What makes you feel like you're in the future right now?

posted 6 months ago

I just had an experience with a auto soap dispenser, sink, towels and dryer set in the same place in a public restroom, didn’t have to walk to a shared dryer

Plus if electric cars become the norm, the streets will be quiet for the first time since the industrial revolution

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Rimu@piefed.social

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6 months ago

When the wildfire smoke turns the air orange.

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ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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6 months ago

I want to go back 100 years and show people this picture.

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Dagwood222@lemm.ee

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6 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink

Also, places like Pittsburgh were running coal burning factories 24/7, plus there were still plenty of working horses doing deliveries.

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