Soo food for thought. Blade Runner takes place in 2019.......

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January 11, 2019, 09:24 PM

cslinger

Soo food for thought. Blade Runner takes place in 2019.......

Where is my goddamn flying car!!!!!

January 11, 2019, 09:33 PM

Orguss

Forget the flying cars. I want to know where the spacecraft and off-world colonies are!

"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"

January 11, 2019, 10:46 PM

newtoSig765

Forget the flying cars, spacecraft and off-world colonies...I'd settle for a Pleasure Model:

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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- H L Mencken

I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
-- JALLEN 10/18/18

January 12, 2019, 03:30 AM

LastCubScout

I do have my umbrella with a glowing handle.

January 12, 2019, 08:12 AM

sigspecops

Where's my semi auto bolt action pistol? I'd rather my pleasure model wasn't super strong and could snap my neck if she got a little upset.

No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain

January 12, 2019, 01:17 PM

Ragnar

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

Live every day as if it is your last, for one day you’re sure to be right

January 12, 2019, 02:29 PM

RichN

quote:
Originally posted by sigspecops:
I'd rather my pleasure model wasn't super strong and could snap my neck if she got a little upset.

The danger just makes it more exciting.

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"They who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin

"So this is how liberty dies; with thunderous applause."
- Senator Amidala (Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith)

January 12, 2019, 02:37 PM

LastCubScout

I bought a book for my friend a few years ago called Where's My Jetpack?. I thought it was pretty cool. It tells why certain sci-fi depictions haven't come to be yet, like flying cars, neon spandex suits, transporters, conveyor belt sidewalks, et al.

January 12, 2019, 04:59 PM

newtoSig765

quote:
Originally posted by sigspecops:
...I'd rather my pleasure model wasn't super strong and could snap my neck if she got a little upset.

well, Rachael was pretty hot, too, and had an indefinite lifespan.

Of course, that could be a drawback, as I think about it...

January 12, 2019, 04:59 PM

iron chef

January 16, 2019, 12:15 PM

gibby29

quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
Forget the flying cars, spacecraft and off-world colonies...I'd settle for a Pleasure Model:

Hah, that’s the only thing that’s come true.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/...estors-to-go-global/

January 16, 2019, 01:49 PM

apprentice

*snip*

quote:
Originally posted by LastCubScout:
I bought a book for my friend a few years ago called Where's My Jetpack?.

Thanks I needed a suggestion for my next read.

As for the OP, I think it was 2005 when I posted "Where the hell is my flying car?!"
Pretty sure we'll never get to that lil dream.

January 17, 2019, 11:48 AM

detroit192

quote:
Originally posted by iron chef:

And argubly Running Man matches reality the closest.

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January 17, 2019, 06:37 PM

jhe888

I've been waiting for my flying car since I was a kid. Mechanics Illustrated has been promising them since the '30s. "Jetsons?"

I'm beginning to to lose hope.

The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.

January 17, 2019, 08:02 PM

P250UA5

quote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
Where is my goddamn flying car!!!!!

Dont think any customer deliveries have occurred yet, but:
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