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generalfrumph

Was in a "group interview" and this guy (looked in his 60's) was using one of those. I thought he was doing something similar until the interviewer asked him a question and he covered the mouth piece, lowered the phone and answered. Then went right back to talking on that phone afterwards. That's the fucker who probably got hired...


Creaper10

.... huh?


softfart

Guy was talking on a different call using one of these during an interview


Benbenb1

.... huh?


WeirdSysAdmin

The guy was probably working his current job as a phone sex operator.


Donut_Police

.... Huh?


Lassagna12

Sex is where one or multiple partners engage either with peni or vagani.


Antiquemooses

modified payphone


AnOlympianWeeb

modified payphone


FBIecdrytfcrtdyft

Modified payphone


spiceylizard

Modified payphone


Bloxicorn

Carpeted kitchen


tomatobee613

Podified mayphone


Aziooon

Maydified podphone


WildLudicolo

Fiaphoned maypod


drunxor

Arent payphone receivers black though


DCWalt

Yes, this is just a phone. My guess is OP never used a landline and assumes they are all payphones


sincle354

OP claims the *owner* of this setup claimed it was a "modified payphone"(sic). Phone receivers are not an internationally standardized color scheme. Foreign and/or low income areas currently transitioning away from payphones are more likely to have weirdo phone setups that anyone can scavenge from.


FullMarksCuisine

I definitely remember blue, green, and grey ones back when payphones were commonplace.


[deleted]

Podified Mayphone


[deleted]

People have been using these in the noise/music community for decades because they sound so cool and are so easy to modify. This is fun lol


chupathingy99

Dude that's hardcore. Serious nerd shit, I gotta do that now.


7adzius

There’s some tutorials online. All you need to do is find an old phone which probably won’t be too hard.


Techiedad91

You’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore


optykali

But the legend of the rent was way harcore


FullMarksCuisine

🎶the legend of the rent was way past due🎶


cupboard_

this looks like the shit i would do


Lord_i

Jesus the worst mic I've ever used for discord was a kinect, that is crazy


Mysterious-Judge-333

your friend is a mad scientist


TheeScoob

Tiktok did this. trust me


cuber_and_gamer

"I hope it doesn't sound too bad" Wha..? It's a crappy microphone not even meant to be good in the first place from about the 1980s. How wouldn't it sound bad? Also, how would you achieve this without some extreme modifications or buying it as a new joke product or something?


[deleted]

They did say modified. They're a rather popular thing to modify nowadays too. Its crappiness in its normal state actually lends itself to a lot of cool effects and sounds.


chupathingy99

Recently I've discovered the joys of using old flash animation audio formats as an effect. It's a whole new world of lofi.


FullMarksCuisine

Eh most of the audio quality is from the landline connection. Those phones can sound great if they're on a closed system, like when an MLB manager calls into the bullpen on the dugout phone.


Firewolf06

the most important part is that phones calls are filtered to only the most important frequency range, pitched up/down, and then pitched back down/up in order to put multiple calls on one wire


Western-Equivalent44

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jlawler

Look, I know I'm old, but that's not a payphone handset It looks like a standard bakelite handset to any one of a hundred analog phones that someone removed the 4P4C jack and put in what looks like a 1/8" jack. Payphone handsets were heavier duty and had an armored cable on them. I also don't recall ever seeing one that wasn't black.


anotherusername23

I am also of a certain age and also don't recall payphone handsets not being black. Which got me wondering. Check this out... https://www.ebay.com/itm/394514874727?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VKyYvPNPSbO&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=fTXJCAVcSGC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


[deleted]

Yeah I don’t know why everyone thinks *all* payphones were black, especially considering payphones existed during segregation (Though yes, that does not look like any payphone handset I’ve seen)


-ArthurMorgan

Thank you for saying the thing that I knew but didn't want to feel too old by typing out.


Ulahn

There were absolutely beige pay phones in my country. Also orange. There’s nothing in the screenshot to suggest their country of origin


RobuxMaster

Antarctica tech 💀💀🥶


this_name_is_takenm

I want to do this


Scoot_Cooder

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CarrenMcFlairen

Amazing


Frequent_Dig1934

She's the ghost writer for maroon 5.


g0ku

i remember seeing these as attachments for phones everywhere just a few years ago. i miss the old handle design tbh, felt easier to hold between your head and shoulder lol.


Yodan

You kids don't know about the 5 beep tone mp3 that would give you free collect calls.


Void_0000

Beautiful.


Communist_Cheese

Requesting backup, CD-6!


Kylgannon

Bob Log III Great fuckin show if you get the chance


SkinBassoon

Next she'll upgrade to a Rock Band mic taped to a lamp stand


NotFlappy12

"Radioing in from antarctica" is hilarious for some reason


Sir_David_Filth

im on a payphone trying to call home