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Re:Laurie Anderson's manuscript to be locked away for 88 yea... by IncreasePosts on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:22PM (#49531338)
I like to imagine futures where they judge us through their standards as harshly as we judge the past through our standards.

So, instead of some future people celebrating this project, they just think "Ew, what kind of monster would wish harm on a beautiful old tree?"

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Re:Laurie Anderson's manuscript to be locked away for 88 yea... by classified on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:49AM (#49531852)
Or they look on it with nostalgia because by then most people use emoji as written communication and have never learned to read.
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