Dear Bill Gates, We were built for this.
(media.greatawakening.win)
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Not everywhere. I was still using these all over in the late 70’s to early 80’s in elementary school. How old am I? Well, old enough but not as old as some of you here.
My son was lobbying me last year to get a smartphone. His older brother got one at 16 and he and his sister (12 and 13) at the time were arguing that they shouldn’t have to wait until 16 because ‘all their friends had them’. They were winning the argument right up until he foolishly asked, “Well, how old were you Dad when you got your first cell phone?”
I laughed and laughed and told them that small personal devices like that didn’t even exist when I was in high school. I remembered my Dad, who was a salesman, having a bag phone with a 10’ antenna magnet on the top of his suburban. After some deep thought I realized that when I got out of college at 23 my company gave me a Motorola pager, but that when people pages I needed to pull over at a gas station and find a pay phone. I then had to explain to them what a pay phone was and google up some images. Turns out I was 27 yrs old when I got my first giant cell phone. They were astonished at how I could have survived without one that long..!
So, I guess I’m not that old, but surely old enough.
A buddy of mine dug out his Atari when his son was playing on a PS3. His son told him yall must have been poor. Kids nowadays have no idea of a time without cell phones and video games.
Early 90s, still around at a bowling alley I went to.
Had this exact exchange with my 13yo son yesterday! Older siblings have them but received them when they turned 16. When I told him I got my first cellphone when I was 24 a fear washed over his face cause now he saw the leverage shift. Yes, we establish at 16yo you “might” get a phone BUT It could be as late as 24yo! Funny how the conversation ended when he realized he needed to reevaluate his strategy.
Awesome this exact thing happened to both of us. I still remember the look on his face when I said 27...!