I saw a post where someone mentioned "they had access to a TV but barely turned in on" and it made me think if we had a meltdown and TEOTWAWKI arrived, what modern thing(s) would you miss the most or the least after the dust begins to settles down.

For me the least is my TV. No offense but who ever called it the "idiot box" must have seen some of our current programming options.

It is a tie for items I would miss the most if they stopped working. My laptop, with all the information and entertain value it holds. Games, music, movies on DVD, books in PDF format, recipes and survival notes.

Almost as important to me is my truck. Being able to move over large sections of land quickly with all my stuff in the back instead of on my back.

Putting survival concerns aside, I think I would most miss having easy access to the wealth of information on the internet.

Yes, it is a double edged sword, but the computer would be the one techno thing in my life that has the greatest present impact on me, and the one thing I would be happiest to be rid of.

I'm in agreement with Grouch, I would miss the access to information!!

Electricity, and all the goodness it brings: the interweb, television, radio, refrigeration, running water, clean and safe lights....

I'm gonna have to say the interweb too... I'd miss it, big time.

Ditto to losing the internet.

When we were out of power for a number of days, I hated not being able to access information.

The internet is what I was thinking at first, but after a moment. Probably grocery stores and refrigeration. I could learn to live with public libraries again. I spent a large portion of my childhood at the public library. But I eat things from all over the world right now. It would be nice to go back to fresher, probably healthier foods. But I would miss a lot of common things that would become exotic.

You could look at pictures of exotic food on the internet while gnawing on a chunk of SPAM!

Electricity.
But also the easy access to information I enjoy now.

Not having access to the electronic media and internet is like a curtain coming down. Presently I can in a short time determine where disease outbreaks, carrier battle groups, economic disruptions are happening in near-real time.

If I lose the electronic media and internet I'm only aware of what is directly in front of me. My horizons close in around me.