This 1920s vision of the horror of ‘pocket telephones’ is uncannily accurate
This 1920s prediction of what would happen if anyone ever invented a pocket telephone is so on the money it’s uncanny.
A 1920s prediction of the horror and inconvenience that would occur if anyone ever invented a pocket telephone… pic.twitter.com/RrqhGRVUhl
— Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) January 31, 2018
Brilliant.
"The latest modern horror" couldn't have put it better myself.
— Ben Pearce (@benpearce) January 31, 2018
Someone would have invented biplane mode sooner or later.
— brx0 🍾🎉❅❄️❆❄️❄︎🍾🎉 (@brx0) January 31, 2018
Weren’t wrong in my book…..just need one of blindly walking into a lamp post….
— Gregory Johnson (@freexerjin) January 31, 2018
Calling it my pocket telephone from now on. Replacing previous appellation of ‘cellophone’ borrowed from a toddler acquaintance.
— Sara O'Leary (@saraoleary) February 1, 2018
Black mirror 20's edition.
— Ivan Casas (@casasvil) February 1, 2018
And in case you’re wondering where it’s from.
Hi there Evan, you can find it in the works of W.K. Haselden. He was a cartoonist for the Daily Mirror newspaper, but this appears in his annual "Reflections" collections.
— Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) February 1, 2018
Some people weren’t impressed though.
Did the Roaring Twenties not understand the concept of the "off" switch?
— Richard Blyth (@RichardBlyth7) January 31, 2018
Have you ever seen an analogue phone with an off switch? 😂
— SeekTruthFromFacts (@seektruthfromfx) January 31, 2018