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These 19th Century Postcards Predicted Our Future
kkleiner writes "Starting in 1899, a commercial artist named Jean-Marc Côté and other artists were hired to create a series of picture cards to depict how life in France would look in a century's time. Sadly, they were never actually distributed. However, the only known set of cards to exist was discovered by Isaac Asimov, who wrote a book in 1986 called 'Futuredays' in which he presented the illustrations with commentary. What's amazing about this collection is how close their predictions were in a lot of cases, and how others are close at hand."
hopefully there will at least be some snide references to 'french postcards'
-I'm just sayin'
I have been trying to get my local postal carrier to deliver my mail to my balcony via Ultra Light, but she keeps pointing out that that would expensive, dangerous and I only live on the 2nd floor. Some people just can't see the future.
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You want to discuss amazing predictions? These postcards from 1899 predicted Nostradamus would monopolize the History Channel!
Haven't you seen the three sea shells in one of those postcards?
You want to discuss amazing predictions? These postcards from 1899 predicted Nostradamus would monopolize the History Channel!
He also predicted impossibly-thin french women doing chores for you. But you're still in mom's basement, your room is a mess, and your girlfriend, while impossibly thin, is only that way because you haven't patched the hole in her yet...
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Somebody's bitchy. Must be that time of the month.
What - when the Comcast bill arrives?
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