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matengor@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used SMS google search and SMS ChaCha, they were great at a time when mobile data was super expensive.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I remember texting chacha if every rose has its thorn, to which they would respond that according to the 1988 song released by Poison, every rose does have its thorn.

    I can’t remember so many things from that part of my life, why that stuck, no idea.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a fantastic song though. I didn’t grow up in that era, but it’s most of what I listen to these days.

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      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wasn’t born till 89, so not my era either. But music comes from all eras. I think I spent half yesterday with Ain’t No Sunshine stuck in my head. That was 71? I think

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  • Harold_Penisman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Totally forgot about ChaCha. Those were the days.

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had heard of them but had no idea there were so many of them

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