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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I just had a pager to try and fit in there was zero practical use for it.

in my experience, what was 1000% more likely was you gave each of your contacts a code like 111111111 meant call home and 2222222 would be your pal jason, if they added 911 it did mean urgent.

This is also what the few other nerds i knew who had pagers did.

Half the time they would leave the # where they were at because they might not be home.

So if you got 2 pages in a row 7777777911 4155551212

that would mean contact John at the given number and hurry it's an emergency. There were payphones at school and the mall so it was easy to get in touch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

There were payphones at school and the mall so it was easy to get in touch.

I'm old enough to recognize this is not irony.