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Title: The future is sweet
Post by: Blasted on November 22, 2009, 06:40:50 PM
What they had predicted for us in 1900:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/RiR7L_dyCLI/AAAAAAAAAdU/2COTRQtZAk8/s1600/Ladies%2BHome%2BJournal%2BDec%2B1900%2Bpaleofuture%2Bpaleo-future.jpg)
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Scrapheap on November 23, 2009, 02:31:18 AM
 :)

Pretty funny shit. I like the part about pneumatic tubes everywhere.  ::)
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: 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/ (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.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2010, 11:10:08 PM
"Few drugs will be swallowed..."

 :rofl:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: ZEGH8578 on April 12, 2010, 10:28:11 AM
i want one of those amazing telegraphing cameras
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: TheoK on April 12, 2010, 12:30:34 PM
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/ (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.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Parts 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
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Osensitive1 on April 12, 2010, 01:45:49 PM
Great article, ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ . Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: punkdrew on April 12, 2010, 02:04:40 PM
Pretty accurate, given the year (1906) and the publication (LHJ, FFS!)
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 13, 2010, 06:00:03 AM
Peas as large as beets... :hide:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: TheoK on April 13, 2010, 06:37:35 AM
Peas as large as beets... :hide:

 :viking:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 13, 2010, 06:38:32 AM
Peas as large as beets... :hide:

 :viking:

They might be :viking: brave if I actually liked peas! :laugh:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Phlexor on April 13, 2010, 07:31:39 AM
Peas as large as beets... :hide:

 :viking:

They might be :viking: brave if I actually liked peas! :laugh:

Peas in mashed potatoes is good.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: DukeNukem on April 13, 2010, 07:34:30 AM
Peas as big as my Balls of Steel(TM)! :zoinks:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: SleepyDragon on April 13, 2010, 09:48:03 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.)
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: ZEGH8578 on April 14, 2010, 11:39:08 PM
btw my balls are granite.

mineral always beat metal, cus metal is too flexible. flexibility=cheating.
a medieval castle > flexible modern skyrise, any day.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2010, 01:48:08 AM
You're heavy. :zoinks:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: TheoK on April 15, 2010, 01:54:56 AM
My balls are of Neutronium.  :viking:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2010, 05:12:36 AM
I was always bad at biology so I can't tell you for sure. I don't glow in the dark, though.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 15, 2010, 11:53:33 AM
My balls are made out of dna, atoms, soluble proteins, etc.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: ZEGH8578 on April 15, 2010, 12:15:47 PM
My balls are made out of dna, atoms, soluble proteins, etc.

pussy!
 8)
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 15, 2010, 12:18:55 PM
My balls are made out of dna, atoms, soluble proteins, etc.

pussy!
 8)

No i'm afraid not. If only pussies were made from these things, just about all life would be pussies.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Blasted on April 15, 2010, 12:26:28 PM
The future's Orange.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: SleepyDragon on April 15, 2010, 04:44:02 PM
The future's Orange.

Don't let the Greens hear you say that!   :green:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Gluey on April 18, 2010, 07:26:36 PM
I love reading this kind of stuff. I think we'll be made fun of by future generations by our predictions.
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: Parts on April 19, 2010, 06:32:10 PM
The future's Orange.

I'd rather die :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: The future is sweet
Post by: DukeNukem on April 19, 2010, 11:16:46 PM
No, the future is BLUE! It has to be! :-[