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That we have neither nuclear powered flying cars, nor huge space stations orbiting earth in which normal people spend their holidays
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Unpopular guess based upon how much racial attitudes have changed since the 70's: How many nonwhite people there are in the county.
Alternative hypothesis: We all have Star Trek mini computers in our pockets.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I have a career. I work.Originally posted by AAAAAAAAH! View PostI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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For not having testes, more likely.Originally posted by AAAAAAAAH! View PostVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Hair!Originally posted by Colon™ View PostOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Still no one living on the moon!
I also think GPS deserves a mention, though it might not have quite the shock value that free porn and handheld computers would.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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Free hair ?Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
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Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Politically and economically I think certain places would be more surprising than others.
If somebody in China or Estonia or South Africa fell into a coma in the early 70's woke up today, they would feel very out of place. Even in the U.S. to go from Nixon or Ford to Obama, with a decent possibility of a woman president in 2017 would be very surprising.
However, somebody in Cuba or Saudi Arabia or Syria wouldn't be too shocked by today.
Technologically I think if somebody fell into a coma in 1970 and woke up today it would be shocking. Considering there wasn't even bar codes then, and now I can scan a bar code at my house with my smart phone and get a price check at a local walmart is probably pretty surprising.
Though, if somebody went into a coma on April 28, 1972, the day after Apollo 16 returned to Earth and they woke up today, I think they would be very surprised we had only been back to the moon once since then and that it was in 1972.
Culturally, in America at least, I think the changing attitudes to racial minorities and LGBT would be quite shocking. I don't think many people would have imagined same sex spouses getting federal benefits would become a reality (regardless if they wanted it to happen or not).
Also, the rise of political correctness, also I think twitter sparking outrages would be a very shocking idea. Meme's in general would probably be very surprising. Also, the amount of political sway corporations have acquired along with the increase in wealth inequality would be very surprising.Comment
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No one uses maps anymore. They only follow what their GPS tells them.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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i've never used GPS. i tend to rely on vague half-remembered directions; it makes journeys more interesting."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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Okay.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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About 10 years ago there was a Polish guy when feel into a comma in the 1980's due to a work place accident and didn't wake up until the 00's. When he slipped into a comma Poland was a communist country with a failing economy during the cold war but he woke up in a capitalist country and the cold war was over. What a change that must have been.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Given the number of incoming truck drivers that felt compelled to call me for directions, I'd say quite a few do without.Originally posted by C0ckney View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Indeed.Originally posted by Dinner View Post
I'd say:
1. That the world is still there (no nuclear war)
2. That the USSR is no more (cold war is over)
3. That we haven't colonize mars by now (1969 we are on the moon)
4. That the Rolling Stones are still performing and that Mac Cartney is now older than 64.
5. ...The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde.Comment
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