>Zoomers have no idea what this type of book is, or what it is calledAccording to industry estimates, the number of physical paper phone books contracted to be published in the US next year may fall below 25 million. This would be the lowest number since the late-1930's, and the after-effects of the great depression. What are the social and practical effects of losing this kind of 'social technology'? A phone book used to be a kind of portal into a world of local businesses and services you may not have known about, presented without digital 'algorithms' censoring and manipulating and spying upon your 'results.' That is being lost.
To put this into context, the peak of phone book publishing in the US was around 2003 to 2005, when around 650 million volumes were printed per year. This represents more than a 96% reduction from the peak.
Back in my day, we could just dial 411 and get any number for a 1.25-dollar charge.
>>546208330That shit costs money oi oi But yeah phone books have went the way of the dinosaur it seems. Last one I saw locally was like pamphlet tier thin... They used to be bible thickness when I was a kid.
>>546208423I think it might've been 75 cents. It was over 25 years ago.
>>546208227>>546208281Followed the same path as the newspaper. It is what it is
>>546208227bet you couldn't rip it in half with your bare hands.
>>546208457And for some reason you only had a certain number of minutes you could use your cell phone after 6 PM. If you went over, it cost more money and was added to the bill. Or was it before 6? I don't know.
>>546208227The oldest zoomers are 30Yes we know what a yellow book is, you fucking retard.
>>546209327The very oldest zoomers are currently 24. Quick generational chart:>Lost: 1885-1904>WWII: 1905-1924>Silent: 1925 - 1944>Boomers: 1945 - 1964>Gen-X: 1965 - 1981>Millennials: 1982-2001>Gen-Z: 2002-2021>Gen-A/Alpha: 2022-present
>>546209420And how the fuck did you come to that conclusion?
>>546209488This is how things were originally defined. The 2001/2002 split between millennials and zoomers in the US represents 9/11 as a natural fracture point.
>>546209742What?You are one google search away to see you're way off.
>>546208516Calls were free after 6 PM with many carriers because the bandwidth was freed up after 9-5 business hours. Zoomgroids have never dealt with calls not going through due to lines being "busy."
>>546208227>Casually publishing the personal info of ordinary people for communication over a completely unsecured communication channelWere boomers fucking retarded?
>>546208227Ah, the eldritch summoning tome
>>546208227As a gen X it was a shocker to lean Americans have the exact same as we did in my country.Even the logo is the same.I always assumed it was some Dutch thing and other countries would have similar but different books.
>>546210111I would also casually call strangers if I wasn't sure which of the dozens of options my Fren was.>Does Henk live here?>no?>OK, you must be some other De Vries then.>[hang up]
>>546209742>9/11 as a natural fracture point.Why would a bebe care about some office drones dying?You get formed in your teenage years, not from birth.
>>546209964It was 9pm
