In the early 1900s, the telegram meant bad news.
“Though the telegram doubtless, always will command a peculiarly important place among methods of communication, the day has passed when mere receipt of a telegram brought heartrending fear of impending catastrophe.”
— 1928
100 years later the telephone means bad news. If it’s not spam, it means somebody’s hurt, somebody’s in jail, somebody’s dead.
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