Feb 23, 2020 11:48 PM
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Cowfister
I still use one for my landline. Mounted on the wall and loud enough to piss off the dead.
SergeantTerryJeffords
Wait... people don't know how to use things they weren't taught how to use?!!?1!? OMG
StupidIdeaMaschine
Remember the major of Zion talking to Neo about the gates to Zion?
Lulabel73
I hated using these phones. I’d always forget where I was and have to start again.
Ilasiak
I'm 20 and I know how use one of these... Guessing they only post the ones who don't know how to dial a phone.
youreathing
X'r here. This isn't an example of "Ha ha dumb kids!" I wouldn't expect them to know how to do it instantly. I liked seeing them work it out
joemac65
Found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
grayseed
rookie23
Which Saw movies was this in?
linearcore
The one set in 1975.
BayazTheBenevolent
Boomer humor right here.
blindpiggy
https://youtu.be/1OADXNGnJok sauce
Syr43L
upvoted for visibility
Becker37
I'm so old..
downsouthfarm
I'll take videos that end too soon for 100.
Maldraek
They figured out some things remarkably quickly.
TheJomsborgViking
Ah the ol rotary phone. It's not that hard folks. these dudes were almost in the right track
AntikytheraMechanism31415
My first model was pulse dial like the rotary dial phones. Now i think about how simple it was i am amazed at how much trouble it was.
AGiantSlor
Hey dad, here's a knife. You have four minutes to amputate a soldier's leg on the field during the Civil War.
ObsLamprey
Ah yes because everyone could amputate a leg with a knife in 4 minutes during the Civil War.
MrStealYogurt
Can do. You have four minutes to get me a time machine, or dress up as a wounded civil war soldier
I feel like there's a vast gulf between the skill levels of these two things. Though, I never tried to dial a rotary phone.
TheAbominableToastMan
Wtf? Is a rotary phone. Calm your tits
TorquemadaJones
My brother something similar to his 11yo daughter. We all laughed and laughed, then she cried, and we all felt like assholes
tamadamson86360
When you dont know you dont know
billiam27
Zeuski
I've never seen one of these irl, but could use one because of Daffy duck.
lovelygoatmilk
They should have used their phones to Google it
That might've been against the rules of the challenge
megatots
Its as if things change over time and between generations!
ArmathyAndTheUnfinishedBusiness
They never even figured out that you have to lift the receiver first
mfb0
Not sure if they were the same guys, but I have seen a video where they realized that after a while.
jeffonroadtrip10
My buddies daughter when 10, was trying to put a cassette tape into a car stereo. "Daddy, how do I put in the square thing that doesn't fit"
pauljs75
Boss move would be to dial a number by quickly tapping the switch hook.
Chloenflake
Haha get it? they weren't alive when rotary phones were a common household items so I guess let's laugh at them because they are youths!...
areallycreativeusername
You're getting downvoted but you're right. If the parents had to send a telegram in Morse code they probably couldn't
GunGunTrio
You seem to be taking this personal. If it really is bothering you that much just remember these kids had fun with it too.
DayGloOrangeFrisbee
Hahahah the pick up and hang up to reset.. brilliant
wadatahmydamie
Kinda, yeah. When faced with the unfamiliar, you test things to see what works.
Silas007
So did they succeed? #gifsthatendtooearly
BklynPunisher
Well, they did suck!
bruudwin
https://youtu.be/1OADXNGnJok sauce thanks to imgur user Blindpiggy
Thanks. Still cut off too soon tho. I have no idea if they figured it out or what would have been the correct way. :D
Ticklemenips
Having the phone off the hook would be a good way to start
quantumofjoshua
Is everything alright Miss Clairage?
MadHakon
I remember using them as a kid but even I spaced out there not realizing that obviously that was the biggest mistake
CitizenClam
1 beep for yes, 2 beeps for double yes
TlalocTemporal
Replacing the hook to reset is good though.
Pyroboy85
dangerousDoc
...really? REALLY? Rotary dials were gone when I was a toddler but I knew how to use one.
PandAnomoly
these have been gone for a while, but old popular movies are how I know how to use one. If these kids never saw any of those movies, whatevs
malakim
A lot of baby toys still come with rotary dials....
Drfilip
For what reason did this comment get downvoted? There are 3 things there: 1fact, 2justification, 3pragmatism. None of these are offensive.
1 They have been gone for a while. 2 I know because of watching movies. 3 People are not expected to have learned that thing, no big deal.
Meh, it's the internet. People don't like logic sometimes.
