Memory unlocked! My brother used to have this sound as his ring tone. Threw me off the first few times it rang!
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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GTA4 coded this into the game, the radio will play interference just before your phone goes off....
First time i noticed it, i heard the static, picked up my IRL phone, and then the game phone started ringing. 10/10 immersion and bamboozle
thank you for reminding me of this. I fucking loved that detail. The story with the heavy ass driving and those details made it feel more real. Niko such a great character.
GTA3 had a mod that did this lol
A co worker called me into their office yesterday because their computer was making a weird noise every now and then and they couldn't figure it out. After his hilarious attempts to make the noise I tried calling him on his cell phone and sure enough that was the sound. Damn kids.
Why is your coworker still using an old 2G GSM phone? The only way this could happen in 2025 is if the phone is connected to a really old network for some reason. (Do you live in a remote area with poor coverage?)
Remote area.
Just gonna leave this here....
That was fantastic!
Thank you for introducing this to me.
Unrelated but this is now the second vertical music video I've seen, it's physically hurting me how old it makes me feel.
That's was... ... ... special
Came here to post exactly this. it's been my ringtone since it was released
dude... Thank you for the nostalgia!
My old Sony Dream Machine alarm clock can tell me when my cell phone pings a cell phone tower or is about to get a text when it is sitting next to it. The unshielded wires on the speakers make them go pppbbbpppbbbschzzzzzz... pppbbbpppbbbbschzzzzz...
Muhmuhmuhmuuuuhhhhhhhhhh
My modem had a built in speaker
This has to do with the speakers picking up signals from your mobile phone. Before a mobile phone rings, if it is close to the speakers, somehow the signal would make the speakers go "dudud dudud dudududu".
Specifically, GSM phones would do this
They all did. GSM was just a little stronger.
Yeah, I definitely remember this from before GSM was a thing
No, my dial up modem in my desktop pc. Some. Pcs use the external speaker, some used the motherboard speaker and my dial up modem had its own speaker. God forbid someone picked up a phone to dial.
The meme is about incoming phone calls and its effects on the speakers. It has nothing to do with the modem.
Dial up modems, like the ones the poster mentioned, could receive incoming phone calls as part of their normal function
The "dudud dudud dudududu" sound in the meme is completely different to the dial-up modem handshake sound "skreeee-chirrup-buzzzzwheee-krkkrkkrk-shhhhh".
The "dudud dudud dudududu" sound happens BEFORE an incoming mobile phone call. The "skreeee-chirrup-buzzzzwheee-krkkrkkrk-shhhhh" sound happens after an incoming land-line call is picked up.
Source: I used to host a BBS with a Hayes 2400 bps modem.
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