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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Those look like unpowered crystal radios on the top of the seats.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Holy fucking shit. Wirelessly powered stuff you actually use was a thing over a 100 years ago?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In the back the waiter is going around offering people phone books for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

"Geeet your free phone books here! Keep those numbers ready for later! Geeet your free phone books here!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Sears catalogues or something like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Ah. Personal headphones. Much better than party headphones to an introvert.