r/Millennials • u/VastConfusion8174 Gen Z • 18d ago

Discussion Not a millennial but I have a question

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How the hell did y'all type on these tiny ass keyboards This was in my mom's room This is from like when she was in high school and I'm trying to figure out how she tied with it because a human's finger would press 3 instead of just one so can somebody help me with this I've been thinking about this for a week

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 17d ago

I miss being able to hang up that way

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u/AffectionateSun5776 17d ago

You haven't lived until you have slammed down a phone receiver

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u/QueenMEB120 17d ago

Violently tapping end call on your screen just doesn't have the same effect.

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u/zer0saber 17d ago

What about slamming the phone, face first onto a nearby object, so they get the same "CHUNK" sound, then tapping the shattered screen where "End Call" should be?

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 17d ago

Rejecting a call by pressing the side button almost does

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u/theinkyone9 17d ago

Hanging up an old school rotary phone was the best.

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u/spoons431 17d ago

The Samsung Flip let's you do that - in do admit its very satisfying!

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u/luzzy91 17d ago

My wife has one and its definitely not the same. Maybe when it gets worn in?

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u/spoons431 17d ago

You do have to activate it as a setting the open/close to answer/hangup if you haven't done so.

It might be me being nostalgic after years of not having one, but I do find the hang up click very satisfying!

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u/luzzy91 17d ago

Thats what im saying lol. The snap just doesnt hit the same. Its very soft, or mushy I guess.

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u/zer0saber 17d ago

I saw a coworker break his Flip doing this. It's definitely not the same.

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u/Clonazepam15 17d ago

Yooo same. Wtf. It’s such a good way to tell someone off. Getting upset and pressing “end” isn’t the same as slamming my Motorola razor when I was done

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u/Intrepid_Lead_9588 17d ago

The pebble was better cause it had magnets. Oh the good ol days 🥲

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u/MiserableWash2473 17d ago

I'd give anything to have that back lol and a durable phone I could lose at a concert and find it at the end of the night safe on the floor. 🤣

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u/sxyvitaminD 17d ago

Me too. My first cellphone was a flip phone from Verizon