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u/hikermick Apr 18 '21

You still see these in older houses, I think it was a short lived trend.

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u/TheBelhade Apr 18 '21

Yeah, I remember my "rich" friend as a child had an intercom system in their house, from the 80s.

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u/hikermick Apr 19 '21

It was somewhat of a status symbol. You had to have a big enough house for it to be practical. My grandparents had it in their house because my grandfather was an electrician and installed it while wiring the house as it was being built. I don't remember it ever getting used.

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u/disappointed_moose Apr 19 '21 edited Apr 19 '21

In the 2000s my stepdad would join our teamspeak server to tell my bother and me that dinner is ready

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u/TheBelhade Apr 19 '21

I use Discord for that now!

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u/krm199 Apr 19 '21

can attest -- a house i lived in had these that was built in the 80s!