Cowfister
I still use one for my landline. Mounted on the wall and loud enough to piss off the dead.
SergeantTerryJeffords
Wait... people don't know how to use things they weren't taught how to use?!!?1!? OMG
StupidIdeaMaschine
Remember the major of Zion talking to Neo about the gates to Zion?
Lulabel73
I hated using these phones. I’d always forget where I was and have to start again.
Ilasiak
I'm 20 and I know how use one of these... Guessing they only post the ones who don't know how to dial a phone.
youreathing
X'r here. This isn't an example of "Ha ha dumb kids!" I wouldn't expect them to know how to do it instantly. I liked seeing them work it out
joemac65
Found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
grayseed
rookie23
Which Saw movies was this in?
linearcore
The one set in 1975.
BayazTheBenevolent
Boomer humor right here.
blindpiggy
https://youtu.be/1OADXNGnJok sauce
Syr43L
upvoted for visibility
Becker37
I'm so old..
downsouthfarm
I'll take videos that end too soon for 100.
Maldraek
They figured out some things remarkably quickly.
TheJomsborgViking
Ah the ol rotary phone. It's not that hard folks. these dudes were almost in the right track
AntikytheraMechanism31415
My first model was pulse dial like the rotary dial phones. Now i think about how simple it was i am amazed at how much trouble it was.
AGiantSlor
Hey dad, here's a knife. You have four minutes to amputate a soldier's leg on the field during the Civil War.
ObsLamprey
Ah yes because everyone could amputate a leg with a knife in 4 minutes during the Civil War.
MrStealYogurt
Can do. You have four minutes to get me a time machine, or dress up as a wounded civil war soldier
linearcore
I feel like there's a vast gulf between the skill levels of these two things. Though, I never tried to dial a rotary phone.
TheAbominableToastMan
Wtf? Is a rotary phone. Calm your tits
TorquemadaJones
My brother something similar to his 11yo daughter. We all laughed and laughed, then she cried, and we all felt like assholes
tamadamson86360
When you dont know you dont know
billiam27
Zeuski
I've never seen one of these irl, but could use one because of Daffy duck.
lovelygoatmilk
They should have used their phones to Google it
TheJomsborgViking
That might've been against the rules of the challenge
megatots
Its as if things change over time and between generations!
ArmathyAndTheUnfinishedBusiness
They never even figured out that you have to lift the receiver first
mfb0
Not sure if they were the same guys, but I have seen a video where they realized that after a while.
jeffonroadtrip10
My buddies daughter when 10, was trying to put a cassette tape into a car stereo. "Daddy, how do I put in the square thing that doesn't fit"
pauljs75
Boss move would be to dial a number by quickly tapping the switch hook.
Chloenflake
Haha get it? they weren't alive when rotary phones were a common household items so I guess let's laugh at them because they are youths!...
areallycreativeusername
You're getting downvoted but you're right. If the parents had to send a telegram in Morse code they probably couldn't
GunGunTrio
You seem to be taking this personal. If it really is bothering you that much just remember these kids had fun with it too.
DayGloOrangeFrisbee
Hahahah the pick up and hang up to reset.. brilliant
wadatahmydamie
Kinda, yeah. When faced with the unfamiliar, you test things to see what works.
Silas007
So did they succeed? #gifsthatendtooearly
BklynPunisher
Well, they did suck!
bruudwin
https://youtu.be/1OADXNGnJok sauce thanks to imgur user Blindpiggy
Silas007
Thanks. Still cut off too soon tho. I have no idea if they figured it out or what would have been the correct way. :D
Ticklemenips
Having the phone off the hook would be a good way to start
quantumofjoshua
Is everything alright Miss Clairage?
MadHakon
I remember using them as a kid but even I spaced out there not realizing that obviously that was the biggest mistake
CitizenClam
1 beep for yes, 2 beeps for double yes
TlalocTemporal
Replacing the hook to reset is good though.
Pyroboy85
dangerousDoc
...really? REALLY? Rotary dials were gone when I was a toddler but I knew how to use one.
PandAnomoly
these have been gone for a while, but old popular movies are how I know how to use one. If these kids never saw any of those movies, whatevs
malakim
A lot of baby toys still come with rotary dials....
Drfilip
For what reason did this comment get downvoted? There are 3 things there: 1fact, 2justification, 3pragmatism. None of these are offensive.
Drfilip
1 They have been gone for a while. 2 I know because of watching movies. 3 People are not expected to have learned that thing, no big deal.
PandAnomoly
Meh, it's the internet. People don't like logic sometimes.