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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I wonder what mundane items from today will be found far in the future and speculated about what they could be for. And if our plastic world will leave more or fewer of these artifacts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Well, we've got a lot more pictures of things nowadays, so it's much easier to recognise, say, a shoulder-adapter for a bakelite phone horn, because there are pictures of people using one.

Edit: Wow, they still exist: https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Phone-Telephone-Shoulder-Support/dp/B00404VASS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The little table in the pizza box that holds the lid off the cheese

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol u think stuff made today will last to the far future

They don’t even last til the near future

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The plastic shells of our disposable lifestyle will live for centuries

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Margus Simpsonium: "I just think they're neat."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Smithing test. They don't show the wear that they would if they had been used for that. Just making that thing require a master smith.