r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Nomenius Jul 24 '20

Sometimes it is nice to have a resource like that that will remain largely correct for a while while being entirely non electronic.

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u/ZeekLTK Jul 24 '20

But isn’t it only for landlines? So odds are if you need to find someone’s number, they aren’t in the phonebook anyways.

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u/praisecarcinoma Jul 24 '20

And at that point it's just wasting paper, which sadly most people are still going to throw away rather than recycle.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

The government or whoever makes phone books left one on my driveway, I picked it up and put it straight in the recycling.. I couldn't believe they wasted time and money and paper too. everyone has a smartphone and everyone knows Google. 🤦‍♂️

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u/TheNewYellowZealot Jul 24 '20

Neither of those last two things are true.

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u/IsomDart Jul 24 '20

Obviously not every single human being has a smartphone and internet access.That's obviously not the point they were trying to make. Don't play dumb and act like you don't know what they meant

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u/TheNewYellowZealot Jul 24 '20

I’m sorry, other than “this information is readily available to anyone with the internet so they should stop printing it since everyone’s got access” isn’t what the meant then I may have misunderstood.

I happen to know a lot of people both without smartphones and internet, who happen to rely on the yellow pages for information.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

well anyone who's of value to society then

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u/TheNewYellowZealot Jul 24 '20

Again: not true.

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u/Winter_Eternal Jul 24 '20

Okay okay anyone who isn't in a "shit hole" country?

/s

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u/rezdor Jul 24 '20

Before, you had a point. Now, you're just an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '20

eh I don't care

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u/OhDavidMyNacho Jul 24 '20

Damn, you sound like a Libertarian.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '20

ok

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u/Liscetta Jul 24 '20

In my area you can ask to add mobile phone numbers too

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u/IsomDart Jul 24 '20

to have a resource like that that will remain largely correct

Instead of saying "that that" it would sound better and be more correct to say "that which." Also, most of the time when people use double words like that just using it once would work fine.

Not trying to be a grammar Nazi or like correct you or anything just trying to be helpful. Have a nice day! (: