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Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’ (nypost.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454

• Gen Z's nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z's love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The article doesn't offer a single statistic suggesting there is a resurgence of landlines, much less that Gen Z folks are responsible for it. It's basically just a fiction piece.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are you accusing the New York Post of not being hard-hitting journalism?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know why I'm surprised. I guess I just assumed there would be some link to reality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Dare I say, this news is falsified?