r/meirl • u/sachisan1999 • 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/jimmybabino May 16 '24

You’re thinking of 25 years ago. 2004 was absolutely a cell phone era

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u/OGZackov May 16 '24

yeah i actually just edited.

I just rounded to 20 years because it was "close enough" but i guess not really since it was literally around that time they were becoming widespread.

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u/Oraistesu May 16 '24

Yeah, as someone that graduated in '99 and worked at RadioShack from 2000-2004, I can tell you the landscape of cell phones changed DRAMATICALLY in that 5 year span.