“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.
Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones.
Submitted 2 months ago by snek_boi@lemmy.ml to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Not to mentioned 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…
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Sorry, my butt called you.”
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 2 months ago
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.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Dude, don’t want to make you feel old, but 25 years ago was 2000…
It would be rather something like over 30 years ago.
KindaKool@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
True. “I am here” used to have way more metaphysical connotations.
rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 2 months ago
Reminds me of the song “Yo Estoy Aqui” from about 20 years ago.
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Finally, a real example of a Showerthought!
nodoze313@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
This thought appears on Reddit r/showerthoughts in 2024, potentially prior, though I guess who’s to say it’s not original