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    The Future Was Grander in 1993
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    Image of HeyThatsMyBike HeyThatsMyBike
    03/11/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    IN 2019 WE ARE ALL JOHN KING.

    Stupid CNN and their magic screen. And, uh, dibs on not having to deal with the "1st generation" versions of all that technogarbage. Especially the retinal scanner thing. I like my eyes, and 1G never works right.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Jesus Christ on a cracker, like I need my life to be MORE like a computer, 24/7.
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    Image of Thatcornellguy Thatcornellguy
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Man if we have a blackout in 2019 we are going to be FUCKED.
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    Image of metroville metroville
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    That's Jenna Elfman tucking that baby in from a phone booth! Scientiology knows the future (except for, y'know, the phone booth part)!
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    Image of IS_IT_THE_SHOES!? IS_IT_THE_SHOES!?
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    I don't think you folks are giving Tom Seleck enough credit for the artful voice-narration...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/10/09

    @IS_IT_THE_SHOES!?: that's another incorrect prediction. That Tom Selleck would remain cared-about.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    awwwww snap :: AT&T > Nostradamus!
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    How close are we to full artificial intelligence implantation in microchip form, so that we'll all not know how to read, write, or spell? I think we're nearly there. I haven't had to write or remember a phone number since 1997. My cell phone dialed my office and came in to work for me today.
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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    I can't wait for technology that lets me make phone calls just by putting my hand in that "phone" position (thumb and pinky extended) and bringing it to my ear and mouth
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    03/10/09

    @leonleonleon: That pinky is awfully stinky. And I bet that thumb was in a bum.
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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    03/10/09

    @saythatscool: Booty call
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    03/10/09

    @leonleonleon: We have that technology right now. We call it "the crazies".
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    Image of SultanaEleusis SultanaEleusis
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Who, in 1993, predicted our current economic situation?
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    03/10/09

    @SultanaEleusis: The Road Warrior?
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    03/10/09

    @SultanaEleusis: crazy guy on Times Square streetcorner?
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    And yet nothing on the future of Porn?
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    Image of Golly Gee Holly Golly Gee Holly
    03/10/09

    @Cheap Shot: Nobody fucks with a classic....GET IT?!
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    03/10/09

    @Molly Holly: yes, I do. But you know at every new horizon of technology is porn. VHS? DVDs? The Internet? Porn right there pioneering through!
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    03/10/09

    @Cheap Shot: And even your grandma will be shaved now.
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    Image of MrJames MrJames
    03/10/09

    @Cheap Shot: Can you not foresee class rooms and offices full of people making floaty drawings of boobies and pee-pees? I know that's what I would do. Besides the latest advancements for porn consumption, I want to find out the new ways I can imagine killing all the annoying people that will be using these new devices instead of paying attention to driving or just sitting on public transportation and behaving politely. ARGH! The Microsoft future really annoyed me.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    03/10/09

    @MrJames: boobies and pee-pees just made me snort.
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    Image of uninspired uninspired
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Did AT&T foresee their company creating cellular phones that don't get reception in midtown Manhattan?
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    03/10/09

    @uninspired: Literally a different AT&T.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    I'll be waiting in my apartment for my James Franco Fuckbot 3000 to pick me up for our date in his flying car.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    03/10/09

    @StonedAndDethroned: you might get carpal tunnel hitting his no-snooze button, however.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Hamilton, how could you miss the hoverboard in 1989's Back To The Future II? I'm floating above the small pool in the town square right... whooooops! KERSPLASH!!!
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    Image of Cutting Makes You Sexy Cutting Makes You Sexy
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Plant diagnosing contraptions


    as


    plant diagnosing contraception


    and totally thought that that's going to be the most interesting thing to come out in 2019.

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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    03/10/09

    @Cutting Makes You Sexy:


    So you could touch a cornstalk and see a little plus or minus sign?


    Groovy.

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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/10/09

    In reply to The Future Was Grander in 1993
    Actually, AT&T was more right than wrong. Bell labs was instrumental in the development of all of those technologies (they had an early precursor of video conferencing up and running in the late 70's).
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