30 years before parents and lawmakers sought to save youth from smartphones via age limits and bans in schools, a similar conversation took place about a pre-cursor to the cellphone: pagers Through the 1980s pagers became increasingly popular with teens, and also:
"it certainly serves as stronger evidence against the idea of mobile messaging increasing drug access." - who needs access to substance anyway when the device in your hand makes you just as high?
The kid with the beeper is how we knew weed was ready for pickup right after school. I was in a small town and don't remember them being a big issue at my school; graduated in 1994, the apparent height of beepergeddon.
Slightly ahead of my time, but I remember hearing about beepers everywhere when I was a kid. I think it was more of a big city thing though. Where grew up (outskirts of San Antonio) nobody had them.
Pager was only way to move product... eventually they were sophisticated enough that a message could tell you where the "heat" was coming from and one could vacate a corner on time. Not all pagers were used for dealing, but all dealers used them. Trust me!
Used one with husband while pregnant …. It was the only way to notify him I was in labor…he coached High School sports…it saved my life….Funny article but true. And now look at society. A phone in each hand…
I have fond memories of mine although others did seem to lean towards thinking I was a drug dealer, as a result!
"it certainly serves as stronger evidence against the idea of mobile messaging increasing drug access." - who needs access to substance anyway when the device in your hand makes you just as high?
The kid with the beeper is how we knew weed was ready for pickup right after school. I was in a small town and don't remember them being a big issue at my school; graduated in 1994, the apparent height of beepergeddon.
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Slightly ahead of my time, but I remember hearing about beepers everywhere when I was a kid. I think it was more of a big city thing though. Where grew up (outskirts of San Antonio) nobody had them.
Pager was only way to move product... eventually they were sophisticated enough that a message could tell you where the "heat" was coming from and one could vacate a corner on time. Not all pagers were used for dealing, but all dealers used them. Trust me!
Used one with husband while pregnant …. It was the only way to notify him I was in labor…he coached High School sports…it saved my life….Funny article but true. And now look at society. A phone in each hand…
From that age… thx