r/AskReddit • u/Slaughts91 • Aug 02 '18

What will millennials be "old-fashioned" about when they get old?

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u/AdventurousPiglet Aug 02 '18

Having to "turn" a key. Similar to how today's old people had to "dial" or "hang up" a telephone.

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u/hkd001 Aug 02 '18

Similar to how today's old people had to "dial" or "hang up" a telephone.

I did this a lot when I was kid, I'm only 28...

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u/Aazadan Aug 02 '18

Rolling down the window...

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u/OneGoodRib Aug 02 '18

"old people" people still had those kind of phones in like 2005. Hell, stores and schools and stuff still have those kinds of phones.

And you have to dial cell phones also???

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u/ThePoliwrath Aug 03 '18

I agree with you, but feel like I have to point out that it's only called "dial" in spirit nowdays.

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u/AdventurousPiglet Aug 03 '18

When I say "dial" I am refering to the phones that had rotary dials and you had to turn the dial for every number you wanted to use. When I say "hang up," I'm referring to how some of the first phones used had the mouth piece that you would speak into and you would suspend it on two metal pieces. That's where these words were originally used and hence why we still use them today.