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Dan Romero
@dwr
from 1977 imagine a world where the Post Office was in charge of email 🫠
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
To be fair, first class mail has been usurped by private industry so we have followed the same path with email.
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Pichi
@pichi
This reads like bad sci-fi. It hurts to think about them being in charge of email. I don’t even know if I trust Google at this point and I’ve given them my email for 20+ years.
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avi
@avichalp.eth
this is pre SMTP
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Jawa
@jawa
And later tried to tax it 🤣
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Jason Crawford
@jasoncrawford.eth
As I recall, their plan was literally that they would print out the emails and a postman would deliver them to you in your mailbox.
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flick the dev 🎩📦
@flick
I would have to walk down the street to the US email terminal to download my messages and would be fined for not checking email
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Nico Gallardo 🍄
@nicnode
sometimes i think of how much more efficient would things be if they weren’t operated by the state
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JC
@jonathancolton
Wow! Two decades before the average person had an email address.
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Taylor
@skyron.eth
😱
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Votor1336
@votor1337
Imagine thinking this could be enforceable, LMFAO 🤣
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Haele
@baltobb
I want the horses of the Pony Express to be in charge of all mail - digital or physical
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NationofDegeneration🎩🌿
@tanwenbrantley
Thank God the internet evolved differently. Less government or monopolistic control, the better for society
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BEARBRAINS 🎩🍓
@natebear
Might have saved a few careers if we had to pay extra postage to reply all.
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Habit 🍃🐉
@habitforming
no email on the weekends sounds nice
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Tori Picklehead
@toripicklehead
sounds really familiar
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K
@kijijij
There are few companies who own the Internet infrastructure though. They evolved by not owning services but owning basic infrastructure.
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Diñero🧬 (7/100 🎥)
@gryphon
I can picture no spam though.
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Icetoad 🍕 🎩 🐈
@icetoad.eth
They haven't had a monopoly on mail since 1979
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