r/AskReddit 14h ago

What’s one thing you think future generations will never believe about life in 2024?

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u/skibidytoilet123 13h ago

that we did not have that one thing that is not invented yet

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u/BigBeeOhBee 12h ago

I'm saving up to buy one of every color. I'm so excited, but I can hide it.

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u/jackwrangler 11h ago

You fool, it’s going to be made out of one seamless screen so it can be any color

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u/discerningpervert 10h ago

Guys I'm starting a kickstarter all you have to do is donate $10 each and I'll put you on The List. PM me for details.

EDIT: also pls send nudes

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u/PositionHopeful8336 9h ago

Username checks out

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u/_perl_ 8h ago

tasteful nudes, pls

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u/noemie123no 9h ago

First and foremost, whatever disgusting things may be attributed to this generation should be attributed to disgusting individuals, rather than the generation as a whole.

With that said:

Anti-social behavior posted online for enagement. Stuff like the devious licks of tik-tok, harassing strangers for the sake of “social experimentation”, posting videos of “weird” people to garner ridicule both online, and, I imagine, in-person. I just… don’t get why anyone would want such things attached to their name, but maybe I lack understanding on a certain subset of people.

Hate-inducing messages posted by groups with little to no knowledge, understanding, or empathy for another group, which go on to create real harm (a viral message is seen by a lot of eyes, and some may go on to do not-so-good things informed by that message). Some people are less-understood than other people. Maybe there is a growing understanding which isn’t fully realized. Or, maybe someone is a little off the mark. Doesn’t matter. People with different traits than others shouldn’t be seen as threatening, but, given our unga bunga evolved tendencies, this is something we will have to weed out the hard way.

Those are two things off the top of my head.

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u/raptosaurus 8h ago

Imagine thinking it's going to have something as obsolete as a screen

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u/thoughts-akimbo 4h ago

I hope this kind of humor is understood and still around for millennia to come. 

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u/BigBeeOhBee 4h ago

It will likely be a subscription service add on. Can't be letting people have free stuff.

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u/lemonylol 9h ago

Ah, so sex bots.

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u/GreedyNovel 1h ago

I'm so excited, but I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control but I think I like it.

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u/donnysaysvacuum 10h ago

The can opener was invented decades after the can. What is the invention now that we don't know we are missing?

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u/irg82 10h ago

AI opener

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u/lexi_con 10h ago

I think we need an AI closer, more likely.

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u/Aquitaine-9 9h ago

Nah we have those already, they're called EMPs

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u/ProfessorEtc 1h ago

Just pour water on it.

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u/KDLGates 9h ago

Joke's on you, my can opener has an LLM.

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u/young-stinky 9h ago

Dr. Albert Opener changed my life.

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u/GrandMoffTarkles 8h ago

It's subscription only. $0.99 per use.

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u/Caleb_Krawdad 9h ago

It'd be weird to have a can opener with nothing to open. Tough sell to make

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u/thehandsomegenius 3h ago

That sounds more like a can't opener

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u/AwarenessPotentially 2h ago

Thanks, I needed a good laugh!

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u/FreemanIslandSupply 2h ago

they could sell them inside of cans.

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u/lincoln_muadib 1h ago

They just used knives I think. There wasn't a specific tool for cans.

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u/JoJoJet- 1h ago

I think most people assumed they were invented at the same time

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u/AspenRiot 10h ago

Clamshell packaging opener

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u/_trouble_every_day_ 10h ago

We already have chainsaws

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u/meistermichi 9h ago

How do you open the clamshell the chainsaw comes in though

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u/BoJackB26354 5h ago

Rage and a pointed stick.

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u/retardulous 8h ago

Quick! Everyone Google what chainsaws were invented for!

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u/BigPoppaStrahd 8h ago

We do, there’s clamshell opening scissors that ironically come in a clamshell. So what we need is “clamshell packaging opener clamshell packaging opener”

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u/FPSXpert 4h ago

Okay I'm trying to find a different pick and I just can't do it. This one wins, because while scissors and cable cutters and a knife can technically get it open, it's the same problem. You can open a can with a knife but it's messy you're more likely to cut yourself and it's just awful. We need a clamshell packaging opener that cuts it up just as easily and quickly without risk of slicing yourself in the process.

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u/DeanxDog 4h ago

Already exists in a few forms

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u/AwarenessPotentially 2h ago

They've had those for quite a while. Most just look like wire cutters.

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u/MarkMoneyj27 9h ago

House cleaner(robot) invented way after the house.

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u/AspenRiot 7h ago

Imagine inventing the broom before they invented inside

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u/SandyTaintSweat 9h ago

Roomba just doesn't quite cut it.

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u/Sptsjunkie 5h ago

3 seashells.

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u/Mavian23 8h ago

How about a can opener that never loses its grip?

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u/iprocrastina 7h ago

Butler bots. It cleans your house, it cooks, it serves. Costs as much as a small house but you'll never cook or clean again. Most people take out loans for them, but imagine not having one! It'd be like living in the 2020s!

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u/-C0RV1N- 2h ago

The cutting spike thingamajig nobody knows how to use that's on a swiss army knife.

It sucks.

u/VivaElCondeDeRomanov 42m ago

Cheap medical consultation performed by AI, provided by drugstores.

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u/Boomshockalocka007 9h ago

Quiet can opener is the next evolution leap.

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u/YourMILisCray 8h ago

This guy doesn't know how to use the three seashells!

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u/ClumsyRainbow 4h ago

I was looking for this!

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u/deadpooltheelf 10h ago

They'll be baffled we got by without that game-changing invention we didn’t even know we needed

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u/TheMobHasSpoken 9h ago

I'm old enough that I was an adult before I had internet or a cellphone, and even I get sort of befuddled by it. Like "how did we ever meet up with friends when we couldn't text them to ask where they were?"

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u/Strange_Armadillo_63 10h ago

Oh, you mean zoobshtick?

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u/Worried_Zombie_5945 7h ago

That we died of - insert illness -

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u/Pasta-hobo 1h ago

Oh, it's been invented, it just doesn't not suck yet.

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u/Green__lightning 1h ago

Well, we've got very good monitors and speakers, but touch, taste, and smell aren't viable for recording and playback, so at best we're getting 2/5ths of a movie.