this made me think of the fact that the only person that I call and with who I make the exception of not using my airpods and actually hold the phone in my ear is my grandma 🫶 Love the ads that you've been sharing lately, copywriting inspo for sure.
I'll admit, a huge part of the appeal of talking on the phone (any kind of phone) to me is the aesthetics of the gesture - like you said, it just <i>looks</i> better than hunched-over phone addict posture (I'm half convinced this is also why people continue to smoke actual cigarettes - smoke looks beautiful, even if it will eventually kill you).
For me, one of the most appealing ideas about that Lindbergh photograph is the idea that the woman in it could easily have no clue where that phone she's holding is for 12+ hours of her day and be perfectly fine, it serves HER, not the other way around!
yeah it's a bit sad how much we're effectively ruled by algorithms, so much so that even later 00s internet looks cutely organic and retro now, looking at old blogs/forums before twitterspeak took over and everything was flattened into apps, is quite telling.
this made me think of the fact that the only person that I call and with who I make the exception of not using my airpods and actually hold the phone in my ear is my grandma 🫶 Love the ads that you've been sharing lately, copywriting inspo for sure.
grandmas always deserve phone to the ear status!!!! <3
I'll admit, a huge part of the appeal of talking on the phone (any kind of phone) to me is the aesthetics of the gesture - like you said, it just <i>looks</i> better than hunched-over phone addict posture (I'm half convinced this is also why people continue to smoke actual cigarettes - smoke looks beautiful, even if it will eventually kill you).
For me, one of the most appealing ideas about that Lindbergh photograph is the idea that the woman in it could easily have no clue where that phone she's holding is for 12+ hours of her day and be perfectly fine, it serves HER, not the other way around!
This is how everything should be...technology should serve us and I think it is slowly we are serving technology....
yeah it's a bit sad how much we're effectively ruled by algorithms, so much so that even later 00s internet looks cutely organic and retro now, looking at old blogs/forums before twitterspeak took over and everything was flattened into apps, is quite telling.
so true! no one ever phones for a REAL chat any more!
reminds me of this piece about gen z landline users — https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/15/landline-phones-gen-z you’re definitely not alone in wanting that connectivity back in conversation!! wondering if I should get a landline now…
100% team phone call, always!!!