fuzzy_tinker@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoMe while waiting for a passable alternativelemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1696arrow-down16
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minus-squareameancow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoI lived in a rural area and the nearest phone for emergencies belonged to one house that lived a quarter mile away. The owner of the phone got hooked on WoW on dial-up at some point and basically ended the party line for everyone.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 days agoSquatting on a party-line to play WoW is just a wild pairing of technological eras to me. If we go by the invention date of the former they’re more than a century apart (1878). Also: rude!
I lived in a rural area and the nearest phone for emergencies belonged to one house that lived a quarter mile away.
The owner of the phone got hooked on WoW on dial-up at some point and basically ended the party line for everyone.
Squatting on a party-line to play WoW is just a wild pairing of technological eras to me. If we go by the invention date of the former they’re more than a century apart (1878).
Also: rude!