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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454

• Gen Z's nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z's love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

They are fun to slam down when you want to hang up on someone

[-] GeekFTW@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

40 years old. Haven't been satisfied with a phone-slam since before my first cordless phone in 2001.

[-] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago

Yeah, angrily jabbing a phone screen realllllyyyy does not have the same satisfaction whatsoever.

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