i’m talking about things we use without a second thought that might seem utterly ridiculous or inefficient in 50-100 years. like landlines or vhs players seemed to us. what’s your pick?

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    Gasoline powered vehicles. Not only are they horrible for the environment and require toxic substances that impact people’s health, but they’re so expensive and high wear. All those moving parts, barely controlled explosions: WTF we’re those people thinking?

    As electric vehicles enter the mainstream, they’re just simpler, more straightforward, and you can plug in overnight like you do with your phone. The complexity, moving parts, excessive maintenance will be like steampunk is for us (I already joke about that) and people won’t comprehend having to goto a local gas station and handle toxic fuels to fuel up. What is an oil change and who would do that? They won’t be able to comprehend the lead contamination, breathing in benzene, groundwater pollution, etc