8 mo. ago • 97%

Only 90s kids would know this

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Kids nowadays honestly have no idea how much work it was to get a photo then compared to now. We had to go out, buy a roll of film with like 24 photos on it, take the photos without having a clue what they looked like, and knowing we only had a limited amount, then we mailed them off and waited like a week for them to come back. If someone was blinking or your dumbass kid (me) was pulling a stupid face then you were stuck with it.

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- The flashes were also limited use, and even more expensive than the film.
  
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  Wow, I feel like we go back further in time with every comment
  
  My dad had magnesium flash bulbs, but by the time I had a camera they were all electric flashes. It was still film that needed to be developed, but at least there weren't bulbs you had to replace
  
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- Oh, and you forgot the next steps if you wanted it on your computer: Find some one with a scanner and copy it to a floppy disk or wait 10-20 minutes to email it.
  
  Digital cameras were a revelation! They removed those stepsSHIT I FORGOT THE DAMN PROPRIETARY DATA TRANSFER CABLE!
  
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  That's why you get one that can take a floppy disk.
  
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  Remember photo cds?
  
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- It never even occurred to me that people may have had to mail them. I live in a fairly small town, and even we had a 24hr photo shop.
  
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"Please insert .50 to continue the call."

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- in my childhood it was only $0.10.
  
  something something pepperidge farm
  
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- [silence]
  
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  [beeping noises] "Please insert .50 to continue the call."
  
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I'm putting way to much thought in this, but I am seeing a payphone and no camera, but I'm also seeing an anatomically correct hand and a properly mirrored Champion logo.

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- Don't think too hard. Just enjoy this smug motherfucker KNOWING he has the shot and the joke.
  
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- Ha if you’re hinting at AI this is an elder millennial meme that’s been around for a while.
  
  As an elder millennial myself though, gotta love it. Assuming phones are a thing when my kids are older will def bust this out in 5-10yrs
  
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- The smartphone /w camera is in their right hand, being blocked from view by the white frame of the mirror.
  
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  Hell this meme is old enough that they probably used a point and shoot to take the photo instead of a smart phone.
  
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- Yeah, I'm just appreciating the artistry in setting up a shot like this for a domb visual gag. This would have taken actual effort, bravo
  
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- Smartphone in his right Hand. Thats why the angle is a bit of.
  
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- could also be a picture of them behind a mirror frame being photographed by someone else. photo was mirrored in post-processing.
  
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Sent by 1-800-Collect

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- Bobwehadababyitsaboy
  
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- "This is a collect call from 'HiMomBandPracticeIsOverCanYouPickMeUp' Do you accept the charges?"
  
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- That's C-O-L-L-E-C-T
  
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Actually I was pretty lucky because we had a cordless phone for our selfies

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Ah, practising your payphone game in the mirror. Those were the days.

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