When are we going to get our hover-cars? We're more than a decade into the 2000's and society is still stuck in a boring world of rubber to asphalt travel. Airplanes don't count. If technology is progressing so rapidly these days then how come I still can't hop into my own personal flying vehicle? 90% of all futuristic movies and stories depict worlds with crowded, noisy skies full of people cheerily zooming about in hunks of shiny metal.
Well I say the future is NOW. (Hmmmm... that sounds like a campaign add.) All we have to do is figure out how to create an anti-gravity field and Bam! Hover-cars. At least that's about as much as I understand from surfing the web for 5 minutes. So scientists, get on that. Or else. Seriously, I'm going to be real pissed if I die before I get my hover-car.
Thats hilarious! my buddy always used to ask the same thing, like "Its the year 2000, where the hell are the rocket boots?" lol
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ReplyDeleteHowever, I cannot imagine a world filled with hoover cars zooming around in 3 dimensions. Its dangerous enough with cars lined up like toy soldiers traveling 75 mph.
Duane! you so beat me to the Jetsons reference! Meet george Jetson da da da dee dee dee dee Jane his wife! his boy Elroy... Jane stop this crazy thing!
ReplyDeleteo.k. no wait seriously... I'll get someone right on this hover car thing. You are correct. it's a terrible over sight and I wouldn't want you to die unhappy.
So, okay. Accuse me of being too serious here, but let me ask you: why? Why do you think about this? I find that fact interesting. It makes me wonder what the future means to you, what kind of car you drive right now, what you think that car says about you, what kind of car you WISH you drove. Sure, yes. I'm overreacting to this. But am I??
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a discussion we had in a different class. We were discussing the portrayal of the future in film, and how most films portray the future as somewhat dystopian. I tried to convince the professor that any future with hover cars should at the very least be considered a wash, but he didn't seem to keen on that idea.
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