Current Events > 9 year old child invents "landline telephone device" in 2023

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/9-old-accidentally-describes-landline-194727229.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

For most millennials, its easy to forget how different their childhoods were from kids who are just now coming of age. Kids today will never understand the struggle of dial-up internet or the thrill of having a Blockbuster within walking distance. And, apparently, the concept of a landline phone has almost never occurred to them.

However, one woman on TikTok says landlines may be ripe for a comeback after one of the kids she nannies for described the idea to her as if it had never been done before.

Stephanie Rae nannies for three young kids, ages 6, 9, and 12, and her afternoons are often spent shuttling them from one activity to the next. Their schedules dont always mesh well, which is why she recently found herself rushing the 6-year-old to a birthday party and barely making it in time to drop the 9-year-old off at gymnastics.

Traffic was crazy, and I was running late, she explained, before saying that she tried calling the 9-year-old on her iPad to get in touch, but the girl didnt have it with her.
Next, she tried the 12-year-old, who just got his own phone, and told him to let his sister know she was on her way.

By the time she got back to the house to pick her up, the 9-year-old couldnt wait to share the lightbulb moment she just had.

She was like, They need to come up with like a phone thats for the whole family that stays in the house, so if you need any person in the house, you can call that phone,' Rae relayed. Like, its not just that one persons number its like the whole family.

Not missing a beat, Rae told the little girl that that was an amazing idea.

But do you know how were always like losing the remote and stuff? she asked. For this phone, lets attach it to a chord, maybe like stick it on the wall, so that if theres an emergency, we can always find it. It cant leave the house, and its for the whole family.
In other words, she was describing an old-school landline to a T.

So, were not techie people. We dont know how to invent things, Rae continued. But if youre a developer of stuff, reach out, cause we think its an awesome idea and maybe a moneymaker.

More than 2.4 million people have watched the video since it posted. But apparently, not everyone picked up on the fact that Rae was in on the joke and was just being satirical.
whos gonna tell her??? one person asked in the comments.

Tell me you were born after 2000 without telling me, someone else added.
IS THIS A JOKE, another person begged.

There were even a bunch of stitches that followed in which elder Millennials reacted painfully to what they thought was Raes naivete.

Others quickly caught on and even joined in on the ruse.

Lets take this a step further, one commenter said, There needs to be a way for the person calling to leave important info if no one answers.

What about if youre out & your cell phone dies? someone else asked. They should a have phone in public places that you can put money in & make a call.

Obviously you should be on shark tank to capitalize on this idea, one commenter offered. name suggestion Landline.

But most of all, the story had a lot of millennials cry-laughing and feeling rather elderly.
SCREAMING, wrote one person, who was clearly amused.

i feel both offended and incredibly old, another admitted.

When I was 20 someone in their 60s said to me, if you live long enough, anything old will become new again,' another TikToker shared. And I HATE that I now understand.

That's the longest article about a tik tok video I've ever seen.

It''s kind of bewildering how this idea, even if made in jest, doesn't sound that crazy afterall.

A_Good_Boy posted...

That's the longest article about a tik tok video I've ever seen.

The original version I saw had so many clutter bullshits in it that I was like "no..." but I looked for it later to see if I could find a shorter article tbh, but yeah I get your point

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/1/AAam6dAAEPmX.jpg

im not paying for a landline again lol

Inventor swag

Well, at least he didn't invent the phones where you had to climb the pole to use.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/3/AABhrNAAEPmt.jpg