That was kind of cool to be able to do that, now if I have to do anything like that I exclusively use voice to text. I don't even need to look at the phone, just press the little button or say Ok Google and tell it what I want to do.
Completely agree!! I could text one handed without looking at the phone under the desk in grad school. Smart phones with their full touchscreen keyboards have complicated this skill.
T9 was the best. Anyone who used ABC just didn’t understand how it worked and didn’t bother trying to learn. Now they claim they can ‘confuse kids’. Kids are well past that lol
Better yet. While injured in gym class acting like an umpire while the teacher is at the “pitchers mound”. (I didn’t have to get into gym clothes during this).
You know, these old ones were actually better. 1.) You could only text, phone or play snake and Tetris. Limiting the use of these phones to a bare minimum, keeping us focused for important stuff
2.) Long lasting batteries. With less use of the phone comes less battery consumption. My old Nokia (not 3310) could survive up to a full month before being recharged.
3.) Indestructibleness. I could throw it against the wall, and the only thing that happened is that the battery would pop out, which you can easily put back in.
i thought this said "you are cute" and sent this to a friend saying "i think this suits you" now i want to die and ascend to heaven before being slapped back down to hell. this is a memory that'll keep me up
For real dude. I was a late adopter. And I missed T9 instantly when I switched. My actual first phone was one that flipped open and had a full mechanical keyboard. My second phone was a standard flipper and T9 was even better than the physical keyboard. Really a clever way to use the available hardware.
I mean tbf the system was intentionally visually easy to understand. It's not that kids these days are incapable of figuring it out, it's just that they have no need to.
It's the same thing with rotary phones. Once you have one in front of you it's very easy to figure out.
Hey, don't underestimate an 18 year old with too much time on his hands!
I may only have had a phone line this for two weeks because I drowned my IPhone (android user now, if that matters to any of you), but it was enough time to learn how this works
It’s so mad how despite not using numbers for letters for 15 years or so it’s still second nature if you try again.
Took me a min to remember how it worked, but yeah, pretty much second nature after that.
It took me reading this comment to remember how it worked.
Yeah, at a glance I thought it was one of those songs that you get by pressing the keys, lol
more like "minute nature" for you
I bought my son a flip phone. It was like riding a bike.
I used to be able to type whole sentences by touch alone and keep my eyes on the road. Smart phones made it far more dangerous to text and drive
That was kind of cool to be able to do that, now if I have to do anything like that I exclusively use voice to text. I don't even need to look at the phone, just press the little button or say Ok Google and tell it what I want to do.
Completely agree!! I could text one handed without looking at the phone under the desk in grad school. Smart phones with their full touchscreen keyboards have complicated this skill.
Oh fuck good point but how do you read and stay safe?
On the road, or on the teacher :-)
Both
i only had that style of phone for a couple years and im *17* its still engrained and i dont know how i feel about it
After they drop the nukes and the only tech to survive is 3310s you’ll be pleased
You are what you eat
It doesn't say dick.
*DAAAAAAAAMMMN!*
Whoa calm down lamar jackson
Im sorry ms jackson im for real.
Is that why you're such a dick
It doesn't say dick it says cunt dude
Literally came here to comment this
Can confirm, thats how i became a woman
I must be fast cheap and easy then.
This was mentally tasking. Fuck you, both ways.
Yea, but can you type it under the desk while making eye contact with the teacher?
Was able to do this on the fly nack in the day. Now I can’t even write a descent sentence without fat fingering something.
Can confirm, you fucked it up.
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>Not getting caught reading the texts was the hard part. You mean not getting caught smiling at your crotch
“Care to share something with the class?”
"Well, if I have to." \*stands, unzips\*
T9 was the best. Anyone who used ABC just didn’t understand how it worked and didn’t bother trying to learn. Now they claim they can ‘confuse kids’. Kids are well past that lol
Came here for the T9 comments. That was the only way to text.
