Re:An Elegy for the Landline in Literature
by rsynnott on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:45AM
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> I was struck by this article (within the last decade) as mobile phones and texting have been ubiquitous since the mid 90s (early 00s in the US). Funny that popular literature took a while to catch up.
TV writers, too. Kramer had a mobile phone in an episode of Seinfeld (the one were people think he's a phone movie information service), and Jerry had a carphone for most of it. But these were only used for specific gags; in general it was assumed that if someone wasn't at home they were uncontactable and the existence of the mobile phones, after being established, was ignored.
TV writers, too. Kramer had a mobile phone in an episode of Seinfeld (the one were people think he's a phone movie information service), and Jerry had a carphone for most of it. But these were only used for specific gags; in general it was assumed that if someone wasn't at home they were uncontactable and the existence of the mobile phones, after being established, was ignored.