It gets to the point where you even learned the order of suggested word list. 73647 ->three down. The travisty when you used a word ever so more often and the order would change suddenly.

Because it’s just a stupid joke, following a trope.

Arguably they were better at typing on blindly than your average software keyboard nowadays, especially with T9.

I used to text with my phone in my pocket riding my bike no handlebars. Where has the time gone...

I still know the numpad layout by heart, 20 years after having such a phone.

and before the advent of swiping it also was a hell of a lot faster than any other input method for people who used it a lot, outside of the blackberry keyboards which were pretty awesome.

Pocket messaging was actually quite useful. Especially in the winter.

and i don't get why it has to be gay marriage anyway? the post indicates nothing about the gender of either person.

In the text, it says that they're still happily married ">20 years later". That's why they came up with 2004, because 2024-20=2004, not because they thought the first "04" was the year...

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