Thread by @darth

your phone answering machines had little magnetic tape cassettes in them that u had to fast forward and rewind to hear phone calls u missed
i am serious
there were little cassettes inside

https://twitter.com/BigJacks/status/1391814262813827073

and the biggest fear u had coming home was seeing that fuckin answering machine light blinking which meant some body called u

and left a message

getting rid of a home phone line was liberating not because u had a cell phone now but because u could get rid of the answering machine

now your iphone literally answers the missed calls and transcribes the message so u do not even have to listen to the person trying to sell u an extended warranty on your car when u just ride a bicycle it is just written down for u

hearing from people who have saved important phone messages on their answering machines for years and it is touching tbh