• thesystemisdown
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    4 months ago

    We also dial the phone and roll down the windows. I guess some phrases transcend time.

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      4 months ago

      We turn the volume up despite it probably being a button, too.

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      4 months ago

      We also hang up phones, which used to literally be what we had to do, but which makes no sense today.

      • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        It would be cool to have power windows that are activated by a hand crank. You would just rock it one direction or the other, but maybe bonus points if you have to continue rotating it to keep the window moving.

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      4 months ago

      Clocks still tick even though most of them are digital nowadays, and the floppy disk is still the universal symbol for saving. We humans love novelty but hate change.