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Kelli217 t1_j15prym wrote

Somebody has a really high opinion of how well the telephone infrastructure will hold up in the apocalypse.

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Jamaican_Dynamite t1_j15rhvr wrote

I been in places where you can't carry a call room to room. And that's during the pre apocalypse era.

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SuperFLEB t1_j17fjgd wrote

Okay, so we set it on an outpost on some other planet or something where environmental requirements and limited needs make resilient analog POTS lines the best option.

Or in 1975, I suppose (that's pre-computerized-switching, right?). That'd work too.

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Davebobman t1_j158lpb wrote

... and then it ends up being a prank voice-mail. :(

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Nonalyth t1_j1865lo wrote

"Ha, elaborate post-apocalyptic voicemail hoax. Leave it!"

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Or0b0ur0s t1_j16400o wrote

Just an improbably high tech version of the Shortest Science Fiction Story Ever:

The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door ...

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Aozora404 t1_j1725kn wrote

“We have been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”

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SuperFLEB t1_j17fpae wrote

I am from the Windows and your computer has a virus.

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YALBO t1_j17eyf8 wrote

Ray Bradbury's The Silent Towns features the last man and last woman on Mars, who find each other in this way. The date that follows doesn't work out, and he leaves and ignores all ringing telephones he hears from then on.

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