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harrylovetoday at 12:21 AM4 repliesview on HN

40k years from now, a hominid excavates a computer and materializes a login page in the ether. "We think they used this for ritual sacrifice or to brush their teeth or both."


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clickety_clacktoday at 12:41 AM

It appears to be a primitive game where the user tries to guess which of 9 images contains “traffic lights” or “motorcycles” (whatever they are).

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walrus01today at 3:16 AM

40k years from now archaeologists explore a former landfill, find an adult toy and enter into endless academic debate about whether it was really a dildo

tejtmtoday at 2:27 AM

Ahh the good old Nacirema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacirema

wpollocktoday at 12:43 AM

You might enjoy the book "The Weans" by Robert Nathans, <https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2664067-the-weans>

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