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.

  • @Iliveonsaturdays
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    191 year ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year 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?? 😳”

    • TroyOPM
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      51 year ago

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

    • TroyOPM
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      181 year ago

      Mite is slang for something very small. It’s the name of a very very tiny insect. So it is probably being used here as a term of endearment.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        It’s a bit of English slang that fell out of use decades back. It’s an endearing way if refering to a small child. It fits perfectly with the age of the comic.

  • newtraditionalists
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    41 year ago

    I wonder if my friends would appreciate me calling their kids mites? I’m gonna test it out.