Comments on: FaceTime 1910 A.D. http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-865025 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-865025 It's 2010 already. So where's my flying car? I WANT MY FLYING CAR! It’s 2010 already. So where’s my flying car? I WANT MY FLYING CAR!

]]> By: edthehippie http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864786 edthehippie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864786 Why is woody allen wearing a blond wig and smiling ?? Why is woody allen wearing a blond wig and smiling ??

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864554 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864554 Bad link: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/19/a%20href= Bad link:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/19/a%20href=

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864561 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864561 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> By: Matthew Miller http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864569 Matthew Miller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864569 In the future, smoking is good for you! In the future, smoking is good for you!

]]> By: capl http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864572 capl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864572 Früher war die Zukunft auch besser (In the past, even the future was better) Karl Valentin Früher war die Zukunft auch besser (In the past, even the future was better)
Karl Valentin

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864574 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864574 I absolutely the hats. I absolutely the hats.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864576 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864576 I liked images #25 & 26. Imagine a crazy-ass futuristic world where <em>a man stays home to take care of the baby while his wife hangs out with friends at a bar!</em> They'll be giving women the vote next. I liked images #25 & 26. Imagine a crazy-ass futuristic world where a man stays home to take care of the baby while his wife hangs out with friends at a bar! They’ll be giving women the vote next.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864579 sam1148 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864579 More shocking, is that they're females wearing pant suits and smoking in public. More shocking, is that they’re females wearing pant suits and smoking in public.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864847 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864847 That's not even close to Facetime. Those devices clearly work over a 3G connection. That’s not even close to Facetime. Those devices clearly work over a 3G connection.

]]> By: MrHarley http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864593 MrHarley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864593 Ahh nothing I like better after a long flight in my skycoach than doing a j over some ice cold Alpinedew while ignoring the present company to speak to a far more interesting distant acquaintance. Ahh nothing I like better after a long flight in my skycoach than doing a j over some ice cold Alpinedew while ignoring the present company to speak to a far more interesting distant acquaintance.

]]> By: BoydWaters http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864610 BoydWaters Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864610 I think that's a Dymaxion Car, not an aeroplane. I think that’s a Dymaxion Car, not an aeroplane.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864614 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864614 Forward... into the past! Forward… into the past!

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864615 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864615 Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk." Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties. Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge? Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true. Dr. Melik: Incredible. -from the IMDB entry on <i>Sleeper</i> Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called “wheat germ, organic honey and tiger’s milk.”

Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.

Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or… hot fudge?

Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy… precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.

Dr. Melik: Incredible.

-from the IMDB entry on Sleeper

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864629 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864629 I wonder if those communications devices can has a vibrate setting. (For a better tomorrow, today?) I mean, after you're done talking to the kids, of course! I wonder if those communications devices can has a vibrate setting. (For a better tomorrow, today?)

I mean, after you’re done talking to the kids, of course!

]]> By: ncm http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864633 ncm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864633 He's giving her the finger. I would too. At least cancer has been eliminated. And emphysema. But not wires or knobs, which means they have their priorities straight. And the phones double as sex toys. He’s giving her the finger. I would too.

At least cancer has been eliminated. And emphysema. But not wires or knobs, which means they have their priorities straight. And the phones double as sex toys.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864899 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864899 But according to Mitchell & Webb, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt6nwvGJiN8">the Singularity is just around the corner!</A> But according to Mitchell & Webb, the Singularity is just around the corner!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864652 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864652 It's like looking into a mirror. It’s like looking into a mirror.

]]> By: absatz http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864671 absatz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864671 Wow... Humanity is predictable and transparent. Not visible from any but a few ... Wow… Humanity is predictable and transparent. Not visible from any but a few …

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864682 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864682 Quite absurd, smoking in public. Who has such crazy ideas about the future? Quite absurd, smoking in public. Who has such crazy ideas about the future?

]]> By: Daedalus http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-865210 Daedalus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-865210 I actually liked the modern things alongside the old stuff. Since I don't read German, it helped me figure out what the old stuff was saying, and it cast a light on how we were "supposed" to be living. As for a mall not being a city: clearly, you weren't a mallrat as a kid, and you don't follow recent suburban mall development (which includes apartments above the stores for a more "community" feel). I actually liked the modern things alongside the old stuff. Since I don’t read German, it helped me figure out what the old stuff was saying, and it cast a light on how we were “supposed” to be living.

As for a mall not being a city: clearly, you weren’t a mallrat as a kid, and you don’t follow recent suburban mall development (which includes apartments above the stores for a more “community” feel).

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864705 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864705 The Ladies Home Journal Article about the future referred to at the bottom of this link is far more interesting and disturbingly accurate. http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2007/4/17/what-may-happen-in-the-next-hundred-years-ladies-home-journa.html They hit the nail on the head with almost every prediction, with the exception of 'everyone will walk ten miles a day'. The Ladies Home Journal Article about the future referred to at the bottom of this link is far more interesting and disturbingly accurate.

http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2007/4/17/what-may-happen-in-the-next-hundred-years-ladies-home-journa.html

They hit the nail on the head with almost every prediction, with the exception of ‘everyone will walk ten miles a day’.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864711 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864711 And cigarettes and daiquiris! Don't forget those. Drinkin' and smokin' in front of the baby. And cigarettes and daiquiris!

Don’t forget those.

Drinkin’ and smokin’ in front of the baby.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-865765 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-865765 <blockquote>Ahh nothing I like better after a long flight in my skycoach than doing a j over some ice cold Alpinedew while ignoring the present company to speak to a far more interesting distant acquaintance.</blockquote> So, they pegged the rudeness of people with cell phones and netbooks perfectly. I see this every day.

Ahh nothing I like better after a long flight in my skycoach than doing a j over some ice cold Alpinedew while ignoring the present company to speak to a far more interesting distant acquaintance.

So, they pegged the rudeness of people with cell phones and netbooks perfectly. I see this every day.

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864747 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864747 where's my flying car? i was promised flying cars! where’s my flying car? i was promised flying cars!

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2010/08/19/facetime-1910-ad.html#comment-864753 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-864753 Nice, but a roof over an entire city does not equate with a shopping mall. Most of the congruancies they draw are barely related. Why didn't they post a 110 year old drawing of a woman giving birth and then add a shot of a modern delivery room alongside it? Or a man drinking from a bottle that contains nothing but water? The "predictions" were cool to see, but adding their so-called modern counterparts was just silly and irrelevant. Nice, but a roof over an entire city does not equate with a shopping mall. Most of the congruancies they draw are barely related. Why didn’t they post a 110 year old drawing of a woman giving birth and then add a shot of a modern delivery room alongside it? Or a man drinking from a bottle that contains nothing but water? The “predictions” were cool to see, but adding their so-called modern counterparts was just silly and irrelevant.

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