kids these days…………….

rallyonward:

nadiacreek:

memeufacturing:

kids 2015: hey check out these pictures of me at Vans Warped Tour haha
kids 1815 *after waiting 6 weeks for a telegram*: bartholomew has died of smallpox

Telegraphy wasn’t in commercial (as opposed to experimental) use until the 1840s or so, and the whole point was that you could send your message in minutes instead of waiting weeks for a letter to arrive.

*shakes fist* Kids these days …..

Not just that, but mail from the early 1800s is more amazing than you think. In London there were something like six deliveries per day, which blows our once-a-day out of the water. Not to mention, for those who had servants, there was essentially a constant courier service.

And if you want to talk text messaging, Georgiana (the Duchess of Devonshire) and her totally-not-in-a-poly-relationship-with-her husband and best friend would all write tiny notes back and forth to each other while in different rooms, all saying the equivalent of “u hungry?” and “bro what”. Again, servants would deliver these, but that’s only because there were no cellphones.