LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to General Memes & Private Chuckle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days agoIt was terrifyingpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down16
arrow-up1502arrow-down1imageIt was terrifyingpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to General Memes & Private Chuckle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down2·9 days agoAnd with every call you knew someone else could be listening in from another phone in the house. What a nightmare
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-29 days agoMy conversations were short though. “Is Austin home?”. Parents - He went over to Bryan’s a few hours ago “Alright, thank you Sir” Parent - Make sure he’s home for dinner and tell him he has to mow the lawn tomorrow or he’s gonna get it “Yes Sir” -End call
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoImagine making a phone call and knowing it might not be completely private!
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 days agothat’s literally not any different from now, It’s just that different people are listening. and they are guaranteed to be listening nowadays.
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoThank you for explaining the joke.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agogotta ensure that anybody reading truly does understand that they do not have privacy
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 days agoYes but ruining the joke that also makes anyone who doesn’t understand a part of the joke for the rest of us to point and laugh at. It was so elegant and you killed it!
minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoWait until you learn about party lines! So take the horror of a sibling or parent picking up, and add all the neighbors in your area! And yes, people absolutely did used to just sit and listen. So just like today!!
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoYou could usually tell though. There would be a tiny click when the other phone was picked up, or the voice on the other end sounded kinda hollow or distant. Mom’s bedroom phone had a mute button. You could hold that down, pick up like a ninja.
And with every call you knew someone else could be listening in from another phone in the house. What a nightmare
My conversations were short though. “Is Austin home?”.
Parents - He went over to Bryan’s a few hours ago
“Alright, thank you Sir”
Parent - Make sure he’s home for dinner and tell him he has to mow the lawn tomorrow or he’s gonna get it
“Yes Sir”
-End call
Imagine making a phone call and knowing it might not be completely private!
that’s literally not any different from now, It’s just that different people are listening. and they are guaranteed to be listening nowadays.
Thank you for explaining the joke.
gotta ensure that anybody reading truly does understand that they do not have privacy
Yes but ruining the joke that also makes anyone who doesn’t understand a part of the joke for the rest of us to point and laugh at.
It was so elegant and you killed it!
Wait until you learn about party lines!
So take the horror of a sibling or parent picking up, and add all the neighbors in your area!
And yes, people absolutely did used to just sit and listen. So just like today!!
You could usually tell though. There would be a tiny click when the other phone was picked up, or the voice on the other end sounded kinda hollow or distant. Mom’s bedroom phone had a mute button. You could hold that down, pick up like a ninja.