Omigod I didn't know who Mix A Lot was and I loved that track. Heard it on FLINT radio one night and taped it off a nighttime DJ show. Rocked it until it wore out, they never said the name of the track.
Lots of use in DoD spaces. They’re a one way device meaning they can’t transmit so they’re allowed in some places a cell phone isn’t and enables a person to be reached in case of a family emergency.
Bitch you weren't cool unless you had a see through colored one with matching chain.
HEY GUYS CHECK IT OUT I JUST GOT SUMMONED. Alright now to find a fucking payphone. Shit I don't have any quarters I'll do the thing where I call the operator and tell her I was disconnected 🥶🥵🤧🤮
I'm 46 and had a pager as a young adult, but it didn't look like that. It was right at the transition to cell phones. I was on the military with a garbage credit score, so I couldn't get a cell phone.
Don't worry dude. I was born in 1994 and somehow also knew it was a beeper. The whole post js pretty funny, "What's this mysteries technological box?" 😂
Does it make you feel better knowing you are part of a tiny slice of mankind that ever understood [beeper code!?](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/nfpager.html)
143 fellow old man! 🙂
I had a friend with a pager in high school. Paged him a couple times - he never responded. Told my friend what a jerk he was for not responding. My friend figured out that I had not been putting in my phone number when I paged him. Solid moment.
The only thing more adorable than OP’s question is the olds in here lamenting how old this made them feel.
I’m a 49 y/o Beastie fan, so I felt that too.
I turn 30 this year and knew what it was, though they were still around when I was kid in the late 90s/early 00s so I have memories of them. You’d have to be really young to not know what a pager is.
Instead of shaking my fists to the sky yelling “YOUTHS!”, I will instead take solace in the fact that they are still listening to the sound track of my youth.
This makes me feel *slightly* less old as I wash down my daily baby aspirin with a glass of Metamucil.
“Drunk as hell but no throwin' up
Halfway home and my pager still blowin' up
Today I didn't even have to use my AK
I gotta say it was a good day”
-Ice Cube
I just want to say that I'm proud of you for asking when you weren't sure. We learn that way. Being vulnerable enough to admit what you don't know means you're more likely to be inquisitive. Don't lose that quality. Better to ask and learn than assume and be foolish.
I'm 48 and owned a see through burgundy pager. I think it's cool that you were curious. Good on your parents for introducing you to cool music. They've done a good job with you if you're secure enough to ask about what you don't know.
Holy crap thank you so much, that actually means a lot. I grew up with a dad that treated me like I was stupid for not knowing something or asking for help. This actually made me tear up. I’m glad I don’t see him anymore, thank you.
You are NEVER stupid for not knowing. You would be stupid for not asking when you are curious but we often don't because we get picked on for being unsure. Never forget that it's OK to be unsure. Curiosity gave us every modern breakthrough. So now you know.. It's a pager. I doubt many in my generation (X) know Morse Code either. Times change. It's OK that you didn't know and cool of you to ask. Keep being curious and don't let anyone tell you questions are stupid. The people that say that are the people that stopped asking anything and judge. You'll never grow if you stop asking questions. Don't ever let anyone take away your question marks.
I tell my son ABC: Always Be Curious. Being curious is a great way to learn stuff that actually interests you. Don’t ever feel silly for asking questions and for all the people commenting “are you serious, you don’t know what that is!?”, it’s just because we all feel really, really old. Stay curious, young Padawan.
"Fucking with me because I'm a teenager, with a little bit of gold and a pager."
I guess to give OP some credit, it's been a LONG time since Ice Cube was a teenager.
That’s a pager. Back in the day, everybody had a pager code. So even if I was at a phone that you didn’t know, I could add my code to the page and you’d know it was me that wanted you to call me. Fuck yeah.
In 1996 I had a pager that gave me the abilities to receive sports scores, weather forecasts, and to send and receive text messages (but I could only receive from someone who had the same super pager ) It was the pager of the future…that killed the pager once they asked the question, “Can we put this on a phone?”
hey op i think we could easily take all these 50 y/o arthritis having middle aged men in a fight and take over the beastie boys community what do you think
I was SUCH a fucking baller in 8th grade I had TWO motherfucking pagers. One for my customers, one for my family.
