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This is making the rounds on the web and I thought it was worth sharing. Punch magazine – a classic magazine dedicated to humor and satire in Britain (which is no longer published) had this cartoon in its archives. It basically predicts the advent of Text Messaging and the trend of always staring at our smartphones.
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Hat tip to Buzzfeed for the discovery.
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Hi Jonathan,
This is brilliant a great find and I love the antenna on the hats. Wondering what the displays were like these days…
Thank you for sharing