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mexicangrizzlyappreciation · 1 year ago

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Image description: a tweet from @xxl XXL magazine reading " which song comes to mind when you see this pic?" Attached is a picture of small-medium PC speakers. The reply from @TheTallBianca reads "unknown artist- Track 01.WMA"

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This sound is most associated with GSM/2G phones. Here's a clip for those that don't know this sound.

And a brief explanation

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You can also search YouTube for the sounds later cell phones make its all pretty interesting.

#i had a 2g phone circa 2010-2011 #the mother of the person i was dating at the time was like “but its so OLD” when she found out #she worked with a cell company and so probably spent most of her time with 3g and early 4g stuff #i was just like its fine i just wish i had a keyboard so i could text faster lol #i had a nokia brick with just the numpad tough but pretty slow #it had a camera tho! and a color screen! and maybe even an internet browser! i dont remember at this point #this addition was entirely unnecessarybut i spent thw last hour listening to interference #and reading about cell networks #and realized that people younger than me in areas where 2g has shut down might never have heard this #also our speakers were square and branded gateway 2000 #as was our keyboard and computer and even the monitor irrc #only the speakers are still around and in use #so these curvier speakers i see people referencing as a childhood memory are completely foreign to me lol #ill make a version of this with just the ID #image description #image described #Youtube

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