"have you ever wtached the moview you wanted to.... when you wanted to?.... "
AT&T, "you will", in the future you will watch movies that you order straight from your TV, and say goodnight to children via video linked phonebooths!
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... Yeah 'cuz phonebooths are everywhere these days, amirite?
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PermalinkYeah, but in '93 if the agency had pitched them on "and tuck your baby in from your cell phone," they would have been laughed out of the meeting.
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PermalinkTrue, but that's what's so funny about old future visions. Like the Jetsons housewife who has a robot maid. We've got robot vacuum cleaners now, but what's a housewife? ;)
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PermalinkThe future keeps changing.
"Happiness is overrated."
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PermalinkRead some old Science Fiction - 1940's, 1950's - You'll find something like TVs and flying cars, and, oh yeah, a can opener to open up your beer!
(And we still have housewives, but most of them are multi-tasking soccer moms, or actually have very rich husbands).
Allan...
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