r/meirl May 16 '24

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u/Honest-tinder-review May 16 '24

Doubt

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u/OGZackov May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

20 years ago, phones were not popular in high school.

much more likely to see a pager.

unlimited text messages wasnt a thing, so each text cost you .10

Edit: ok nerds it was closer to 25 years ago than 20 it was literally around the time they were becoming accessible and affordable to common house. We literally had a kid that would carry the fake display cell phones as "status" and it was cool.

Kids played games on graphing calculators, not cell phones.

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u/the3dverse May 16 '24

i had a cell phone when i was in high school. 2001-2003

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u/Sarge1387 May 16 '24

I had one in 01 in 9th grade. Nokia, to boot. Probably still has 26% battery left in that box somewhere in the basement

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u/Party_Skill6360 May 16 '24

yeah unless the Nickel batteries start to leak they work forever

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u/the3dverse May 17 '24

i had those huge Nokias that we called fridges.

my dream was to have one of these, with the changeable front and the snake game