# Answering machines in US TV shows

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**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machines-in-us-tv-shows/995556 "2024-01-03T18:10:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machines-in-us-tv-shows/995556/18 "2024-01-03T19:43:43Z")

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I’m reminded of [this 2014 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508), about “goofs” in “The Terminator” - things like the T-800 using a phone book to track down Sarah Connor, Sarah and her roommate owning an answering machine, a 37 year old woman being too old to have another baby - that were perfectly normal to those of who actually watched the movie when it came out in 1984.

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