Young X User Asks If Pay Phones 'Actually Existed' Or Are Just In Movies—And The Responses Are Epic

sorry if this is a silly question, but i've only seen pay phones in movies. did pay phones actually exist everywhere irl or is it used to create drama in films? why aren't there any?

— (@)

these are pay phones btw

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix You went to Harvard?

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix You know the answer to this you\xe2\x80\x99re just twisting the knife into our old backs right now because you know they hurt already

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix you know you can just google this \xf0\x9f\x98\x82

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix Lol don\xe2\x80\x99t worry about the hateful replies, always ask questions. \n\nYes. We even had them at our schools so we could call for rides or forgotten stuff our parents needed to get to us.

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix Yep growing up we had payphones everywhere sometimes two or three beside each other. One day they were here the next the were gone with no sign they ever existed. I\xe2\x80\x99m only 35.

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix When I was in college we would drive downtown with nothing but lipgloss and some cash. \n\nIf anything happened we called from pay phones because we memorized EVERY phone number for friends and family.\n\nCell phones existed we just \xe2\x80\xa6 left them in our dorms.\n\nMagical times.

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix @itstylersays Never stop asking questions. The advancement of tech has been exponential. I'm 72, and even I have forgotten some things that used to be around. Good memories.

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix Using a pay phone was usually something you were forced to do in a pinch. So, the quarter. Ma\xe2\x80\x99am, do you have a quarter? Or you asked an operator to call collect. These were exciting/frightening moments, and I still have nightmares where I don\xe2\x80\x99t have the quarter or I can\xe2\x80\x99t dial\xe2\x80\xa6

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix My favorite memory of payphones is checking the coin return whenever I passed one as a little kid. They made a really satisfying \xe2\x80\x9cclank\xe2\x80\x9d which is good because I never found a penny.

— (@)

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix Here\xe2\x80\x99s a pay phone in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix From Montreal yesterday!

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix @natallman Some left in U.K. too! Here is a nice working example in Leicester. This one has a \xe2\x80\x98handkerchief dome\xe2\x80\x99 roof, inspired by the work of the architect Sir John Soane (1753-1837). https://t.co/NaNtmhfcz5

— (@)

@AkanaPhenix In the 50s, people had contests to see how many could fit in a phone booth. Good times. \xf0\x9f\x98\x8ahttps://t.co/d9n0H03KjB

— (@)