It's funny to me how movies, shows, and books about the future written awhile ago get so many things wrong. A common one I have recently noticed is the notion of the telephone booth. In watching (I fell asleep about a quarter of the way through, but maybe I'll finish it someday) 2001: A Space Odyssey and reading Player Piano (I'm not finished with this one yet either but am more actively pursuing its finale) both imagine that the public telephone booth would still be the main form of communication to the home when away. They envisioned screens and video chatting but failed to think that some kind of portable device would be more accurate. I can't think of the last time I used a pay phone. In fact, it took me awhile to even remember the phrase "pay phone." We don't even have a land-line anymore at our apartment.
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True. Intense craziness happened today, though... I was leaving Burger King (health food, I know), when I saw... Wait for it... A pay phone! AND a woman using it. I almost stopped to take a picture (with my cell phone, of course) to share with you, but thought that she must be under enough stress already (as she is relegated to the pay phone). I wonder how much a call costs on a pay phone, now?
-Amanda
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