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And with every call you knew someone else could be listening in from another phone in the house. What a nightmare
My conversations were short though. "Is Austin home?".
Parents - He went over to Bryan's a few hours ago
"Alright, thank you Sir"
Parent - Make sure he's home for dinner and tell him he has to mow the lawn tomorrow or he's gonna get it
"Yes Sir"
-End call
Imagine making a phone call and knowing it might not be completely private!
Wait until you learn about party lines!
So take the horror of a sibling or parent picking up, and add all the neighbors in your area!
And yes, people absolutely did used to just sit and listen. So just like today!!
that's literally not any different from now, It's just that different people are listening. and they are guaranteed to be listening nowadays.
Thank you for explaining the joke.
gotta ensure that anybody reading truly does understand that they do not have privacy
Yes but ruining the joke that also makes anyone who doesn't understand a part of the joke for the rest of us to point and laugh at.
It was so elegant and you killed it!
You could usually tell though. There would be a tiny click when the other phone was picked up, or the voice on the other end sounded kinda hollow or distant. Mom's bedroom phone had a mute button. You could hold that down, pick up like a ninja.