#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar

Comic Transcripts

[[A man in a top hat appears dismayed.]]
Technology Critic: Technology has made everything so COLD! We’ve become disconnected!
Technology Critic: Click, click, beep, beep, whatever you want, instant gratification!

[[Another man in a suit responds.]]
Inventor: Yes! EXACTLY! Nothing has a SOUL anymore! Nothing requires skill or art to operate!
Inventor: I’ve been developing a new phone just for good old-fashioned folks like us.

Inventor: It’s digital, but for the fully vintage effect, its GPS sensors only let it work when it’s near a telephone pole. And it automatically drops calls in bad weather.
Inventor: You can jiggle the accelerometer to introduce static… in fact, you have to hold it just right in order to complete an entire call.

[[The inventor points to the phone, highlighting various features.]]
Inventor: To turn it on, you have to turn a little knob and wait a few minutes for it to warm up. Once you hear the throaty rumble, you know it’s operational.
Inventor: If it senses that it’s below freezing outside, it makes you pour salt into a little hole.

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone’s oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar transcribed by in

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone’s oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar transcribed by in

[[A man in a top hat appears dismayed.]]
Technology Critic: Technology has made everything so COLD! We've become disconnected!
Technology Critic: Click, click, beep, beep, whatever you want, instant gratification!

[[Another man in a suit responds.]]
Inventor: Yes! EXACTLY! Nothing has a SOUL anymore! Nothing requires skill or art to operate!
Inventor: I've been developing a new phone just for good old-fashioned folks like us.

Inventor: It's digital, but for the fully vintage effect, its GPS sensors only let it work when it's near a telephone pole. And it automatically drops calls in bad weather.
Inventor: You can jiggle the accelerometer to introduce static... in fact, you have to hold it just right in order to complete an entire call.

[[The inventor points to the phone, highlighting various features.]]
Inventor: To turn it on, you have to turn a little knob and wait a few minutes for it to warm up. Once you hear the throaty rumble, you know it's operational.
Inventor: If it senses that it's below freezing outside, it makes you pour salt into a little hole.

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone's oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

The phone's oil should be changed every 3000 minutes