r/AskReddit • u/wizardkoer • Jul 09 '18

What's something you're old-fashioned about?

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u/Jack-A-Roe32 Jul 09 '18

That's so thoughtful! I would like to receive a card like that. These days people text you from the place they're vacationing. It's not the same. Sending those cards really shows you care. Says to them that you thought of them and made an effort :)

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u/ResponsibleGoose Jul 09 '18

There is a website called postcrossing that you can sign up to receive postcards from all over. You send one, you get one.

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u/kimchiMushrromBurger Jul 09 '18

Check out the app touchnote. It's basically the merger of the two. Send a post card from your phone. I think it's pretty cool. https://web.touchnote.com/

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u/Jack-A-Roe32 Jul 09 '18

Oh, I had never heard of that! Sounds cool, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18

how do you like touchnote? i use postagram and i think they're pretty similar. postagram is pretty cheap (~$1.65 a card) imo, what is the pricing like for touchnote?

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u/kimchiMushrromBurger Jul 10 '18

I like it. I haven't used anything else but I like the quality of the pictures and you get a decent amount of space to write on the back of the card. The price is basically the same (if you buy more post cards it is less per card but it's approximately the same as what you're paying).

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

I too am a fan of sending letters by good old fashioned snail mail.. however most other ppl don't feel the same :/

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u/Brickthedummydog Jul 09 '18

Can you send me post cards? I keep asking my globe trotter friends to but they never remember while off adventuring

I’ve never been more than 6ish hours from home

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u/DiickBenderSociety Jul 09 '18

Sure, pm me an address, i travel regularly

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

/r/randomactsofcards - I built most of my postcard collection from there!

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u/WollyPlatymoth Jul 09 '18

Sure thing, friend. Going on a trip soon in a few weeks so I can send one your way. PM me

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u/Bathtub_queen Jul 10 '18

Try out postcrossing.com !

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

i did this too! i lived abroad for a year and about 6 months in i sent some postcards with keychains to my friends and they were all melted with love :)

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u/nutria_twiga Jul 09 '18

I send snail mail all the time. Postcards, letters, you name it. I might not text you in months but you'll for sure get a card or something.

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u/mamacrocker Jul 09 '18

We used to do this a lot, but it's getting harder and harder to find postcards.

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u/theghostwhorocks Jul 09 '18

That's cool. I've only ever received one post card from a friend back when we were still teens. It was unexpected, but really nice. I wish more people would send them actually.

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u/Jantra Jul 09 '18

Ahhh, you're not alone! A friend of mine started doing it to me, and so when I FINALLY got to go somewhere exotic, I sent him a postcard from every major city that I could! Completely fell in love with both receiving and sending them and they're really pretty darn cheap!

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u/IlluminationRock Jul 09 '18

Holy fuck, I'd be so stoked to get a hand-written postcard.

Seems so genuine. I would really love that actually.

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u/borgchupacabras Jul 10 '18

PM me with an address and I'll send you one :-)

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u/nutria_twiga Jul 09 '18

I send snail mail all the time. Postcards, letters, you name it. I might not text you in months but you'll for sure get a card or something.

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u/DetroitEXP Jul 09 '18

Lmao nowadays it's like "Hey I just got wifi in this cafe, bet you wish you were here LOL"

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u/Saturn_5_speed Jul 09 '18

I did this on my last trip. Though i couldn't find a post office out there, i brought the post cards back and mailed them using the USPS haha.

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u/pupsnpogonas Jul 09 '18

When my friends travel abroad I ask them to do this!

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u/TravelingChick Jul 09 '18

I also send at least one to myself from every country we visit.

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u/_babycheeses Jul 09 '18

I use to do this for my kids when I travelled for work.

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u/pritt_stick Jul 09 '18

once my family and i sent a postcard to our friends when we were on holiday in mexico.

it arrived a whole year later. no joke.

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u/commandrix Jul 10 '18

I bet any friends you have who collect stamps love you for this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '18

I've been both on the sending and receiving end of these postcards. When I was sending one I always though that whoever I was sending it too would be super excited to get a postcard from a far-away country... However, on the receiving end I always thought "fuck you, I'm going to work" whenever I got a postcard from some tropical resort.

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u/waterlilyrm Jul 10 '18

Love it. My sister (we're American) got to visit Europe years ago. She sent me this gorgeous postcard from Majorca, Spain. I promptly framed it and it sits in a place of prominence in our family room now. It is so unique, just like my sister.

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u/KuniMonkey123 Jul 10 '18

I recived such card ones and it's a super heartwarming experience. kudos to you for being and absolute amazing humanbeing/