Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?message-squaremessage-square339fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down14
arrow-up1175arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square339fedilink
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·8 months agoI don’t miss dial up speeds, but I do miss the expectation of not always being online. Luckily my job no longer expects it of me because I just don’t answer after hours anymore.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd not being always reachable by phone. If you are out, there was simply no way to reach you. Good times.
minus-squareabbadon420linkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIf you ignore the ringing, you can still be unreachable. Maybe that’s easy for me to say, because I’ve had a lot of practice, but you can do it too.
I don’t miss dial up speeds, but I do miss the expectation of not always being online.
Luckily my job no longer expects it of me because I just don’t answer after hours anymore.
And not being always reachable by phone. If you are out, there was simply no way to reach you. Good times.
If you ignore the ringing, you can still be unreachable. Maybe that’s easy for me to say, because I’ve had a lot of practice, but you can do it too.