People Are Predicting What We’ll Be Nostalgic For In 40 Years (15 Posts)

11.

“Polar bears.” — dihedral3

12. 

“Hardcover books.” — cobrakylena

13. 

“Comfortable temperatures.” — MarchionessofMayhem

14. 

“Cash money. Besides the occasions when dealing with cash is just a lot more convenient, it’s art—all those paper bills and coins are designed. Some are beautiful.” — Gooseberry_Sprig

15. 

“Payphones. Imagine trying to explain to your grand children, ‘back in my day if I needed to be picked up from the park, I called Collect on the payphone to my Mom and when the machine asked who was calling you said “pickmeupat5:30please” so you didn’t have to pay for the call.'” — IronMermaiden

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