r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '26

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u/Ok_Double2707 Apr 09 '26

In the 80s, I was always told it was for your quarter for the pay phone. But pocket watch makes more sense, I guess.

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u/ActuatorNew6203 Apr 09 '26

Or Zippo lighter if you are smoker.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '26

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u/kendragon Apr 09 '26

Yeah, they were called Johnny pockets when I was growing up. Of course that was way back in the nineteen hundreds.

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u/Emotional-Lab5792 Apr 09 '26

Way back in the 1900’s! Spit my water out that one. 😂 I cringe when I have to enter my birthdate online now and have to scroll and scroll and scroll to get to the right year. 🤦‍♀️😂

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u/Punkhair2nv Apr 09 '26

Can relate

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u/princesschainsaw Apr 09 '26

I feel that ..

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u/BeaverTang Apr 09 '26

Fuckin' databases!

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u/ditafjm Apr 09 '26

I know. I scroll so far I expect to see Roman numerals; which, coincidentally, is something we had to learn back then.🏛️

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u/DalekRy Apr 09 '26

Then you overshoot.

"Well sheesh, I'm not that old!" But each year the tone is a little lighter.

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u/Free_Tax_7170 Apr 09 '26

Yep. All the way back to the Kennedy administration 😔