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WATCH: Kids React to Old Technology

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If you think knowing how to use a dial phone is no big deal, just take a look at this video. Then consider all the other devices we’ve learned how to use over the past few decades…

If you need a reminder, visit the Museum of Obsolete Objects.

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2 responses to “WATCH: Kids React to Old Technology”

  1. The first time my kids tried a rotary phone they couldn’t imagine waiting for the dial to return so they could dial the next number. In fact, they couldn’t quite get 8,9,0 to go all the way around smoothly! They are far too impatient for a rotary phone.

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