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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

The "pre-internet" times

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The "pre-internet" times

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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/pre-internet-pay-phones-digital-online-cellphones-vintage-nostalgia

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    seriously, I would bring a book wherever I went. these people are intellectual voids

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      Earlier in the Axios thing they talk about people watching Friends and Seinfeld to understand the before times. But they’re forgetting Elaine aghast at Puddy for not reading on a plane. “You’re just gonna sit there, staring at the back of the seat?” “Yeah.”

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        deleted by creator

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        ronald

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        Do you want something to read?

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      You’d be surprised how little most people actually read books.

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        I feel alone even in a crowded room

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      Books, sketchpads, knitting or some other portable craft, table games like flick football and pocket chess, crystal radios. Plenty to do to pass time. There’s nothing on my phone that’s new.

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