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To: MarlonRando

It’s a good thing we didn’t have social media during the Industrial Revolution.

Steam power? It’ll never catch on!
Power looms? Who needs them?
Locomotives and rails? Bah, going 15 mph is dangerous! Ridiculous!
Steamboat? Pshaw! They blow up!
Electricity? You could get electrocuted!
Automobiles? Why? I’ve got trusty old Dobbin in the barn!


2 posted on 01/01/2026 8:58:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Telephones? Forgetaboudit!


8 posted on 01/01/2026 9:23:16 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“ Automobiles? Why? I’ve got trusty old Dobbin in the barn!”
They have had battery powered cars for over 100 years and the batteries are still junk. (But now they explode and burn your house down)


24 posted on 01/01/2026 11:04:57 AM PST by 9422WMR
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

what about airplanes?? if god wanted us to fly he would have given us wings!!


29 posted on 01/01/2026 1:44:54 PM PST by wafflehouse ("there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon" -Alice's Restaurant Massacree)
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