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[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 20 points 3 months ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

It’s like manual DNS for phone numbers.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Before the internet there were phonebooks for your city and/or region which listed household and business phone numbers among other info. This is where the term "yellow pages" came from which was the section for businesses categorized by type of business ("crime fighting" here) .

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

You've never seen a phone book?

[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 36 points 3 months ago

Yes I have, just trolling the other Millenials.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

We're millennials. We don't have lawns.

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

That's a relief lol

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It's an adjustably thick paper construct used for leveling uneven furniture.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I think it's another name for those folding smartphones. They kind of look like books.

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