cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1708144

On March 5, 1919, cartoonist W.K. Haselden published a comic in the British newspaper The Mirror, illustrating what the world would be like if telephones were portable.

  • @IliveonsaturdaysEnglish
    19•11 months ago

    Pretty accurate I would say. They just missed the constantly staring at it as well.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•11 months ago

      This is a pocket telephone, not a pocket computer, which is what we actually have now.

      These problems were why the vibration feature was introduced.

      I remember being a tween watching Regis & Kathy Lee at my Grandma’s and they were talking about a “vibrating cell phone,” and Regis was all like, “now what could you possibly need it to vibrate for?? 😳”

    • TroyOPMEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      I’m in this comment and I don’t know why