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> ...I was in high school and before buying one it was very stressful knowing there might be emails I really need to respond to asap that's an interesting anec
by workthrowaway 7y ago
> ...I was in high school and before buying one it was very stressful knowing there might be emails I really need to respond to asap
that's an interesting anecdote. it was the opposite experience for me. friends and i had yahoo and hotmail emails back then but no one cared about sending emails or replying to them.
yahoo messenger and msn messenger were the reason those were created. i can't recall anyone stressing about it because the person you'd be messaging was with you most of the time...
- tapland 7y agoIt's because I wasn't using technology solely to communicate with real life friends, but moderating various forums and running my modchip business. Of course someone who doesn't use a near-instant messaging service and knows that messages can't arrive anyway wouldn't stress about having it available.