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[W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was first published in The Mirror on March 5th 1919. It is reproduced here with the assistance of the British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent and Mirrorpix.](https://thenib.com/this-comic-from-1919-imagines-what-it-s-like-to-have-a-phone-in-your-pocket/)

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[–] • 2 pts

People so starved for attention and validation that they can't bear to turn the ringer off and check it on their own schedule.

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I heard some NPC DJ on the radio say that she is often late because she can't leave home unless her phone is 60% charged. The prospect of a dead phone makes her life revolve around a charger. These are the oxygen theives we share the planet with.