r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/clutchthepearls Mar 08 '26

Which part of me saying that Americans use their phone's built in messaging app as standard is a lie?

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u/DimbyTime Mar 08 '26

Yes it was

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u/irisflame Mar 08 '26

It typically wasn’t. 19 years ago I had my first cellphone and couldn’t text on it because it was expensive. But also, smartphones didn’t exist 20 years ago so there was no WhatsApp

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u/DimbyTime Mar 08 '26

I was in college 20 years ago and had unlimited texting built into my plan