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The future is sweet
« on: November 22, 2009, 06:40:50 PM »
What they had predicted for us in 1900:

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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 02:31:18 AM »
 :)

Pretty funny shit. I like the part about pneumatic tubes everywhere.  ::)
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2009, 06:00:02 AM »
I was dubious about the authenticity of this, especially after reading "Persons and things of all kinds will be brought within focus of cameras connected electrically with screens at opposite ends of circuits," which seemed a little too conveniently prescient. But Ladies' Home Journal does indeed claim this as their own. Here's a link:

http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/predictions-for-the-year-2000/

Very amusing, even those predictions which didn't pan out quite as expected, like spelling reform and pest control.
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2010, 11:10:08 PM »
"Few drugs will be swallowed..."

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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 10:28:11 AM »
i want one of those amazing telegraphing cameras
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2010, 12:30:34 PM »
Quote from: SleepyDragon on November 23, 2009, 06:00:02 AM
I was dubious about the authenticity of this, especially after reading "Persons and things of all kinds will be brought within focus of cameras connected electrically with screens at opposite ends of circuits," which seemed a little too conveniently prescient. But Ladies' Home Journal does indeed claim this as their own. Here's a link:

http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/predictions-for-the-year-2000/

Jules Verne predicted well over a hundred years ago that there would be something like the internet and that the UK would be more or less a "colony" to the US.
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2010, 12:39:45 PM »
I  had a crazy great grandma  that predicted all kinds of weird to her kids back then shit that isn't so weird now like radio,cars ,flying everyone thought she was nuts back then
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2010, 01:45:49 PM »
Great article, ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ . Thanks for sharing.
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2010, 02:04:40 PM »
Pretty accurate, given the year (1906) and the publication (LHJ, FFS!)
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2010, 06:00:03 AM »
Peas as large as beets... :hide:
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2010, 06:37:35 AM »
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2010, 06:38:32 AM »
Quote from: TheoK on April 13, 2010, 06:37:35 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 13, 2010, 06:00:03 AM
Peas as large as beets... :hide:

 :viking:

They might be :viking: brave if I actually liked peas! :laugh:
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2010, 07:31:39 AM »
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2010, 07:34:30 AM »
Peas as big as my Balls of Steel(TM)! :zoinks:
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Re: The future is sweet
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2010, 09:48:03 AM »
Quote from: Dr._Robotnik on April 13, 2010, 07:34:30 AM
Peas as big as my Balls of Steel(TM)! :zoinks:

Pea-sized, then. Fair enough.


(j/k; we are all well aware that "the twins" weigh several thousand kilos each. Never mind balls of steel; what industrial-strength material are your trousers made from? Inquiring minds need to know.)
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