Tell Me Lies is basically a college drama about sex, lies, and new technology. Over 3 seasons, those crazy kids at fictional Baird College discovered the best…and the worst…of technology:
- Flip phones…all conversations happen over phone.
- BlackBerry phones…lots of texting, but no group texts
- iPhones…hey look I can take selfies!
- Digital instant cameras
- Digital still cameras
- Chunky, clunky laptops
- Plagiarism software
- Livejournal and issues with email access and forgotten emails
- No mention of online grading or dial up modem or WiFi…yet-Someone just added his phone number to someone else’s cell phone.
- Massive desktop monitors.
- Wood college stackable dorm beds and rocking desk chairs.
- Students being excited getting a single dorm room.
- Class registration in person.
- No campus or other surveillance cameras.
- Someone typed, printed, and hand delivered an anonymous letter.
- Coin-operated soda and washing machines.
- FaceTime calls.
- Calling a drunk person a yellow cab in pre-Uber days.
- MacBooks just entered the chat.
- White message boards on dorm room doors.
- Uh oh! Disappearing term papers not backed up to the cloud!!!
- Wired earbud headphones.
- They need rape whistles!
- Only having to delete files from computer hard drive because nothing is backed up anywhere! Helpful for covering up issues…
- Paper standardized tests with scantron bubble sheets.
- Facebook has entered the chat.
- Car keys with remote controls.
- But, there were no foam mattress toppers in the 2000s and probably no Twin XL beds.
- Audio messages have made an appearance.
- Flat screen computer monitors.
- They have discovered Moly…MDMA.
- Taking photos on your flip phone and uploading them to Facebook when you get home.
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