Comment on Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST

• jaycifer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There were many decades between the proliferation of home phones and cell phones. During that time many people may be away from home and need to contact someone over the phone. Payphones were installed in public places that anyone could use to meet that need. They took change in exchange for minutes using the phone.

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  • PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So just telephone cells? Okay

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• deeferg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh my god this is a real question and I’m getting old.

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  • PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haha don’t worry happens to all of us. I feel old too sometimes

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Landlines with coin slots. Insert coin, call someone. Insert more coins to keep talking.

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