• Mothra
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never been to the UK. Is this real? No more red phone booths???

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      1 year ago

      Some still survive but mostly just for tourists to take a picture next to. Hardly any of those left, even the “modern” ones, actually have a working phone.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, why would you spend money clearing out trash, piss, and shit from them when everyone has mobile phones.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      They do exist in some towns, but they stopped making new ones a long time ago. They are expensive to maintain. No one uses payphones anymore so new ones aren’t being built anyway.