【1974 Archives】

When Ellen Huet's roommates went974 Archivesvacation, she pulled out her laminator and went to work.

Everyday objects haphazardly thrown around the room became exhibits in an error-filled museum from the future. Her housemates, Tony Lai and Nihar Madhavan wrote descriptions for each ancient relic.

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A jar of change was, according to Huet's anthropological studies, a shrine for the "religion known as Capitalism."

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The description by Lai and Madhavan claims that if ancient humans didn't leave daily offerings, they'd go to "Bankruptcy."

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An otherwise innocuous curling iron, according to Huet's sources, was a sex toy used for "optimizing eugonadal elevation." It even has a clamp for the "somewhat titillating practice" of crimping!

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A lonely winter mitten, was obviously a condom. "Humans would sew condoms to use before mating," Lai and Madhaven wrote.

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And it seems like Huet got really into using her laminator.

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According to studies, humans of our era had no long term memory and were foriced to use label makers for everything -- including the back of a door.

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Her fake museum inspired people to come up with their own "early human" exhibits.

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And some had some suggestions for more descriptions.

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