They let you talk to people across long distances in real time. And with modern ones like this you can also play games on them, take photos... lots of stuff.
Mm, it was over a hundred years in between when basic ground line telephones were invented and smartphones like this, so probably not...?
Or, well... it takes a long time to get the groundwork, I think. But then each new advancement lets you reach the next one faster, and eventually you get to where new models are being released all the time, and the thing you just bought five years ago is already obsolete.
[ spoken as someone who was in elementary school in the 60s and 80s and high school in the 2000s... somehow... ]
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drymonster) wrote2024-06-08 01:35 pm
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[ that distinction is necessary because he is the only one of his brothers who has one. ]
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[immediately wishes her world had that]
How useful.
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Or, well... it takes a long time to get the groundwork, I think. But then each new advancement lets you reach the next one faster, and eventually you get to where new models are being released all the time, and the thing you just bought five years ago is already obsolete.
[ spoken as someone who was in elementary school in the 60s and 80s and high school in the 2000s... somehow... ]
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[thoughtfully]