• skulblaka@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I was in middle school in 2005 and had basically no friends largely because I had no phone to text with.

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      1 year ago

      SAME. We had no texting plan because the phone companies charged per-text at the time.

      That’s when I learned about the email gateways for all the major carriers so at least I could “text” when I was at home via email.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t figure out that particular trick until pretty late, unfortunately, but it did serve me VERY well during high school.