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In my experience, the "calling around" thing was something that started when everyone got a cellphone. Prior to about 1999, folks would actually just drop by y

• batbomb 9y ago
  That's a good point. I also didn't get a cell phone until very late in 2004, and most people I know got them in 2003-2005. I prefaced my comment with my graduation year (2003) because I think the thing that maybe matters a lot is when you came of age between ~1999-2007. Technology was changing so fast on almost a yearly basis in that time frame it's probable people with a 2 year age difference has a widely different experience of being teenagers and young adults. I don't think the same can be said of 2009-2017.
• chrisfinne 9y ago
  "calling around" started in 1999? I assure you that's how it was for decades prior to 1999 ;-) We just had to sit by the single rotary phone in the kitchen with a 8ft curly cord that was so tangled, it was really only 4ft. Had to deal with lots of busy signals because even once call-waiting was invented, it cost $3 per month and no parent raised during the Great Depression could imagine committing to that expense!