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Re:The stick shift might survive the electric revolution by bbarnett on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:41PM (#33663629)
Try saying that when using it in real life, making many calls daily, with an exchange such as 908-.

Then, the tone dialer appears.

I was not interested in interacting with my telephone. I just wanted it to place calls.

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Re:The stick shift might survive the electric revolution by dottedmag on Saturday November 19, 2022 @10:21AM (#33670893)
The question was about FUN, not about making many calls daily.
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Re:The stick shift might survive the electric revolution by bbarnett on Monday November 21, 2022 @06:19PM (#33699587)
What a strange response. The point is, repetitive usage shows the difference between fun, or just novel.

A rotary phone could be novel. Yet it became tedious with common use, especially when compared to tone dialing.

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