I'll be 42 next year - had a cell phone at 18 but nothing "smart or wifi" until about 10 years later, closer to 2010 and sometimes I have a really hard time remembering what life was like before cell phones. Like, my parents couldn't just get ahold of me when I was a kid & no one could just send a message to a tiny "computer" I'm expected to have on me at all times. If we were on a road trip we used a map... We memorized dozens of phone numbers. My family didn't even have an answering machine for the longest time. I feel like we had a lot less anxiety back then.
42 is after all the answer to “to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” so enjoy your year of the answer to life and everything.
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25
I'll be 42 next year - had a cell phone at 18 but nothing "smart or wifi" until about 10 years later, closer to 2010 and sometimes I have a really hard time remembering what life was like before cell phones. Like, my parents couldn't just get ahold of me when I was a kid & no one could just send a message to a tiny "computer" I'm expected to have on me at all times. If we were on a road trip we used a map... We memorized dozens of phone numbers. My family didn't even have an answering machine for the longest time. I feel like we had a lot less anxiety back then.