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What Will Life Be Like In 2008?
tblake writes "Back in 1968, Modern Mechanix mused what life would be like in 40 years. Some things they came pretty close on: 'Money has all but disappeared. Employers deposit salary checks directly into their employees' accounts. Credit cards are used for paying all bills. Each time you buy something, the card's number is fed into the store's computer station. A master computer then deducts the charge from your bank balance.' Some things are way off: 'The car accelerates to 150 mph in the city's suburbs, then hits 250 mph in less built-up areas, gliding over the smooth plastic road. You whiz past a string of cities, many of them covered by the new domes that keep them evenly climatized year round.' And some things are sorta right: 'TV screens cover an entire wall in most homes and show most subjects other than straight text matter in color and three dimensions. In addition to programmed TV and the multiplicity of commercial fare, you can see top Broadway shows, hit movies and current nightclub acts for a nominal charge.'"
If you read a little further it says a very liberate women friendly thing:
Men are genetically evolving, they get talent for things like washing, ironing and cooking dinner. However men fall short in those thing compared to women, who have ages of genetic advantage. In 2008 this will be considered proof of intelligent design.
and also:
In 2008 oil will do 121 dollar a barrel and the 2,34 dollar will be the same as 1 euro. The euro will be a coin of a seemingly united europe. In 2020 the chinese culture has become dominant and all woman have to do all the domestic chores again, while man will go out for hunting down the last living animals and insects.
If you enjoyed that video, you are obviously an idiot.
You sir, are a fucking idiot.
Are you still paying for your phone calls to Japan in 2008? Where do you come from, 2001? Haven't you heard of Skype?
10 little-endian boys went out to dine, a big-endian carp ate one, and then there were -246.