Things That Have No Reason to Exist in Our Society But Inexplicably Still Do

Here’s something that really feels like a relic from a past age: physical mail. There was probably a day when people would actually look through the advertisements they got in their mailboxes, but these days, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t immediately throw the lot in the trash without looking at it.

Think about how many trees had to die to make that junk. Think about the pollution put in the air by transferring that junk from the sender to the post office to the recipient. Think about the money that is going down the tube because we still get junk mail in our mailboxes.