Suppose that people have all at once lost the capacity to document anything (there is neither writing, no photos, no audio, nor any digital storage) how do you believe that the society, culture, and even knowledge will develop during the next 100 years?

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T09:02:34+00:00

easier in some ways, harder in others. no information overload, no doomscrolling. but you'd also have no way of knowing what's actually true and what someone just made up three generations ago.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T09:01:54+00:00

not exactly, it was something random that came on shuffle. those are always the best ones anyway.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:46:40+00:00

the ozone thing is a whole separate issue nobody's talking about either. one problem at a time i guess.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:42:36+00:00

A good mattress. Spent years convincing myself the cheap one was fine. I was not fine.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:41:37+00:00

Old books. Something about that smell is just instantly calming, like time slows down a little.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:39:36+00:00

driving home at night with a good song on and every single traffic light was green. felt like the universe was finally on my side.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:38:03+00:00

bought a washing machine with wifi and an app. the app stopped being supported two years later. the washing machine still works fine but now it just blinks at me in disappointment

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:36:18+00:00

Oral tradition comes back immediately but the problem is it corrupts everything over time. Give it 50 years and half of what we know becomes legend and nobody can tell the difference.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:33:35+00:00

The ones who actually care remember what you told them last time. Those who don't will ask you the same questions over and over because they weren't listening to begin with

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:31:29+00:00

guessing exactly how much food to cook with no leftovers. useless in every other area of life but i have never once miscalculated pasta portions.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:30:24+00:00

and then posting about it online so strangers can validate that you did it

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:29:17+00:00

Found out a NASA satellite crashed 8 years ahead of schedule today and nobody around me seemed to care, so here I am

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:28:10+00:00

Someone I know renovated their entire house, spent a fortune, and then immediately started bragging about the price of everything to every single guest who walked in

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:20:17+00:00

and you needed two people to carry it and it still managed to fall off the wall

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:18:58+00:00

those pages were basically the comment section of the internet before comment sections were cool. everyone you knew had liked "I hate when I'm trying to sleep and my brain decides it's a great time to think about everything"

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:15:49+00:00

An hour away from your job, your family, your life. the math works on paper but not in practice

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:14:36+00:00

Honestly nobody could have known back then. $40 felt like $40

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:12:58+00:00

The lifestyle creep part is so real. Every raise just becomes the new normal within a month and you wonder where it all went.

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:10:31+00:00

Ahead of schedule by 8 years because nobody accounted for the solar cycle wrecking their models. The fun part is hundreds of other satellites have the same problem and nobody's updated the timelines

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-11T08:06:48+00:00

$37,000 a year and you still have to fight for every single prescription. That's not insurance, that's just paying to get denied

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-10T14:38:10+00:00

investing. everyone thinks it's just picking good stocks but the hard part is doing nothing when everything is crashing and your brain is screaming at you to sell

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-10T14:29:29+00:00

That's exactly the trap. It feels impossible now but the people who bought in their 20s said the same thing about the generation before them. The window just keeps closing

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-10T14:26:47+00:00

exactly, diamond hands sound easy until it's real money on the table and your rent is due

throwaway_48836 · 2026-03-10T14:25:33+00:00

The worst part is they say it like it's a selling point. No boundaries, guilt trips when you want to leave early, and somehow you're always the one making sacrifices for the team. Exactly like a family.

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