stackyFACTSSending a scenic photo with a tiny scribbled note is the original version of posting a vacation photo online. It exists purely to remind your friends back home that you are relaxing and they are not.
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Imagine a postcard that is literally just a blank piece of cardboard. In the late 1800s, postal regulations heavily restricted the use of images, forcing…
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Postcards exist solely to brag. You pay for a tiny photograph of a beach, scribble terrible cursive on the back, and rely on global postal workers to deliver…
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Writing a generic greeting on the back of a glossy photograph proves to your loved ones that you briefly remembered they exist. By the time the postal service…
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Glossy cardboard rectangles featuring heavily edited local attractions somehow compel us to buy them in bulk. We enthusiastically plan to send heartfelt notes…
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If you think constantly posting updates to make your friends jealous is a modern concept, think again. The absolute golden age of sending an unsolicited…
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In a brilliant historical markup, purchasing the small printed piece of souvenir cardboard was somehow significantly more expensive than paying the postal…
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