• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
    821·
    5 days ago

    I think what people don’t appreciate about this is that it’s not just about slamming the phone. The other person can HEAR you slam the phone, it’s loud as hell. And that knowledge is what made slamming it so satisfying

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
      35·
      5 days ago

      Yeah especially if you did it while they were in the middle of speaking.

      I did it once to a boss who threatened to fire me if I didn’t cover a Sunday shift. I said I quit instead, and they started to backtrack.

      I close my eyes and relive that detectable moment sometimes. I remember everything about it. My roommate was smoking a menthol cigarette by the window and her dog barked at the sound of me slamming the receiver home.

      I think this might be my Nexus.

    • JollyBrancher @lemm.ee
      51·
      5 days ago

      With the og flip phones you should still somewhat do this. Must’ve been a slight delay between closing and the call disconnecting. Slight enough to hear those plastic casings clap.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 days ago

      I recall at least one movie scene where the hero beat the bad guy with one, and we all knew that would definitely work.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 days ago

    Now if they’re really mad in a movie you see someone yeet their $800 phone. They lost the middle ground of slamming or throwing a $50 corded phone out the window. Now there’s only the nuclear option.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        People slam game controllers and replace them all the time. Same would go for this handset. Might even find a “retro” one that’s sturdier. You could murder one with those old school ones.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 days ago

      break a public pay phone

      At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they’re nigh-on indestructible.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
      6·
      5 days ago

      You have to really try to actually break a public payphone. By the time the receiver cracks you’ve hung up on the other end at least one or two slams ago.

  • KayLeadfoot@fedia.io
    18·
    5 days ago

    Having worked in construction, I can report, you can totally still do this!

    … One time per phone, unfortunately.

  • last_philosopher@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 days ago

    Someone could make an app that detects a slam and hangs up the phone, then also sell a padded slam-receiver to replicate the experience. Or just use a pillow.

    Edit: Found one. Unfortunately it no longer seems to be installable, probably because Google keeps fucking over independent app devs with new requirements. Source is here in case someone wants to see if they can build it.

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
    6·
    4 days ago

    gingerly puts down a $600 iPhone, trembling in anger “…good day, sir.”

    …yeah, we might need a generation of phones built to be a tank, just so we can properly communicate our wrath to the other person.

    Huh. Maybe a ‘soundboard’ app, which allows you to hang up the current call with a sound effect?

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Or a USB-c to RJ45 converter so you can get an old phone from the thrift shop to carry around in case of angry phone shenanigans.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I would love to have a soundboard that played sounds in calls. I’d answer the phone like Wolfman Jack all “caller, you’re on the air! gorilla noise, honk”

      • Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
        2·
        4 days ago

        Could be a thing soon, Android has added “sound enojis” that imo were probably the worst idea ever and only exist for kids to annoy their parents. It’s a soundboard with like 3 sounds on the call screen when you’re on a call. I could see them eventually allowing custom ones.

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          That’s crap. If you’re gonna give my kid a proper customizable soundboard so they can get creative with how they fuck with me at least that’s something. This is just lord of the flies conch shell shit

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    11·
    5 days ago

    I had one of those Nokia candybar phones back in the late 90s early 2000s. nothing was more therapeutic than just chucking the phone across the parking lot at mach 1. walking over to the pieces, assembling it, and going on with your day.