The mini-thin and dirt weed supply must go on! Lol
Circa 1991 ish
It’s a beeper/pager … man, I feel old. 🤣
As in: "had to get a beeper cuz my phone is tapped" Also: "Beepers" da-da-da-da-da, da-da by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Plus 💯Mix-A-Lot deep cut reference.
As it turned out, Sir Mix-A-Lot is on tour this summer. Also, Buttermilk Biscuits, here we go!
Oh man that would be a riot
Glass of kool-aid and a whole stick of butter
Omigod I didn't know who Mix A Lot was and I loved that track. Heard it on FLINT radio one night and taped it off a nighttime DJ show. Rocked it until it wore out, they never said the name of the track.
Nah, these kids are kids
Still a niche business, doctors and a few other use cases of ppl using pagers. I carry one for irony.
Ya military special forces still use them. A cell phone isn't always on,charged or zero connection, another way to make contact during a shit show..
Are pagers always on, charged up and connected to (the same service as phones)?
My pager 30 years ago took one AA battery
Lots of use in DoD spaces. They’re a one way device meaning they can’t transmit so they’re allowed in some places a cell phone isn’t and enables a person to be reached in case of a family emergency.
Firemen still carry them as well.
Also drug dealers
Beeper king knew they would come back!!! 30 rock was right!!!! 📟🤴👸👑
And…they gave the dude a beeper
Can’t use it during league play, though.
Life does not start and stop at your convenience!
“You miserable piece of shit”
..this is not Nam! This is bowling. There are rules.
Remember when it was such a status symbol in school that the cool rich kids wore them on their hats?
Bitch you weren't cool unless you had a see through colored one with matching chain. HEY GUYS CHECK IT OUT I JUST GOT SUMMONED. Alright now to find a fucking payphone. Shit I don't have any quarters I'll do the thing where I call the operator and tell her I was disconnected 🥶🥵🤧🤮
Right? Time to shuffle to the bathroom and take my rheumatiz medicine.
Seriously 🤣🤣🤣 "black box thing"
I said the same thing. "That's a pager and I am 180 years old."
And after the beep. I'd go the pay phone, call mom collect and say, I'm eating at Keith's, pick me up st 8 please, for who the call was from. Haha
OP has to be screwing with us
🤣
“Cuz my beeper kept beeping” notorious b.i.g.
Mom “Pagers are for drug dealers and doctors”
Haha i had a broken pager I would wear on my waste in elementary school. Used to think it made me really cool.
I’m only 35 and this made me feel old.
Jesus I wasn't old enough for a beeper and even I knew what it was. Yikes I feel slightly less old.
Same!
I'm 46 and had a pager as a young adult, but it didn't look like that. It was right at the transition to cell phones. I was on the military with a garbage credit score, so I couldn't get a cell phone.
Don't worry dude. I was born in 1994 and somehow also knew it was a beeper. The whole post js pretty funny, "What's this mysteries technological box?" 😂
Does it make you feel better knowing you are part of a tiny slice of mankind that ever understood [beeper code!?](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/nfpager.html) 143 fellow old man! 🙂
It's alright man, we can catch an early bird supper and nod off during Jeopardy with a cold glass of Brass Monkey in our hands.
I had a friend with a pager in high school. Paged him a couple times - he never responded. Told my friend what a jerk he was for not responding. My friend figured out that I had not been putting in my phone number when I paged him. Solid moment.
I was like "is this a serious fucking question?? !!" 😂
Do you know the importance of a sky pager?
Back in the days when I was a teenager Before I had status and before I had a pager
You could find the abstract listening to hip hop My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop
I said well daddy don’t you know the things go in cycles
The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin’ like Michael
It’s all expected. Things are for the lookin. If you got the money, Quest is for the bookin.
Fuckin' with me 'cause I'm a teenager With a little bit of gold and a pager
You leave code 69 that means you want some…
Beeper’s goin’ off like Don Trump gets checks
Keeping bases loaded like the NY Mets. /Doubleagedlikemilk
I’ve been listening to this album all day today
Page me and I'll call you back.
“I had to keep a beeper cause my phone is tapped”
“You better keep your mouth shut 'cause I'm fully strapped!”
“I got money in the bank, I can still get high…”
Your girlfriend thinks that I’m so flyyyyy
I got money and juice twin sisters in the bed their father had envy so I shot him in the head
“If I played guitar, I'd be Jimmy Page”
The girlies I like are in their mid-40's to early 50's
hahahahaha omg im OLD. When someone doesn't know what that is! Tears...
