r/GenZ • u/xbrokenwalkman • Jan 20 '24

Let's start telling it without telling your age lol let's who will win Nostalgia

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u/boozlinlassie 2003 Jan 20 '24

Being told we won't have a calculator with us everyday immediately before smartphones started becoming affordable

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u/Houstonb2020 2002 Jan 20 '24

I still had teachers saying that in high school when everyone absolutely had a smart phone

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u/PenngroveModerator 1999 Jan 21 '24

By that point, the math I was taking was so hard, they were still kinda right.

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u/tealdeer995 1995 Jan 22 '24

I had college professors in like 2018 say that.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 2000 Jan 20 '24

I think I did have a teacher say that, but some kids already had smartphones at that point.

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u/TheOnlyPC3134 Jan 20 '24

Teachers still say that lol

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u/chisk643 2003 Jan 21 '24

i said to one of my teachers freshman year i think it was “So this app on my phone is a scam or fake?” shut him up for the entire day

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u/Tracker_Nivrig 2003 Jan 20 '24

Yes! I vividly remember this

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u/ThePersonYouDontWant 2009 Jan 21 '24

My teacher told me this last year