What If There Wasn’t Technology

I pulled the blanket over my head. It was freezing! I went to check the heater, but it was just a blank screen

“Mom! The heaters broken again!” I decided to go back to bed. When I woke up, it was 12 in the afternoon! “What’s going on?” I thought to myself. My parents were still asleep, so I decided to make myself breakfast. As I opened the refrigerator door, I noticed that the little light wasn’t on. I took out the milk anyways and poured it into a bowl along with some cereal.

After breakfast, I tried turning on the TV, but it didn’t turn on. At first I thought it was just the remote. I tried turning it on manually. Nothing. I tried turning on my computer. Nothing.

I tried turning on all the lights. Nothing. I went outside and saw that all the cars were just sitting in the middle of the road. The Streetlights weren’t even on. Something was really wrong. I tried turning on my laptop. Still nothing! Not only was there no electricity, even my handhelds devices weren’t working! It seemed as if everything technological wasn’t working. I head a lot of noise coming from downtown, so I walked there to see what was happening. All the townspeople were screaming and mumbling about.

Our mayor, Billy Fred Peanut, stepped onto a table.

“HEY!” he yelled as loud as he could. “I’m pretty sure that we’ve all noticed that all of our technology has stopped working. Now this doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world! How do you think the old folks used to live, huh? This could be a chance for us to learn how to work without our modern technology!” the people talked with one and other and started nodding their heads. Some people started rummaging their houses for canned foods. Others picked fruit from trees and got water. This was really bringing the town together. Maybe we didn’t need our technology.

About three years went by and we were all living perfectly fine! The kids would play sports or board games, and the adults would tell stories or gamble. It seemed as if everyone adapted to our new lifestyle. Most liked it, except for a few haters.

That night, I heard a buzzing noise. Outside, everyone was staring up into the sky. There was a big ball in the air that looked like an orange. Suddenly, a door appeared, and out hopped an oversized hamster, about 5”11.

“Humans! Please! Take your wretched technology! This…this…”Halo”, is evil! It has turned even our wisest elders into addicts! And this “ipod”, destroyed our ears! That wretched sound! Take it back!” the hamster tossed a box into the air, and then there was a bright flash. No one could see anything.

After the flash, the streetlights were on again. The cars were rumbling. We all started screaming and cheering! We could live our old technological lives again! We were overwhelmed with joy. This was a great day. Our technology was back.