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"Last year, I received a series of 3am calls. At the dial tone, which is set to a horrifically unadjustable volume, I was woken from deep sleep to deep panic. "
by superflyguy 9y ago
"Last year, I received a series of 3am calls. At the dial tone, which is set to a horrifically unadjustable volume, I was woken from deep sleep to deep panic. "
That would be the ringtone. ( I suppose there are a large number of people who have never heard a dial tone.)
- dialtones 9y agoI went to the Badlands in August with my boyfriend and his recent ex’s son who lives with his mom and us at our house. Anyway, we couldn’t set up camp late one night because the site was full, so we got a cheap hotel room. The kid picked up the phone in the room and said: “It’s making a noise.” Boyfriend said: “Maybe you called the front desk by mistake.” Kid said: “No, it’s some kind of buzzing noise.” Boyfriend laughed and said: “Oh, that’s the dial tone!” I immediately felt old. This ten-year-old didn’t know what a dial tone was. It’s easy to forget that kids are growing up with different technology than we did. :)
- mikestew 9y agoExcept that checking for a dial tone is mentioned later, so I’m going to go with ESL rather than ignorance of what a dial tone is.
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- wildrhythms 9y agoI thought that anecdote was supposed to paint this picture of the overarching fear the author has with telephones. It's like a scene from a horror movie, I thought it was hilarious