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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Finally, a real example of a Showerthought!

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    “Where are you?” is not something that many people would have said aloud outside of a game of hide and seek before the advent of pay phones and only rarely until the turn of the century or so.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Not to mention the phrases that probably never were used before cellphones.

    Saying "I will text you!" would have been a really weird statement just 50 years ago...

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Even just over 25 years ago youd have been like “What are you gonna do, hand me a sheet of paper with some text on? Why dont you just tell me?”

    Although, when I was in school we’d pass each other sheets of paper with extended conversations on. I found an old homework diary with loads of messages in once, years after school.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dude, don't want to make you feel old, but 25 years ago was 2000...
    It would be rather something like over 30 years ago.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Ill be honest i cant remember when texting became a thing.

    I dont think it was a thing in 2000.

    I stand corrected. My first phone was my mums old phone. It had the feature, but they wouldnt send, this was 2000 or 2001.

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  • Reminds me of the song "Yo Estoy Aqui" from about 20 years ago.

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