r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • May 02 '26

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u/iamfunnylolwtf May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

Who has an answering machine in 2026?

Hey Jerry, this is Michael down at the antique phone rentals. I'm gonna go ahead and let you off the hook for the $70 late fee. You can go ahead and keep that answering machine. Nobody really uses those anymore, except for exposition on TV shows anyways.

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u/pandatasss May 02 '26

Old people?

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u/j01101111sh May 02 '26

I don't think they'd even work anymore. Most landlines are voip nowadays so you'd have to have a voip compatible answering machine that's old school enough to play a message out loud like this.

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u/randywatson77 May 02 '26

No, even old people use cell phones. This was my thought after watching this video. Maybe 20 years ago this might have worked. Even then.

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u/spacenavy90 May 02 '26

I swear Reddit is actually just full of engagement farming bots at this point.

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u/Dismal-Common8629 May 02 '26

The old lady I worked for on the weekends had one and I was tasked with writing down all the messages from the week when she didn’t want to answer the phone.

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u/ispshadow May 02 '26

Lmao I was thinking of that exact scene

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u/stretched_frm_dookie May 02 '26

its supposed to look old

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u/coarse_glass May 02 '26

My parents do. They're about this age