The most outdated tech in music, from Britney's emails to Pulp's 'Ansaphone'

[likeanunmadebed]

Sticking tech references in a song is a dangerous game. Just ask these artists, whose once-cutting-edge lyrics have aged about as well as an MSN status https://t.co/3UjYqAlmZh
- NME (@NME) March 24, 2021
Kelly Rowland's Excel-as-a-text-message impact

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[mommyanorexia]

[gillenvillain]

I fucking CACKLED at this

(while knowing I have these somewhere in my house collecting dust in a cardboard box)

[itsme_eloise]

on the one hand this makes me feel like a wrinkled old soul. on the other hand, I love living in an age with such phenomenal advancement in tech in a time span that's not even my whole lifetime! like going from the Kitty Hawk to the space in less than a lifetime. we're on our way to "yOu WoUlDn'T dOwNlOaD a CaR" to "watch me 3D print a car that drives itself."

[sleepofplagues]

Ahaha that reminds me in computer class we had to learn to save documents lmaoooo

[ext_2796703]

I was walking through Target today and saw a whole section for Tracfone minutes. Do people still buy that stuff? I had no idea.

Also if you’re the OP of the Frankie Jonas thread, you closed it for comments.

[likeanunmadebed]

I realized, sorry! It's now open for comments.

[sleepofplagues]

Yes. I used tracfone for my old iPhone for three years. I think they use the same towers as Verizon or some big company? No contract so they don’t report your late payments. It’s affordable way of having a cell phone so don’t hate lol

[xmas_n_hollis]

Metro & Cricket work the same way!

[__nocturna]

i think they just alerted you that someone was trying to reach you? so you would know to get to a phone and call them???

[gillenvillain]

Caller ID vibrator (if you shoved that down your front pants pocket, cuz you didn't have a belt to hook it to)

[ahkna]

Pagers were created in the 50s and 60s for doctors. Someone calls the pager, the doctor sees it's a call from the hospital, comes in.

Would my faves do that?

[zibbydoo324]

[Spoiler (click to open)]

[stewie_e]

Man, whatever - lemme listen to my outdated hitclips in peace.

[bsfan]

I found my in an drawer a few years ago and it still works.

Also the clip of Oops!...I Did It Again was a lot longer than I thought it would be.

[beysactingcoach]

I was absolutely obsessed with Hit Clips - paying to listen to a partial song! iTunes could never Amazing!

Our little asses was getting scammed

[madamezuzu]

omggggggg. i used to just play with them in target because my mother refused to buy me one. smart on her. lol.