Watch when the host asks the kids with the rotary dial phone to ‘text’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuirEweZvM
The host exposes his own lack of knowledge in this area. There were clunky devices to telex or fax images and documents. They were in use for many decades.
That’s pretty good. In the small town I’m from the hardware store has an old crank phone that they still use to call over to their house. I’d like to see what those kids think of that.