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What ‘The Jetsons’ predicted right — and wrong — about the future
NY Post ^
| 07/31/2022
| Tim Donnelly
Posted on 07/31/2022 11:10:00 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG
I think more of how the Flintstones car being foot powered will be like our “climate change friendly” future when gas vehicles are banned by the government.
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posted on
07/31/2022 11:41:35 AM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: Republican Wildcat
still waiting for the flying car that folds up into a briefcase..
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posted on
07/31/2022 11:58:27 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(z)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Also spending trillions on welfare programs when a good chunk of that could have been spent on innovation.
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:00:12 PM PDT
by
PallMal
To: DFG
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:03:46 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: DFG
” why are we still stuck on the ground waiting for our jetpacks? And why, all these years later, do we still hold a slightly corny, old-school animated sitcom up as a beacon of what could be?”
That’s an easy one, democrats and RINOs.
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:04:02 PM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Asking questions is your right.)
To: DFG
I really enjoyed the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Animation was terrible, but the dialogue was witty.
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: DFG
I think the concerns about workplace automation and artificial intelligence were pretty accurately forecast in the Uniblab episodes.
Also available in olive drab, as a peek into the future of military adoption of AI:
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:12:55 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: MoochPooch
The cartoons of that era were designed for all ages. If you listen to the old Warner Brothers cartoons, there is classical music in the background.
“Rabbit of Seville”
To: Republican Wildcat
I’m still waiting for my personal flying saucer.
To: frank ballenger
"I think more of how the Flintstones car being foot powered will be like our “climate change friendly” future when gas vehicles are banned by the government."
Good point. And they want us to start eating grubs and bugs again.
To: DFG
(puts on flame-retardant outerwear)
The Jetsons’ predicted right about the future
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:46:38 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: DFG
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posted on
07/31/2022 12:51:40 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: ProtectOurFreedom; Liz; SunkenCiv; Red Badger
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posted on
07/31/2022 1:21:54 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
To: DFG
They didn’t, the writers did.
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posted on
07/31/2022 1:49:17 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
Oh the show was doomed because it didn’t have enough trannies, and other sexually dysphoric characters…
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posted on
07/31/2022 3:09:51 PM PDT
by
TnTnTn
To: DFG; All
The day one is born is day of one’s birth.
The people saying “first birthday”, no that comes when you have lived a full year. You then enter your second year of life
To: Texas resident
The cartoons of that era were designed for all ages. If you listen to the old Warner Brothers cartoons, there is classical music in the background. True. The cartoons back then had many adult undertones -- some even risque.
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posted on
07/31/2022 5:36:51 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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