Sample storytelling post
This story (or rather a series of funny stories) began a long time ago, back when children didn’t even know what the internet was (they might have heard of it somewhere, but what it was and how to use it – no), computers were an unheard-of luxury, with only a few devices in schools; and if at that time you told someone: “I’ll take a tablet, connect to Wi-Fi and see what’s happening on Twitter and Facebook,” they would look at you like you were some kind of alien or a weirdo.
So to speak, portable “gadgets” were mostly owned by boys, and they weren’t the smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and laptops we are used to, but “Tetris” or “Tamagotchis,” which took batteries and had a black-and-white screen. Often in class, teachers would take these “Tamagotchis” away because they would scream at the most inappropriate times with their annoying beeping – that was how they asked to be fed or to go to the bathroom. There wasn’t as much noise from “Tetris.” At home, “Dendy,” “Sega,” and video recorders were connected to the TV. “Dendy” and “Sega” were truly sacred. Boys would exchange “cartridges” (game cassettes) with each other, go to each other’s houses to play on the console, and hold competitions (especially in “Turtles” or “Mortal Kombat”). In general, a real cult was forming around Dendy at that time.
A phone at that time was associated not with a trendy touchscreen gadget, but with a contraption, a plastic box that had a dial with numbers from zero to ten. Now it fits in your pocket and replaces an alarm clock, notepad, flashlight, calendar, and much more, but back then, a receiver hung from this device, connected to it by a spiral cord. And its only function was to make calls. As strange as it may seem, you couldn’t do anything else with it, not even send a text message. Wealthy families had phones with buttons, and the wealthiest had cordless phones! During that period, phone pranks were popular, as the person couldn’t see who was calling and from where. This is what the youth engaged in while their parents were not home.
So to speak, portable “gadgets” were mostly owned by boys, and they weren’t the smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and laptops we are used to, but “Tetris” or “Tamagotchis,” which took batteries and had a black-and-white screen. Often in class, teachers would take these “Tamagotchis” away because they would scream at the most inappropriate times with their annoying beeping – that was how they asked to be fed or to go to the bathroom. There wasn’t as much noise from “Tetris.” At home, “Dendy,” “Sega,” and video recorders were connected to the TV. “Dendy” and “Sega” were truly sacred. Boys would exchange “cartridges” (game cassettes) with each other, go to each other’s houses to play on the console, and hold competitions (especially in “Turtles” or “Mortal Kombat”). In general, a real cult was forming around Dendy at that time.
A phone at that time was associated not with a trendy touchscreen gadget, but with a contraption, a plastic box that had a dial with numbers from zero to ten. Now it fits in your pocket and replaces an alarm clock, notepad, flashlight, calendar, and much more, but back then, a receiver hung from this device, connected to it by a spiral cord. And its only function was to make calls. As strange as it may seem, you couldn’t do anything else with it, not even send a text message. Wealthy families had phones with buttons, and the wealthiest had cordless phones! During that period, phone pranks were popular, as the person couldn’t see who was calling and from where. This is what the youth engaged in while their parents were not home.
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