cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1708144

On March 5, 1919, cartoonist W.K. Haselden published a comic in the British newspaper The Mirror, illustrating what the world would be like if telephones were portable.

  • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    They didn’t realize that new generation would never straight up answer a call anyway

    • Troy@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Mite is slang for something very small. It’s the name of a very very tiny insect. So it is probably being used here as a term of endearment.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s a bit of English slang that fell out of use decades back. It’s an endearing way if refering to a small child. It fits perfectly with the age of the comic.

    • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is a pocket telephone, not a pocket computer, which is what we actually have now.

      These problems were why the vibration feature was introduced.

      I remember being a tween watching Regis & Kathy Lee at my Grandma’s and they were talking about a “vibrating cell phone,” and Regis was all like, “now what could you possibly need it to vibrate for?? 😳”