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Slow texts with a stamp, bragging about weather you're not enduring.
means A small printed card, usually a photo on one side, mailed without an envelope for short messages.
from Born in 1860s Austria-Hungary as the Korrespondenz-Karte, a thrifty hack to skip the envelope and the privacy that came with it.
DeltiologyThe actual word for collecting postcards.
Golden ageBillions mailed yearly before phones existed.
No envelopeMail carriers could legally read every word.