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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

slaps roof

You won't believe how many freshmen you can fit in this baby

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You just gave me flashbacks to portapotties in high school. I think we managed to fit like 30 people in a single one

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Time travelers convention

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Bring back payphones pls I don't want the smartphone panopticon anymore

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nieminen 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I think Metallica made a song about these...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They could of been turned into affordable housing. You just need to curl up into a ball

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like one could get some money for these.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would buy one of these

[–] whotookkarl 4 points 1 month ago

I hear sometimes, late on cold moonless nights, you can hear an operator asking for more money to continue the call

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

In oslo the old payphone booths got turned into tiny unstaffed libraries, which I think is neat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] mx_smith 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This was taken just last week in Toronto. The last of the survivors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There's an old Korean poem that goes (rough translation):

"Love is when you walk by a phone and wonder what she's up to"

[–] toynbee 3 points 1 month ago

Here I always thought the saying was "well, well, well."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] sudo42 2 points 1 month ago

With all the phone booths taken away, where is Superman supposed to change now?