Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones.
Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones.
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“Where are you?” is not something that many people would have said aloud outside of a game of hide and seek before the advent of pay phones and only rarely until the turn of the century or so.
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Not to mention the phrases that probably never were used before cellphones.
Saying "I will text you!" would have been a really weird statement just 50 years ago...
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Even just over 25 years ago youd have been like “What are you gonna do, hand me a sheet of paper with some text on? Why dont you just tell me?”
Although, when I was in school we’d pass each other sheets of paper with extended conversations on. I found an old homework diary with loads of messages in once, years after school.
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"Sorry, my butt called you."
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Reminds me of the song "Yo Estoy Aqui" from about 20 years ago.
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Finally, a real example of a Showerthought!
This thought appears on Reddit r/showerthoughts in 2024, potentially prior, though I guess who's to say it's not original