Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

  • Carighan Maconar
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    58 months ago

    How would that even register with people from 1923? What is a … “tracking device”? Or an “entertainment device”?

    • @optissima@possumpat.io
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      88 months ago

      Its 1923 and the phonograph has been around for 45 years, and local radio has been around for 3 in some areas, so I think they would know what an entertainment device is. A tracking device, like a radio that tells people where you are without your input. These idea would not go over the heads of any citygoer, though you would struggle with any back country folks.

    • @hackris@lemmy.ml
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      38 months ago

      I agree I should have phrased that better. Something like a “secret agent following you wherever you go” maybe?