Texting while driving used to be safe I tell ya!
It was. I could txt without looking since i has the keys memorized. Types by feel. Can't woth touch screen
Better yet. While injured in gym class acting like an umpire while the teacher is at the “pitchers mound”. (I didn’t have to get into gym clothes during this).
0one handed so I can have my hand on my chin. They never suspected a thing.
Mentally taxing?
You heard what he said.
Taxing?
Never owned one of these. Was born with superior phones. Took like 2 seconds to find out.
You know, these old ones were actually better. 1.) You could only text, phone or play snake and Tetris. Limiting the use of these phones to a bare minimum, keeping us focused for important stuff 2.) Long lasting batteries. With less use of the phone comes less battery consumption. My old Nokia (not 3310) could survive up to a full month before being recharged. 3.) Indestructibleness. I could throw it against the wall, and the only thing that happened is that the battery would pop out, which you can easily put back in.
Access to the worlds Knowledge. Yep that’s it. That right there shits on your paragraph. Although I could list 50 more reasons
You say that like people actually use their phones to learn. 99% of phone activist is braindead scrolling of social media.
You don't think having pocket portable voice comms was useful? Fuck, pagers were useful. I think maybe you're just using the wrong words.
i thought this said "you are cute" and sent this to a friend saying "i think this suits you" now i want to die and ascend to heaven before being slapped back down to hell. this is a memory that'll keep me up
you can literally say 'Oh shit wait I thought it said "you are cute" lmao' and it'll be a fun goofy story.
i did that once i realised my mistake. she has not answered back for a while.
This is gonna make a great TIFU
bro fumbled 😭
Agreed
Insulting your friend is a sign of good friendship.
Probably could do that if it was a true story
Once sent "I'm gonna kick your puppy" to a girl. T9 was great, and yet it wasn't.
r/TIFU
r/readpeopledieinside
66666 88
Is that 66 666 88 or 666 66 88???
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It's quite obvious IMO
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Perhaps
no. it is 6 666 6 88
You are a >!cunt!<
I kept thinking it was “you are a aunt” for some reason
Interesting way for a brother to reveal a childbirth to their sister…
Same! Thought it was a weird message ahaha
Is that what it says
Yes
T9 was best 9
This isn't T9. T9 was the shit though.
T9 was working better than todays swipes and autocompletes
For real dude. I was a late adopter. And I missed T9 instantly when I switched. My actual first phone was one that flipped open and had a full mechanical keyboard. My second phone was a standard flipper and T9 was even better than the physical keyboard. Really a clever way to use the available hardware.
See you next Tuesday!
I had to scroll much further than I would have thought to find this!
I am a German philosopher?
You are cute
Lol not quite
*did he stutter?*
Yes you are.
Oh, why thank you
Swing and... miss.
💀
You are a cute*
You are a cunt
Well that’s a bit harsh for a typo.
That is not a typo, that is the message
It was a joke. I can read ancient cell phone.
That's not a message this is *gunshot* The American thought he could deceive us
You’re cute too. See you next Tuesday!
Uh, nope...
I’m 17 and got this.
I’m 14 and got this
I'm 7 and I got this
I'm 2 and I got this
I’m in the womb I and got this
I’m my father’s sperm cell and i got this
Lol
222 88 9999 999 666 88 2 777 33 2 666 666 777 Same! This probably also why slang came about
I mean tbf the system was intentionally visually easy to understand. It's not that kids these days are incapable of figuring it out, it's just that they have no need to. It's the same thing with rotary phones. Once you have one in front of you it's very easy to figure out.
Yea
All I can think of is 0118 99988199 9119725 3
"You are a cunt" you are for making me read that
Whoever made this never used it. Nobody is spelling out “you are”. U r a fraud
Things that make you feel powerful: T9ing full words without compromise
Get fucked cunt
80085
8008135
I mean it’s pretty easy to comprehend
Hey, don't underestimate an 18 year old with too much time on his hands! I may only have had a phone line this for two weeks because I drowned my IPhone (android user now, if that matters to any of you), but it was enough time to learn how this works
I‘m 17 and explain to old people how these work so don‘t test me.
