{"id":13341,"date":"2024-02-15T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/i-love-to-twirl-the-cord-the-young-people-pushing-for-a-landline-renaissance\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:38:23","slug":"i-love-to-twirl-the-cord-the-young-people-pushing-for-a-landline-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/i-love-to-twirl-the-cord-the-young-people-pushing-for-a-landline-renaissance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I love to twirl the cord\u2019: the young people pushing for a landline renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corded phones are hard to find these days. But for some gen z diehards, they offer nostalgia and real connection<\/p>\n

Landlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, they\u2019ve gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes, and the humble printer<\/a>. On TikTok, parents film their children holding wall phones<\/a> like archival pieces, unsure of how to place a call. Payphones are long gone, too. But not everyone\u2019s ready to hang up the curly-corded receiver.<\/p>\n

Nicole Randone, a 24-year-old from Westchester, New York, takes calls from her bedroom using a purple Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-branded landline first sold in 2003, when she was three years old. \u201cOne of my first memories is the tan landline that my parents had mounted to the kitchen wall,\u201d Randone said. \u201cI always fantasized about the day I\u2019d have one in my own room.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nCorded phones are hard to find these days. But for some gen z diehards, they offer nostalgia and real connection
\nLandlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, they\u2019ve gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes, and the humble printer. On TikTok, parents film their children holding wall phones like archival pieces, unsure of how to place a call. Payphones are long gone, too. But not everyone\u2019s ready to hang up the curly-corded receiver.
\nNicole Randone, a 24-year-old from Westchester, New York, takes calls from her bedroom using a purple Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-branded landline first sold in 2003, when she was three years old. \u201cOne of my first memories is the tan landline that my parents had mounted to the kitchen wall,\u201d Randone said. \u201cI always fantasized about the day I\u2019d have one in my own room.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corded phones are hard to find these days. But for some gen z diehards, they offer nostalgia and real connection Landlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, they\u2019ve gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes, and the humble printer. On TikTok, parents film their children holding wall phones like archival pieces, unsure of how …<\/p>\n

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