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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

slaps roof

You won't believe how many freshmen you can fit in this baby

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

You just gave me flashbacks to portapotties in high school. I think we managed to fit like 30 people in a single one

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Time travelers convention

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago
[–] slightperil@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Bring back payphones pls I don't want the smartphone panopticon anymore

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

I think Metallica made a song about these...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

They could of been turned into affordable housing. You just need to curl up into a ball

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I hear sometimes, late on cold moonless nights, you can hear an operator asking for more money to continue the call

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like one could get some money for these.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I would buy one of these

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

In oslo the old payphone booths got turned into tiny unstaffed libraries, which I think is neat

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago
[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This was taken just last week in Toronto. The last of the survivors.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Here I always thought the saying was "well, well, well."

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

There's an old Korean poem that goes (rough translation):

"Love is when you walk by a phone and wonder what she's up to"

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago
[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

With all the phone booths taken away, where is Superman supposed to change now?