public service announcement
Sure, vintage is in, and everyone likes the idea of having vintage furniture and appliances/devices for their home.
But have you ever tried to use a rotary phone? Not one of those fake touchtone look-a-likes. I mean an actual rotary phone.
THEY’RE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US FOLK UNDER 50 TO USE!!!
Just say no to rotary, kids.
Funny story, I was at my grandparents’ house, in the basement, helping my 90 year old grandmother do her laundry. It was getting dark, so I decided to call home and have my Mum come get me1 Anyway, the phone in their basement is an actual, 40 year old ROTARY phone. As in you have to spin the wheel to dial.
I could not dial more than the area code. I swear.
Technologically impaired or just not backwards-compatible? You tell me
Idiocy Explained:
- I’m lame and can’t drive - sue me. [↩]
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15 November 2008, 18:24
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マリ 
19. Pittsburgh. student.
top?
My family had a rotary phone (a bright orange one, mind you :P) for AGES, so I was quite comfortable using one up until I was a teenager when my parents finally decided to step up to a dial pad
I’m lame too and can’t drive either :/