Those look like unpowered crystal radios on the top of the seats.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Holy fucking shit. Wirelessly powered stuff you actually use was a thing over a 100 years ago?
In the back the waiter is going around offering people phone books for some reason.
"Geeet your free phone books here! Keep those numbers ready for later! Geeet your free phone books here!"
Sears catalogues or something like it.
Ah. Personal headphones. Much better than party headphones to an introvert.