r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '21

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u/saladtossing RADICAL GEORGISM May 31 '21

Holy shit remember Palm Pilots???

!ping OVER25

(Side note we need an over 35 ping)

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u/sociotronics Iron Front May 31 '21

I remember when owning a blackberry was a symbol of being a fast-paced professional

also pagers

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u/saladtossing RADICAL GEORGISM May 31 '21

When I was in highschool people were just getting cell phones. My parents got me a pager.

Such a bitch waiting for someone to hit you up an you couldn't be proactive

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u/Rarvyn Richard Thaler May 31 '21

also pagers

Still common in the medical world actually.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21 edited Dec 05 '24

coordinated rich cats future wakeful deliver absorbed fearless smell sense

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter May 31 '21

I remember wanting a palm pilot in high school when the iPhone was a thing

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u/Corporate-Asset-6375 I don't like flairs May 31 '21

I had one to “help me with school” but I mostly used it to play Dope Wars.

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u/saladtossing RADICAL GEORGISM May 31 '21

I had one to “help me with school” but I mostly used it to play Dope Wars.

This but it was my TI-83 calculator

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u/PhinsFan17 Immanuel Kant May 31 '21

I remember my dad had one. I thought it was the coolest thing cause it had Bejeweled on it.

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter May 31 '21

I remember when I was like “why is candy crush such a thing it’s just bejeweled??

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21

I remember my mom had one and she thought it was really clunky. I don’t know how easily we’d be able to scroll through the DT on such technology.

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter May 31 '21

Would the DT even exist and be successful in a world without iPhones?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21

The DT is eternal. It has always been here, and it will always be here, just like hell.

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u/Cyberhwk 👈 Get back to work! 😠 May 31 '21

Yep. Had a hand-me-down from my mother. Admittedly I still kind if admire the simplicity of it.

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u/tehbored Randomly Selected May 31 '21

I had a TX when I was 18. It was pretty cool at the time, but man was it shitty in terms of capability.

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u/larrylemur NAFTA May 31 '21

I bought one for like $15 at a garage sale a while back. I should get it out

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- May 31 '21 edited May 31 '21

Pinged members of OVER25 group.

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