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Ricky_Rollin t1_iu6m6tj wrote

Reply to comment by cozworthington in Revisiting the great exploding trousers epidemic of the 1930s by marketrent

Cars will be one of them.

1000 years from now, “TIL people use to strap themselves to a tank of highly combustible fluid using combustion engines to get around, they would literally give licenses to drive these things to just about anybody”.

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cozworthington t1_iu6nii8 wrote

Ha! For sure, "millions of big metal blocks on wheels propelled by explosions... wow how did they even survive".

This article brought to my mind the exploding Android phones from a couple years back as something I'm certain will be looked at in the same way

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ZDTreefur t1_iu6pptw wrote

What will they be replaced with, teleporters?

2000 years from now, "TIL people use to actually destroy themselves, killing themselves in the process, and digitally print an exact replica of themselves, just so they can buy some ice cream at the 7-11."

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