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> Remember the glasshole problem. Back when mobile phones were new, people made disparaging comments when eg a businessman would take a call in public. And the
by hnzix 9y ago
> Remember the glasshole problem.
Back when mobile phones were new, people made disparaging comments when eg a businessman would take a call in public. And there was a trope in comedy where people would pretend to take a call just to show off the fact they had a phone.
The technology will become normalized.
- Yen 9y agoAnd those early mobile phones were so expensive, and so bulky. No way that technology would ever catch on.
- jamesrcole 9y agoHaving a mobile phone was something to make fun of. If you had one you were a yuppee, who'd be using it to shout down the phone to buy and sell stocks. It was funny how quickly that perception changed once they began to take off among the general population.