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donblacs17 t1_iu7olfw wrote

That phone was 6-12 years old when this photo was taken. He is smiling because he knows it is chesy - that’s the point of the photo.

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B3eenthehedges t1_iu84dhr wrote

Definitely way less than 6 years, that was a Zach Morris cell phone, and it was a joke because no one else was rich enough to have them. We were still all on pagers then, so i I'm sure Kurt was just being ironic. It wasn't until the late 90s that they came out with cell phones you could actually fit in your pocket and afford the plan.

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liftoff_oversteer t1_iu9patg wrote

Pocketable Mobile phones were available earlier than late '90s. I did get me a Nokia PT-11 in '96 and I was hardly the first to ever have one.

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R0osteryo OP t1_iu7ozgi wrote

Thank you for the background! I didn't know this.

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davtruss t1_iu81xf0 wrote

I too appreciate the context, but a reverse image search on that picture suggests "kathmandu durbar square" as an alternative search. Is it possible this is where he was at the time?

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