Yes, you explained your personal and local experience and it works for you. It’s hilarious that a stable phone network with a private/public partnership to maintain access in one country is not unerstood by those in countries who have only recently set up any kind of “stable” way of contacting their people.
We used postal for all federal contact for decades. It’s really narrow understanding of people.
The Internet, in my opinion, is the push and pull between the weird fascination to find out when you think people outside the US started using telephones and the knowledge that digging further will not lead to anything useful or constructive.
And yet I’m writing this. Now, THAT is the internet for you.
I am reminded of when, back in school, I considered an exchange year in the US. Exchange agencies hosted a bunch of info/prep events for potential exchangees, often with former participants sharing their experiences.
Probably the most unsettling piece of advice was to expect seemingly absurd questions from students there. Examples we were given included whether we have fridges here, or electricity in general, or if Hitler’s still around. (To clarify, this was late 2000s, I’m from Central Europe - hence Hitler - and those students would’ve been about 16.)
I also learned that “American History” is a complete, stand-alone high school subject and, from what I understood, isn’t necessarily backed up by a “General History”-type class, so that made the idea of internet-era teens asking such things somewhat more conceivable.
Going on that, I really hope you get an answer on the phone question. On the off chance that they are not just trolling, that would be some fascinating insight.
Also, obligatory-but-involuntary WhatsApp sucks so much!
Yes, you explained your personal and local experience and it works for you. It’s hilarious that a stable phone network with a private/public partnership to maintain access in one country is not unerstood by those in countries who have only recently set up any kind of “stable” way of contacting their people.
We used postal for all federal contact for decades. It’s really narrow understanding of people.
But yeah that’s the internet for you.
The Internet, in my opinion, is the push and pull between the weird fascination to find out when you think people outside the US started using telephones and the knowledge that digging further will not lead to anything useful or constructive.
And yet I’m writing this. Now, THAT is the internet for you.
I am reminded of when, back in school, I considered an exchange year in the US. Exchange agencies hosted a bunch of info/prep events for potential exchangees, often with former participants sharing their experiences. Probably the most unsettling piece of advice was to expect seemingly absurd questions from students there. Examples we were given included whether we have fridges here, or electricity in general, or if Hitler’s still around. (To clarify, this was late 2000s, I’m from Central Europe - hence Hitler - and those students would’ve been about 16.) I also learned that “American History” is a complete, stand-alone high school subject and, from what I understood, isn’t necessarily backed up by a “General History”-type class, so that made the idea of internet-era teens asking such things somewhat more conceivable.
Going on that, I really hope you get an answer on the phone question. On the off chance that they are not just trolling, that would be some fascinating insight.
Also, obligatory-but-involuntary WhatsApp sucks so much!