Artcow Bryce Cherry / dev-catscratch - [CONFEDENTIAL] Human PSA with many strange autistic obsessions, failed extortionist

LagoonaBlue said:
Has anyone made that thing into a meme yet?
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No, but a few edits I'm making will change all of that. But first...

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ToroidalBoat said:
Bryce in art class must have been interesting to deal with -- the teacher was likely frustrated at Bryce always wanting to submit what he draws for assignments because his autism won't let him draw anything else.
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I feel like the teacher only passed him because he didn't want the creepy diaper man on the class any longer than needed.

aka, the standard response to anyone regarding Bryce's presence.
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
I feel like the teacher only passed him because he didn't want the creepy diaper man on the class any longer than needed.

aka, the standard response to anyone regarding Bryce's presence.
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I wonder what his sped teachers thought about his creepy obsessions? Do we know at all?
 
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Wow, Bryce said something that made sense!

...oh, wait, it's Bryce. So he has no idea what is going on and responded with a pre-programmed 'comeback' that is evocative of 1st generation chatbots. Remembering back, it was pretty cool when they output something that seemed to fit with the conversation every once in awhile, and I guess that's all we should hope for here.
 
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dev-catscratch said:
This is what will eventually kill off payphones (and you probably guessed it), which is the mobile (cellular) phone and low call rates thereof, not to mention having a personal line.

Timeline of mobile phone technology in Austraia:
1987: Telstra (formerly Telecom Australia) introduces their mobile phone network (AMPS).
1993: Telstra became the first operator outside Europe to introduce their GSM (2G) service and later on, Optus and Vodafone introduced competition to the Australian market with their 2G networks which brought down mobile phone call costs.
1999: Telstra introduced their CDMA2000 network (also the first to launch such a network) to replace their analog (AMPS) network since the GSM network was not particularly suitable for the Australian landscape.
2000: Telstra shuts down their analog mobile network completely.
2005: 3G (UMTS) networks introduced initially on the 2100 MHz band; interestingly, Optus was about 5 months ahead of Telstra.
2006: Telstra introduces their "Next G" network on the 850 MHz band for improved 3G coverage in rural areas and indoors.
2008: Telstra shuts down their CDMA2000 network to make way for expansion of their better "Next G" network along with the introduction of 3G services on the 900 MHz band by Optus and Vodafone for improved 3G coverage.
2011: 4G (LTE) networks introduced initially on the 2600 MHz band.
2014: Telstra "4GX" and Optus "4G Plus" networks on the 700 MHz band introduced for improved 4G coverage in rural areas and indoors.
2016: Telstra shuts down their GSM (2G) network (and was the first to shut down a GSM network in the world) due to a declining customer base for this network and to make way for expansion of 4G services due to increased demand (mobile data consumption).
2017: Optus and Vodafone shut down their 2G networks for the same reasons as Telstra, making Australia second behind Singapore (which was the third country to shut down a GSM network behind the United States (AT&T) and Australia) in shutting down all of their GSM networks - the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band portions which were formerly used by 2G services are now used for 4G services.

Telstra could be shutting down their 3G network as early as 2020 due to increased network demand (mobile data consumption) and to make way for the upcoming 5G network (for new phones, I recommend 4G (with VoLTE and compatible 700 MHz capability) over 3G given the low cost of entry-level 4G phones).
Payphones may still have a place in rural and remote areas; one viable option is to convert these sites to small cells for mobile coverage in these areas - Telstra has added Telstra Air functionality to a number of their remaining payphone sites.

Payphone usage has virtually disappeared in new movies with the exception of movies set in earlier times.
Some of you might wonder how to make a payphone ring as seen in movies; you would need a special access code in order to do this, and I saw a community payphone ringing on the TV show "Bush Mechanics".

One other thing: I actually saw a real payphone ringing in a shopping mall when I was 10, and I was told not to pick it up.
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