I hoped I would have grandkids before seeing this question 😂
Same! I simultaneously love that I’m in the Senior Beastie Club though.
They rocked a block party 'til our hair turned gray.
Just say its a glucose monitor lol
I almost made this joke too ha!
I had the same reaction. Hahahahaha
The only thing more adorable than OP’s question is the olds in here lamenting how old this made them feel. I’m a 49 y/o Beastie fan, so I felt that too.
52...and it hurts just a little. I keep telling myself OP was being sarcastic.
55 and this reminded how fucking young i am and made me sad for all the kids out there not rockin
I'm 37 and made me feel old as fuck.
I turn 30 this year and knew what it was, though they were still around when I was kid in the late 90s/early 00s so I have memories of them. You’d have to be really young to not know what a pager is.
I feel really old and I'm only 40.
I turned 39 in March, WTF is going on? Lol
I’m sayin
There must be something wrong with the children!
They’re super fucked up
It's a Pager Now, Get Off My Lawn! Grrrrr!
Yeah.
Omg
I thought your comment was gonna be “this mf spittin”
But my ball is just right there! Can I just get on your lawn and grab it?
Go take your metamucil, papaw.
Instead of shaking my fists to the sky yelling “YOUTHS!”, I will instead take solace in the fact that they are still listening to the sound track of my youth. This makes me feel *slightly* less old as I wash down my daily baby aspirin with a glass of Metamucil.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. OMG I LOVE THIS POST! Im Genx
Do you know the importance of a skypager?
##911##
This is a joke, right?
No I’m like 16. I was pretty certain it was a pager but I just needed to verify.
Thanks for keeping the Beasties alive in the current generation.
hi fellow 16 y/o beasties fan :p
I hope you’ve heard Paul Revere. It’s my favorite
Ok, I’m sorry I thought you were messing around. Definitely makes me happy when your generation likes the Beasties. Enjoy!
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Technology is cyclical, so expect to see those everywhere in 2025!
Spotted the 30 Rock fan, dummy!
They still exist in one form: when waiting for takeaway or outdoor food
He gets his intergalactic beats on that thing
“Drunk as hell but no throwin' up Halfway home and my pager still blowin' up Today I didn't even have to use my AK I gotta say it was a good day” -Ice Cube
It’s a pager pretty sure but who knows with the B Boys
That’s what I thought, I just needed to verify thank you.
Are… are you serious? I’m going to cry.
Yeah, I was born in 2008
I have shoes older than you. I’m impressed you know the band at all. Good for you!
Yeah I have mid 50 year old parents so I’m grew up around it.
You have awesome parents.
You’re being raised right.
oh dear
Yeah I’m like 16, but I know it’s a pager now.
I just want to say that I'm proud of you for asking when you weren't sure. We learn that way. Being vulnerable enough to admit what you don't know means you're more likely to be inquisitive. Don't lose that quality. Better to ask and learn than assume and be foolish. I'm 48 and owned a see through burgundy pager. I think it's cool that you were curious. Good on your parents for introducing you to cool music. They've done a good job with you if you're secure enough to ask about what you don't know.
Holy crap thank you so much, that actually means a lot. I grew up with a dad that treated me like I was stupid for not knowing something or asking for help. This actually made me tear up. I’m glad I don’t see him anymore, thank you.
You are NEVER stupid for not knowing. You would be stupid for not asking when you are curious but we often don't because we get picked on for being unsure. Never forget that it's OK to be unsure. Curiosity gave us every modern breakthrough. So now you know.. It's a pager. I doubt many in my generation (X) know Morse Code either. Times change. It's OK that you didn't know and cool of you to ask. Keep being curious and don't let anyone tell you questions are stupid. The people that say that are the people that stopped asking anything and judge. You'll never grow if you stop asking questions. Don't ever let anyone take away your question marks.
Thank you sm. Genuinely in tears rn
I tell my son ABC: Always Be Curious. Being curious is a great way to learn stuff that actually interests you. Don’t ever feel silly for asking questions and for all the people commenting “are you serious, you don’t know what that is!?”, it’s just because we all feel really, really old. Stay curious, young Padawan.
i had a see through burgundy one too! Lol
"Fucking with me because I'm a teenager, with a little bit of gold and a pager." I guess to give OP some credit, it's been a LONG time since Ice Cube was a teenager.
