Comments on: Vintage AT&T ad, 1967: "Your Brain and Our Phone System Are a Lot Alike" http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 05:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html#comment-1466710 Michael Smith Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168953#comment-1466710 I hope AT&T didn't base their phone system on <b>my</b> brain with all those seizures and what not. I hope AT&T didn’t base their phone system on my brain with all those seizures and what not.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html#comment-1466314 Boundegar Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168953#comment-1466314  I think the copy is about the engineering side, not the billing side.  A malfunction being like a dropped or misdirected call.  If you're old enough to remember landlines, I'll be surprised if you ever had an issue like that. Bell had its issues, but their engineering was pretty incredible.  I think the copy is about the engineering side, not the billing side.  A malfunction being like a dropped or misdirected call.  If you’re old enough to remember landlines, I’ll be surprised if you ever had an issue like that.

Bell had its issues, but their engineering was pretty incredible.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html#comment-1466204 Nathan Hornby Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168953#comment-1466204 I agree, my brain is unreliable, so why model a communications network on it? Didn't they realise before hand..... Oh, that's deep. I agree, my brain is unreliable, so why model a communications network on it? Didn’t they realise before hand….. Oh, that’s deep.

]]> By: jonk http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html#comment-1466201 jonk Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168953#comment-1466201 i wonder how many landline calls are made each day, compared to 1967. i wonder how many landline calls are made each day, compared to 1967.

]]> By: Purplecat http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/vintage-att-ad-1967-your.html#comment-1466185 Purplecat Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168953#comment-1466185 Wonderful passive aggressive misdirection in the copy.  "Both occasionally malfunction". So in other words, your bill never being right is actually your own fault, because you sometimes forget where you left the car keys. Wonderful passive aggressive misdirection in the copy.  “Both occasionally malfunction”. So in other words, your bill never being right is actually your own fault, because you sometimes forget where you left the car keys.

]]>