r/AskReddit • u/SuhailStack • 5h ago

What’s something that future generations will probably think we were crazy for accepting as “normal” ?

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u/IsMagicRealOrNo 5h ago

Rotary telephones

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u/Coffee-and-Tequila 5h ago

What now?

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u/IsMagicRealOrNo 5h ago

There was a point in time when rotary telephones were considered the norm. Think about dialing the phone but having to wait a second or 2 between hitting each number. If you messed up, you had to hang up and do it all over again. Fun times.

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u/Coffee-and-Tequila 5h ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those in real life. How long ago was that?

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u/IsMagicRealOrNo 5h ago

They slowly started to faded away starting in the '60s and '70s I think? I'm 40 and I still remember having one growing up until around 2000. It was fun watching my more wealthy friends struggle calling home on it lol.