These French postcards from 1899, predicting what the 21st century would look like by Historical-Mix-351
Historical-Mix-351 on March 5, 2026 10:50 pm These were part of a series by Jean-Marc Côté called [En L’an 2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_L%27An_2000).
LittlePinkTerrorist on March 5, 2026 10:58 pm They surely did not predict their human replacement by their (former) colonies from africa/overseas.
Francois_TruCoat on March 5, 2026 11:02 pm In the aerocab scene almost everyone is wearing a hoodie, so not that wrong.
DevilOfArRamadi on March 5, 2026 11:17 pm Hindsight is 20/20 but harnessing the power of whales for transportation seems a bit farfetched lol
write_and_wrong on March 5, 2026 11:30 pm The only thing i like is that as a society, we have come to the conclusion that flying cars are a terrible idea.
Asy_mptote on March 5, 2026 11:40 pm How did they draw an airplane even before the first was invented? Is my question.
ericthepilot2000 on March 5, 2026 11:50 pm I mean, to be fair everything is on fire so, 10/10 no notes.
Macca49 on March 5, 2026 11:56 pm Love how that plane can just hover in place while he’s picking up some piss
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These were part of a series by Jean-Marc Côté called [En L’an 2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_L%27An_2000).
Everything with wings
I saw COVID and (fish) Quidditch
They surely did not predict their human replacement by their (former) colonies from africa/overseas.
In the aerocab scene almost everyone is wearing a hoodie, so not that wrong.
We do ALL this shit at my house btw.
weren’t too far off. I’m seeing planes guns fire
Is that dude hunting a dragon?
Pretty close but instead of humans w wings we just did drones
Hindsight is 20/20 but harnessing the power of whales for transportation seems a bit farfetched lol
7 is higgidy higgidy hogwarts
Whale buses 🤣🤣🤣
They nail it
SLAVE WHALES!?!
Why are we not doing cool fish races underwater
The only thing i like is that as a society, we have come to the conclusion that flying cars are a terrible idea.
I am glad we only see these things on postcards.
How did they draw an airplane even before the first was invented? Is my question.
I mean, to be fair everything is on fire so, 10/10 no notes.
Love how that plane can just hover in place while he’s picking up some piss
So much emphasis on flight.
Fish riders in 2000
Where’s my fuckin whale boat!?
We’ve clearly dropped the ball