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Something haunting about this relic, like a skeleton in the desert, remnants from a trusting, hopeful and optimistic age. People from just 20 years before woul
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
Something haunting about this relic, like a skeleton in the desert,
remnants from a trusting, hopeful and optimistic age.
People from just 20 years before would have marvelled at this
wonderful utopian future... "Seriously, you can just send a message to
POTUS using electronic mail?!" But only 30 years further on it looks
like an object of mockery
Did this actually function or is the "no further correspondence" a
clue that they piped this whole show to /dev/null after about a week?
- stbenjam 3y agoThey replied by snail mail. Someone read them or at least some of them.
- NikkiA 3y agoUnless you were an idiot and treated it as a joke, in which case, even outside the US (well, probably only places with US consulates), they replied with a visit by local law enforcement accompanied by a secret service agent.
- ragnot 3y agoIt's funny, I had that exact feeling when I opened the page but I couldn't put into words. Thank you for that.