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submitted 10 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@beehaw.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454

• Gen Z's nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z's love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

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[-] neocamel@lemmy.studio 4 points 10 months ago

Man there's something about talking on a cell phone that makes me feel like I have to yell, and thus, hate talking on them.

As I remember land lines, they never felt that way.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Probably positioning. Land lines generally went the length of your whole face. The mic was angled and right in front of your mouth.

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