If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this
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I think what people don't appreciate about this is that it's not just about slamming the phone. The other person can HEAR you slam the phone, it's loud as hell. And that knowledge is what made slamming it so satisfying
With the og flip phones you should still somewhat do this. Must've been a slight delay between closing and the call disconnecting.
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The payphone is by the school lockers. That brings back memories
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I'm old enough to have done this, yet I never have..
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I've broken plenty of phones back in the day from slamming the handset down on the cradle. What do you do if you break a public pay phone? I mean, besides run away?
break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they're nigh-on indestructible.
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I'm old enough to have done this, yet I never have..
I feel like this was more one of these movie things that don't happen nearly as often in real life.
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i mean you can still do this, my mom's SO has multiple landline phones in their house, and i'm sure it's not that difficult to convert an old landline phone to use modern standards with some adapters.
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i mean you can still do this, my mom's SO has multiple landline phones in their house, and i'm sure it's not that difficult to convert an old landline phone to use modern standards with some adapters.
I don’t think anyone was claiming that it was literally impossible.
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I don’t think anyone was claiming that it was literally impossible.
wow no shit
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wow no shit
Lol your comment is entirely superfluous.
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I slammed my phone down and need a new one constantly
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The payphone is by the school lockers. That brings back memories
My school had an official "smokers' corner." Oh no, not for the teachers. It was for the kids.
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I feel like this was more one of these movie things that don't happen nearly as often in real life.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Oldhead here: we slammed the living shit out of those phones.
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My school had an official "smokers' corner." Oh no, not for the teachers. It was for the kids.
And it was inside the building.We had a smoking room, but it was only for seniors.
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break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they're nigh-on indestructible.
The only non-functioning payphones I ever saw were the ones where the handset had been sawn off.
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Maybe this is why articles are always saying "So and so SLAMS Such and such". Nostalgia
I think that comes from pro wrestling.
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I'm old enough to have done this, yet I never have..
You probably weren't that angry when using public phones.
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gingerly puts down a $600 iPhone, trembling in anger "...good day, sir."
...yeah, we might need a generation of phones built to be a tank, just so we can properly communicate our wrath to the other person.
Huh. Maybe a 'soundboard' app, which allows you to hang up the current call with a sound effect?
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Oldhead here: we slammed the living shit out of those phones.
I just mean that in normal life, how often do you really get mad enough at someone that you hang up on them? I can probably count that on one hand and I'm not exactly a youngun either. In movies it feels like every other phone call ended that way haha.
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I just mean that in normal life, how often do you really get mad enough at someone that you hang up on them? I can probably count that on one hand and I'm not exactly a youngun either. In movies it feels like every other phone call ended that way haha.
how often do you really get mad enough at someone that you hang up on them?
"I love you."
"I know."
