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> I mean 'forwards from grandma' has been a thing forever, right? Let me tell you that grandma' with email is a relatively new phenomena.
by hannob 8y ago
> I mean 'forwards from grandma' has been a thing forever, right?
Let me tell you that grandma' with email is a relatively new phenomena.
- monocasa 8y agoBefore that, I'd get snail mail with tabloid clippings and handwritten local rumors.
- Quarrelsome 8y agono its not, Grandmas have been online since we all have its just that the barrier has lowered and now there are more.
- bunderbunder 8y agoI started trading emails with my grandmother some time around 1990. That's not literally forever, but, considering that it's longer than one or two HNers have been alive, it's at least figuratively forever.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoMy emails from grandma predate Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Gmail, FWIW.