only sending texts (how he knows other people's numbers is never given), and when Dr. Reasons solves the issue by destroying his cell phone, he throws a fit and frightens them away [[spoiler:only to pull another cell phone out of his pocket]].
* In the WebVideo/{{Twelthofadime}} video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u035J55bdY Lord of the Facebooks]]", Kyle, Ben, Baxter and Charlie end up stranded on a deserted island [[spoiler:which they later find out is not deserted]]. Baxter brings up that they would not be able to go on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter In their situation. [[OnlySaneMan Ben]] points out that food and shelter take higher priority, but because he is the ButtMonkey, they all just tell him to shut up. While Kyle tries and fails to hunt, Baxter and Charlie instead try and replicate the experience of Facebook, Twitter and television.

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--->And though I spend every day thinking about you,
--->I'm reasonably sure I could get by without you,
--->'Cos, baby, I love you, but not like I love my phone.

---> And somewhere there's a songwriter, sitting all alone,
--->And he's glad he's got the internet on his mobile phone,
--->And he's grateful he has access to information, 'cos,
--->This morning he wasn't sure where the South Downs even was.

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