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snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones.

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Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones.

snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • MTZ@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Finally, a real example of a Showerthought!

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    “Where are you?” is not something that many people would have said aloud outside of a game of hide and seek before the advent of pay phones and only rarely until the turn of the century or so.

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    Not to mention the phrases that probably never were used before cellphones.

    Saying “I will text you!” would have been a really weird statement just 50 years ago…

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      “Sorry, my butt called you.”

  • KindaKool@sh.itjust.works
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    True. “I am here” used to have way more metaphysical connotations.

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