I know exactly what you mean. Once my internet connection was down for a week. First i felt completly amputated from the world but then i began doing other stuff and when the week was gone i had almost forgot about it. I think that mankind from nature is good at adapting to new enviroments (also virtual enviroments). We feel that we can“t live without this and that but in short time we adapt to the new situation and live on. Maybe not such a bad ability
