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What's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Legalizing weed was supposed to create a bunch of new addicts and turn our towns into slums. Turned out just fine.

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Similarly, legalizing gay marriage was supposed to usher in waves of people wanting to marry animals or something.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 2 months ago

Good one

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