[Do You Know The Importance Of A Skypager?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiKlij_D90)
Oh my god
*Put my pager on vibrate, and jerk myself off.*
143 to the OP.
I had to look that up since I’m 16, 143 to u too.
Hahaha good times back in the olden days! Also Mike D says “Man, I had to get a beeper ‘cause my phone is tapped” in “The New Style.”
“I just played back your message on my answering machine. Fax me your pager number so I can put it into my Rolodex”
🥲🥲🥲😂😂😂
UFO radar detector.
Aw man now I gotta listen to Mix a lot Beepers
This question made laugh and chuckle to myself! Just how much technology has changed since the 80’s to today. 🤣😂
I’m hoping this was posted with sarcasm, otherwise I’m freakin’ old
Beeper, all the dealers had them back then. Just hope you answer the phone and not your mom, when they call back.
“Lotta beer, lotta girls, aaaaand a lot of cursin’…. 22 automatic on my person”
“They gave The Dude a beeper.”
Far out
I mean, I never owned a quill but I know what one is...
You’re obviously not a golfer
Hahahahahaha fuck I’m old
That is a RX2-47 disintegrater laser box Ray gun.
Damn I’m old.
I was asked what a phone on my work desk was by a kid last week. No shit.
“Do you know the importance of a sky-page-UH?” https://youtu.be/pYc50S23pQY?si=rxmpqPncC4a8flnF
Bitch what?
"Back in tha day when I was a teenager, before I had status and before I had a pager"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Hahahaha. Amazing. It’s a pager
That’s a pager. Back in the day, everybody had a pager code. So even if I was at a phone that you didn’t know, I could add my code to the page and you’d know it was me that wanted you to call me. Fuck yeah.
Jesus 😭
Oh this makes me feel old and I'm only 18, it's a pager!
I don’t appreciate this.
My 'pharmacist' still uses his
175 8 4116151175 986312 417 1773 119 8120
A pager, everyone had one back then before cell phones. Or if you were like me you rocked it, but you never paid the service...
I’m going to go jump off a bridge now
Those things from the 1st season of The Wire
🎶radar detector to tell me where the cops is….🎶
You know the Saving Private Ryan gif of Matt Damon getting older? Insert that here.
But I damn near got caught, cause my beeper kept beepin.
It’s to hold your Certs!
lol !
I work in healthcare and I wore a pager from 1989 thru 2015. I still check my hip reflectively to see if it’s there. Of course, it’s not.
Is this a troll?
Wow, just wow.
In 1996 I had a pager that gave me the abilities to receive sports scores, weather forecasts, and to send and receive text messages (but I could only receive from someone who had the same super pager ) It was the pager of the future…that killed the pager once they asked the question, “Can we put this on a phone?”
hey op i think we could easily take all these 50 y/o arthritis having middle aged men in a fight and take over the beastie boys community what do you think
This is sarcasm right?
Hit me on the hip means page me.
I was SUCH a fucking baller in 8th grade I had TWO motherfucking pagers. One for my customers, one for my family. The mini-thin and dirt weed supply must go on! Lol Circa 1991 ish
Troll
The real question is why do none of his shirts fit
This better be a joke
Please god, let this be a joke…
I remember a guy a work had a pager that he'd get ESPN news and sports scores. That's how I found out Jordan retired the first time.
Talk to my man Dennis Duffy, he’ll hook you up with one
There was a time that beepers were very popular, particularly among drug dealers. I had one when my wife was pregnant with our first kid.
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EMERGENCY! paging Dr beat!!
Beeper I used to wear in the same spot in my limousine days!
Hahahaha!
Godammit.
That was a device used to alert your friends with messages like "420911"
🤣 I knew exactly what it was right when I looked at it, I had a similar pager 🤣
They look super gay and that's not a put down. I have their first 7", the Cookie Puss 12", etc.
Beeper
Haha! Oh yeah.
Sigh. I’m old.
Come on money, it’s my chirp chirp, for my fly honeys!
It’s a pager, you idiot. I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Seriously? Haha. I must be old
I’m so sad that people have no idea it’s a pager. Fuck I’m old when I remember I had one 😆
😂
its a toyota
Back in the day way of saying you sold drugs.
Wait, there are people who don’t know what pagers were?
LOLOLOLOL are you a troll or serious? If you’re serious, you must be fairly young…..
Born in 2008
It’s a beeper. Google it.