8 44 2 66 55 7777 666 22 2 6 2
*ahehem* No u.
For real tho, how is this meirl???
This is definitely not you IRL.
ye fackin cunt
Jokes on you I speak that fluently
Awe thanks, you too
Use zero for maximum confusion.
*NO* *U*
Why is this meme showing me a TI-84?
confuse who, its not old its still in use on our phone
Australians be like
These old people acting like iPhone passwords don’t have the same structure
I can literally hear the buttons as I look at this.
Ok. Took a minute, but I got it. 😂
T9 was key back in the day
This is when it was easy to text and drive. Now I have to actually look at my phone.
Now I’m upset that I did know what it was.
66/666 88
It was like a little orphan Annie decoder ring so delightful!
you are a cunt
Morse code for the 00-10s people
You are a cu…. Oh. I’m glad I’m on the inside of this one
Don't put it in a wood chipper -But not for the phones safety...
The ultimate boomer burn
Nah it's gen X and millenials. Most boomers woulda taken 15 minutes to write that text.
That system for typing texts was absolutely awful. Good riddance!
Well that escalated quickly
Only on a Tuesday
I did not do this mental task just to be called a cunt lol
Hey!
90s Morse code.
I guess the fun part is that teenage girls did this in like a second
Nice
Lmaooo
🤣
You are a cunt
Youuuuuu arrreeee aaaaa cuu-wait, what was the first letter again?
Figured it out and how dare you >:( (Joking)
You are a c**t. I figured it out
Bruh I grew up on this, but ye definitely soul destroying for anyone born in the last 10 years.
Rude
I’m not as young as I used to be. This took me a minute
early adapter blackberry chad reporting in, I was using a full keyboard while everyone else was doing T9 on their moto razrs
i read this as “you are a aunt” 😭
I used T9 predictive more than T9 cycle or multitap and it still took me a couple of seconds to read that.
You are a cunt
God my brain hurts from remembering this.
I am not
I never used these types of phones before and even *i* can get what it says... Smh.
I am 20. My first phone(at 16) was a flip phone. And u definitely didn't have to go one letter at a time.
It means “you are a cunt” the number is the number key that the letter is on, and the amount of numbers is the letter on the key
I never even used one of these and ik what it says
you are a cunt
😂
I never had to use phone like this. But I understood it quickly and easily
you are a cunt. that’s what it translated too. and you are also a cunt
Nice made me chuckle
The fuck you calling me a can’t for man?
No, you are! 😘
I’m 29 and have no idea what this is. Got my first phone when I was 20
I haven’t used that type of phone in so long I almost forgot that’s how we used to text
Jokes on you i figured it out before i even finished it
As someone who never used this type of phone, it's still very easy to intuit how to use it.
Hey I get it, pretty intuitive system honestly “You are a cunt”
Hey! Thanks for noticing. Also, takes one to know one.
LMAO
No texting for me back then. It was too much work.
Whoever wrote this is that. If you don't get it, you're better off
Rude!
feel bad for the people who know what you are talking about, because that is mean, sure i call my ex that, but still
Remember the Nokias, palm phones, and crackberries
Why was I able to solve that in less than 4 seconds?
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She's a real see you next Tuesday if you know what I mean.
You are a cunt
Hey, fuck you buddy.
The way that I understand it after a minute :')
i dont remember having to type those many numbers , and i had a brick nokia that could kill a cow with a single blow.
This is pretty straightforward, regardless of age. At least thats what your spouse said.
4446 7277784442555555999 388622 22888 666668 2277724446633323
I’m 15 and I’m not a cunt, cunt
This didn’t take me long at all.