If you slam it hard enough you can still do this.
If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
demizerone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially with the glass iphones.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I’ve broken plenty of phones back in the day from slamming the handset down on the cradle.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Why run from the broken public? Not like they ever knew
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they’re nigh-on indestructible.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The only non-functioning payphones I ever saw were the ones where the handset had been sawn off.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
You have to really try to actually break a public payphone. By the time the receiver cracks you’ve hung up on the other end at least one or two slams ago.
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Those phones were durable AF.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I recall at least one movie scene where the hero beat the bad guy with one, and we all knew that would definitely work.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I had one of those Nokia candybar phones back in the late 90s early 2000s. nothing was more therapeutic than just chucking the phone across the parking lot at mach 1. walking over to the pieces, assembling it, and going on with your day.
Karjalan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe this is why articles are always saying “So and so SLAMS Such and such”. Nostalgia
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think that comes from pro wrestling.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
For the modern effect, get a foldable or clamshell phone and flick it closed with some major sass.
It’s the best thing about having a foldable.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercea, through–
Case@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
I mean, really the modern equivalent is throwing your phone at a hard surface.
It certainly makes a statement. Fuck all of this to the point I’m going to sever contact with the world and throw away a ton of money.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I liked having a flip 5, so i could flip it closed multiple times
SassyRamen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The payphone is by the school lockers. That brings back memories 👴🏼
PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
My school had an official “smokers’ corner.” Oh no, not for the teachers. It was for the kids.
And it was inside the building.ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We had a smoking room, but it was only for seniors.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Now if they’re really mad in a movie you see someone yeet their $800 phone. They lost the middle ground of slamming or throwing a $50 corded phone out the window. Now there’s only the nuclear option.
sugarboydede@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Hello there
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
gingerly puts down a $600 iPhone, trembling in anger “…good day, sir.”
…yeah, we might need a generation of phones built to be a tank, just so we can properly communicate our wrath to the other person.
Huh. Maybe a ‘soundboard’ app, which allows you to hang up the current call with a sound effect?
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or a USB-c to RJ45 converter so you can get an old phone from the thrift shop to carry around in case of angry phone shenanigans.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
RJ11 converter* an RJ45 is too big.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I would love to have a soundboard that played sounds in calls. I’d answer the phone like Wolfman Jack all “caller, you’re on the air! gorilla noise, honk”
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Could be a thing soon, Android has added “sound enojis” that imo were probably the worst idea ever and only exist for kids to annoy their parents. It’s a soundboard with like 3 sounds on the call screen when you’re on a call. I could see them eventually allowing custom ones.
last_philosopher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Someone could make an app that detects a slam and hangs up the phone, then also sell a padded slam-receiver to replicate the experience. Or just use a pillow.
clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
exactly this
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or you can just simply slapping your face. It has a similar sound effect.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like this. I can slam it down without breaking my cell phone
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People slam game controllers and replace them all the time. Same would go for this handset. Might even find a “retro” one that’s sturdier. You could murder one with those old school ones.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How’s your knees feeling OP?
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I slammed my phone down and need a new one constantly
Alatarius@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Doing this was always satisfying
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s an inanimate fucking object!
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Love the video
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Why is there a payphone inside of a highschool?
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Cell phones didn’t exist. Kids need to call to get picked up after hours. There were payphones anywhere they would be used. Malls, Outside fast food restaurants, in shopping centers at gas stations.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I like in Australia we never got rid of them. More or less every payphone I saw growing up is still here. But they gave them 2 amazing upgrades:
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They are now free to use
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They are additionally free Wifi hotspots
Much better than dismantling them imo. They may not be widely used, but it’s worth it for those that do. I’ve even used it once when my phone went flat and needed to call my wife.
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rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Replace “inside of a highschool” with literally any location with reasonable footfall to get the same answer.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Fair.
Just seems weird to have it in a hallway. Maybe it opens up to a cafeteria behind the camera where I would expect it.
Wilco@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
So kids could use the phone.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
And why is it the woman from B99
unphazed@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So kids can prank call during lunchbreak and call 900 numbers… and call the parents to say they got in trouble for inappropriate calls…
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because it was a time in between smoke signals and cell phones
Reygle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
i mean you can still do this, my mom’s SO has multiple landline phones in their house, and i’m sure it’s not that difficult to convert an old landline phone to use modern standards with some adapters.
slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I don’t think anyone was claiming that it was literally impossible.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
I’m old enough to have done this, yet I never have…
Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I feel like this was more one of these movie things that don’t happen nearly as often in real life.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oldhead here: we slammed the living shit of those phones.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You probably weren’t that angry when using public phones.
rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I was once in New York using an AT&T payphone and trying to place a reverse-charge (or “international collect”) call to the UK and the operator REFUSED to accept that UK phone numbers are ten digits long. You better believe I put that thing through it’s paces.
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would you hear the slam in the other end?
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The beginning, in some cases.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes you definitely would
maki@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
So sexy
callyral@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
i mean if you slam a modern phone hard enough…
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man imagine the privilege.
There are whole third world countries that still NEED to use these types of phones LMAO 🤣
rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
You’re surprisingly wrong. Landlines exist but there is basically nowhere left in the world where landlines outnumber mobiles (except places like North Korea, obvs). Mobile networks are literally cheaper to run than landline networks and that gets more and more true as the quality of infrastructure drops.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I think what people don’t appreciate about this is that it’s not just about slamming the phone. The other person can HEAR you slam the phone, it’s loud as hell. And that knowledge is what made slamming it so satisfying
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Yeah especially if you did it while they were in the middle of speaking.
I did it once to a boss who threatened to fire me if I didn’t cover a Sunday shift. I said I quit instead, and they started to backtrack.
I close my eyes and relive that detectable moment sometimes. I remember everything about it. My roommate was smoking a menthol cigarette by the window and her dog barked at the sound of me slamming the receiver home.
I think this might be my Nexus.
JollyBrancher@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
With the og flip phones you should still somewhat do this. Must’ve been a slight delay between closing and the call disconnecting. Slight enough to hear those plastic casings clap.