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View submission: What’s Something We Do Today That Future Generations Will Totally Roast Us For?
probably micro plastics or some health treatment that in the future that will seem absolutely barbaric.
What i suggest is that misinfomation and the way we run our goverments will turn out to be one of these things.
Comment by Hell_Camino at 12/01/2025 at 10:56 UTC
30 upvotes, 5 direct replies
One of these days, cancer treatments will advance such that chemotherapy will look barbaric; on par with how we view treating people with leeches back in the day.
Comment by nizzernammer at 12/01/2025 at 22:59 UTC
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Unfortunately, the older I get, the more I realize that misinformation and government mismanagement has always been the order of the day.
Comment by Klutzy_Analysis_2777 at 13/01/2025 at 00:36 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
in SHEIN especially the amount of cancer causing chemicals that have been proven to be in their products is terrifiying
Comment by Otherwise_Branch_771 at 14/01/2025 at 06:22 UTC
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I feel like misinformation is just too broad of concept. Like all of human history has basically been misinformation. Histories by Herodotus is a hilarious propaganda piece. Politics is basically just making people believe your version of the truth
Comment by SillyBonsai at 13/01/2025 at 16:57 UTC
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Electroconvulsive therapy is pretty wild. I wonder if there will be some kind of milder/simpler treatment for depression that will leave us all shocked that we used to induce seizures for the same outcome.
Comment by [deleted] at 15/01/2025 at 01:56 UTC
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Widespread use of Ozempic maybe, but too early to tell.