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historian of technology, professor, & former sysadmin. occasional dad jokes & rabbit pictures. they/them. books: https://t.co/0bKDgOYaTV…

Mar 31, 2018, 7 tweets

ok so quick question: how many of you on here are old enough to have actually *dialed* a phone in your lifetime? (and not as a novelty in some sort of hipstery hotel or something)

Fave for old enough, RT for too young I guess.

From the reactions to this tweet I've determined that everyone I talk to on here is between the age of 40 and 100ish. Greetings, fellow olds.

TIL that if you ever want to crash your mentions, just ask twitter about rotary phones😂😂😂

It's pretty awesome that we're all sitting around on our smartphones and laptops reminiscing about dialing, rotary locks, storyphone, & party lines😄

speaking of prehistoric phones #sorrynotsorry

And yes, this is an actual phone still in my house (though no longer in use)

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