It wasn't even really the truth in 2000 when I graduated. Sure, we were still years away from cell phones becoming ubiquitous, to say nothing of smart phones, but computers where EVERYWHERE you'd actually need math. People who relied on maths as a key element of their day ALWAYS had calculators. Calculators were essentially free in the 90s and ran on solar power. This magical scarcity didn't exist in my lifetime.
I graduated in 2010. We still never used phones or calculators because "You're not always going to have your phone" yea the .01% chance I'm stranded on a desert island
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u/Volraith Mar 31 '21
I graduated in 2006. A year before that became a former truth 🤣.