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That picture of all the bus riders with their heads down in the newspaper... The more things change the more they stay the same. And people ignored each-other i
by teleclimber 12y ago
That picture of all the bus riders with their heads down in the newspaper... The more things change the more they stay the same. And people ignored each-other in tight spaces long before the smartphone came along.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoThere's a similar image of commuters on a train reading their papers that I love [0]. Even with smartphones there are a lot of people that continue to read the paper on the London Underground (probably because several are provided for free on the way in, but it's still interesting that people choose it over their phone). [0] http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/commuters-reading-their-newspapers-on-a-train-in-philad-1472729259 http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/commuters-reading-their-newsp...
- mseebach 12y ago> but it's still interesting that people choose it over their phone For one thing, there's no mobile signal in the tube, and the wifi there is, isn't cheap and only covers stations. I have access to the wifi through my mobile plan, and I still prefer reading offline content on my tablet or Kindle.
- dalke 12y agoWith a bit of work it should be possible to track "circa 1955" down to a more exact date by browsing through the Philadelphia newspaper archives. I wonder when image search will be able to do this, if it hasn't already.
- at-fates-hands 12y agoExcept for the second last image of the two men sitting and the women standing up giving them the gas face. Priceless.