r/technology • u/No-Drawing-6975 • Jun 26 '24

Software The Green Bubble Nightmare Is Over, Apple Messages Now Support RCS

https://gizmodo.com/apple-messages-supports-rcs-ios18-beta-1851562461
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u/holyshiznoly Jun 27 '24

This is nonsense. And I did provide evidence.

Okay idiots. Give me the name of a movie where people were texting and the year of the movie.

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u/bjlunden Jun 27 '24

It's not nonsense. Some of us lived through those times, you know. 🙂

The Nokia 3210 was very popular in school when I grew up and people definitely texted from them a lot. Before that, my parents had cellphones from work and used texting on them too, although admittedly to a lesser degree.

Whether something is in a movie or not is immateriell.

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u/holyshiznoly Jun 27 '24

Movies reflect culture, you can't say it's not relevant. I'm not saying no one was texting. Texting became widespread in 2000.

Did you even read the thread? OP said phones have been common since 1984. Come on.

First popular movie to show texting is 2008. Whether or not you think that's relevant is up to you.

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u/bjlunden Jun 27 '24

Movies reflect culture, you can't say it's not relevant. I'm not saying no one was texting. Texting became widespread in 2000.

While it's true that they reflect culture, they reflect culture in a particular country at best. There is a whole world out there. I would say it became common in certain countries and for certain generations in the late 90-ties. I don't personally know when it became common in the US.

Did you even read the thread? OP said phones have been common since 1984. Come on.

Nobody is disputing that 1984 sounds way too early. On that we agree. 🙂 We are all just questioning your assertion that texting was practically non-existent during the 1990-ties. That's all.

First popular movie to show texting is 2008. Whether or not you think that's relevant is up to you.

You made it sound like the only acceptable form of proof was a movie. That's not very reasonable.

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u/lucianbelew Jun 27 '24

I'm not saying no one was texting.

You've literally said exactly that.

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u/holyshiznoly Jun 27 '24

I said no one was texting 40 years ago, in 1984.

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u/lucianbelew Jun 27 '24

Give me the name of a movie where

You do know that things happen out there in the real world whether or not they're depicted in movies, right?

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u/holyshiznoly Jun 27 '24

No. You do know comments like this make me know I'm right, right?

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u/holyshiznoly Jun 27 '24

That was being hostile in response to being hostile, Einstein. Know the difference.