It's 2009.
If anything I watched growing up had an ounce of truth to it: we should have Replicants by 2019, hover boards coasting us to cities built out of lasers ala TMNT in Time's second to last level set in the year 2020 which I decided to revisit at 1:30 am this morning on a work day, in 2005 giant robots that can turn into awesome cars should have helped us battle a giant planet eater named Galvatron voiced by Orson Wells, in 2015 even more bad ass hover boards will be available to outrun bullies that look suspiciously like Flea (who recently started a band with Thom Yorke and at this point in both their carriers I don't know if either party wins because you can't un-write One Hot Minute), in 1999 mini disc players supplied by a Ralph Finnes should have let us live out our wildest fantasies, and in 2012 planes piloted by John Cusack's family are going to be able to fly around the world forever and avoid the Apocalypse or something... I can't really tell because I was distracted by all the crazy amounts of shit blowing up and falling over in that trailer.
It's 2009. 1/3rd of this country hates the President because he is 1/2 black, Insurance companies have a decades old death grip on health care and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon, and Iphones won't even recognize Hell in it's predictive text. You call this progress?! Admittedly 2 out of 3 of these things have nothing to do with the lack of robots in our society but that's not the point... or maybe it is. All of this amazing stuff that has been promised to happen within the last 10 to next 20 years is no where in sight. Our last major technological advancement was transferring paper words into electronic ones.
Light bulb - radio - silent movies - flight - nuclear bomb - TV - space flight ... then ... Internet. The Internet was in it's infant stages in the early 80's. It's been 30 years.
I don't think I'm getting a hover board anytime soon. This is bullshit.
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The tags are my favorite part of this article.
It's 2009!
If anything I watched growing up had an ounce of truth to it:
In 2012, planes piloted by John Cusack's family are going to be able to fly around the world forever to avoid the Apocalypse or something (I couldn’t really tell because I was distracted by the crazy amount of shit blowing up and falling over in that trailer)
In 2015, badass hoverboards should be available to outrun bullies that look suspiciously like Flea (who recently started a band with Thom Yorke, and at this point in their individual carriers, I don't know if either party wins because you can't un-write One Hot Minute)
In 2019, we should have Replicants.
In 2020, we should have even more hoverboards coasting us to cities built out of lasers (ala TMNT: Turtles in Time’s second to last level, which I decided to revisit at 1:30 this morning on a work day).
Let’s not forget the dates that have already passed.
In 1999, minidisc players that let us live out our wildest fantasies should have been supplied to us by Ralph Fiennes.
In 2005, giant robots that can turn into awesome cars should have helped us battle a giant planet-eater named Galvatron, who sounds surprisingly like Orson Wells.
It's now 2009!
One third of this country hates the president because he is half-black, insurance companies have a decade’s old death-grip on health care, which doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon, and iPhones won't even recognize the world Hell in its predictive text. YOU CALL THIS PROGRESS?
Admittedly, two out of these three things have nothing to do with the lack of robots in our society but that's not the point ... or maybe it is. All of this amazing stuff that has been promised to happen within the last 10 years is nowhere in sight for the next 20. Our last major technological advancement was transferring paper words into electronic ones.
Light bulb - radio - silent movies - flight - nuclear bomb - TV - space flight ... then ... Internet. The Internet was in its infant stages in the early ‘80s. It's been 30 years.
I don't think I'm getting a hoverboard anytime soon. This is bullshit.
This "anonymous" person seems suspiciously like Ian vying for the position of copy editor...
My disregard for proper grammar use while commenting/blogging/texting is part of my boyish charm.
Anonymous totally enjoys themselves too much while reading these posts.
But i like the fact that they are equally perturbed about our grammar as we are about all the lame shit around us.
Perhaps they merely want a guest spot on this here blog?
Wasn't me. I have the balls to post my name. Plus, there are errors in the edit. Careless, just careless.
http://www.shirtsnob.com/archives/pictures/threadlessfuture.jpg
i bought this shirt from Threadless a while ago for a friend...seems you are not the only one disappointed in the lack of achievement so far this century.
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