A neighbor’s kid asked me what this was… and I realized I’m getting old

Imagine this: I’m sitting at home, minding my own business, when suddenly the neighbor’s kid knocks on my door. With wide curious eyes, he points to this thing on the wall and asks: “What’s that?” 😳 I was speechless.

In front of me was something completely ordinary for my generation. Once, it was in every single home. It connected us to the world — something we couldn’t imagine living without. And now, kids don’t even know what it was for…

I still remember how this little box was used every day. It was the gateway to news, conversations, and long evenings with friends and family, back when the only channel of communication wasn’t a smartphone, or a messenger app, or even the internet. That tiny port was a portal to a time when phone calls were expensive, and “being on the phone” literally meant keeping the line busy — so no one else could call. 📞

Today, though, for the younger generation, it looks like some kind of strange button or just a piece of decoration on the wall. They grew up in a world of Wi-Fi and smartphones, where connection means invisible waves flying through the air. For them, the idea that people once plugged their phones into the wall with wires sounds almost like a fairy tale.

And you know what? I caught myself thinking: time flies so fast that what was once an everyday necessity is now turning into a museum artifact. A child looks at a phone jack and has no idea what it is. And we look at it and realize — our childhood and youth are slowly becoming history.

👉 So what do you think — how much longer will it be before even adults forget what this little “hole in the wall” was for?