“This is a collect call from ‘mompracticeisoverpickmeup’ do you accept the charges?”

Around here we still have them, and they provide free wifi. My home is almost close enough to pick up the signal from one in the main street.

and time machine

good luck playing Minecraft on that

Those things were great. You could make a phone call from almost anywhere without having to carry around a radio tracking device all the time.

“Your foster parents are dead.”

Straight up though the world peaked in the 2007-2010 in terms of culture. Everything has just gotten significantly worse since then and I feel bad for the zoomers and gen alpha who have to grow up in the 2020s

They made excellent toilets.

in my early childhood phones (not smart) where so common that i could ask strangers in the train: can i please call my mom?
And they gave it to me because i was a child

Just dial down the middle! C-A-L-L-A-T-T

Actually It’s a stationary phone not mobile phone 🤓