June 18, 2001

12:53 PM

It's 2001. Where are the flying cars? We were promised flying cars! I want my flying car!

I guess we'll have to make do with personal autogyros for now.
posted by RylandDotNet (35 comments total)

We were also promised better websites. Ech.
posted by jragon at 12:59 PM on June 18, 2001

And jetpacks. Where's my jetpack?
posted by amyscoop at 1:03 PM on June 18, 2001

Can someone tell me what a saloon car is?
posted by MarkAnd at 1:11 PM on June 18, 2001

While we're wondering, where's my replicator?
posted by starvingartist at 1:16 PM on June 18, 2001

Well, you can have your very own Exo-Skeletor Flying Vehicle.
posted by padjet1 at 1:17 PM on June 18, 2001

Don't get CuJoe started on jetpacks.
posted by Avogadro at 1:21 PM on June 18, 2001

Where's my lobster in pill form?
posted by Succa at 1:22 PM on June 18, 2001

virtual reality porn, i say!
posted by lotsofno at 1:26 PM on June 18, 2001

Those are bunk photos made by a non existant company that stopped updating 2 years ago.
posted by tiaka at 1:28 PM on June 18, 2001

What about my pill in lobster form?

At least my peanut butter is in my chocolate...
posted by Avogadro at 1:29 PM on June 18, 2001

MarkAnd, A saloon is basically a four door sedan type car.

I thought that by this point we would have mind control so I would have to keep using my own brain like a sucker.
posted by donkeymon at 1:32 PM on June 18, 2001

The good councillors of Cardiff are looking at plans for a network of driverless taxis, which are very C21.
posted by ceiriog at 1:37 PM on June 18, 2001

where's my clone?
posted by register at 1:38 PM on June 18, 2001

virtual reality porn, i say!
. . .
Those are bunk photos

But tiaka, the point is that he wants 3D "bunk photos." ;)
posted by rodii at 1:41 PM on June 18, 2001

where's my world peace? I distinctly remember being promised world peace in the future. And grey and blue clothing made from wacky fabrics.

*iceberg realizes that he's wearing grey and blue clothing made from scientifically engineered fabrics*

Well, what about the world peace, then?
posted by iceberg273 at 1:51 PM on June 18, 2001

hmm... i did come across some mefi'ers site last night who had some 3d pornographic pictures lying around in one of his galleries... coincidence? it's our own ryland, who just so happened to have started this thread. if only i had those crazy 3d glasses that made EVERYONE look like a dork when they wore them. Hail The Future!
posted by lotsofno at 2:03 PM on June 18, 2001

Speaking of flying cars, Avery Brooks cracks me up ... (1.57 MB; QuickTime)
posted by allaboutgeorge at 2:05 PM on June 18, 2001

Where's my school shuttle! I was promised a school shuttle in the year 2000! (The scary part: this was the mid 80's! Wasn't there anyone there to give the school board a whack upside the had and say, "Dude, that's only fifteen years from now"?)
posted by dagnyscott at 2:06 PM on June 18, 2001

lotsofno: thanks for the link. <g>

You all saw him post it. I didn't promote myself.

[Ryland quietly slips lotsofno a fiver]
posted by RylandDotNet at 2:18 PM on June 18, 2001

I distinctly remember being promised world peace in the future

And on a related note, where's my post-apocalyptic wasteland? I want to roam across the radioactive desert! I want to salvage what I can from abandoned hardware stores and supermarkets! I want to fight off vicious gangs of hideously deformed mutants!

Oh well. At least it's almost Ice Cream Day.
posted by moss at 2:24 PM on June 18, 2001

Where's my computer that works perfectly and never crashes! And boots up all instant-on like!

And sex! I distinctly remember being promised sex at various times. Where's my sex!!!

(If you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need...)
posted by fooljay at 2:37 PM on June 18, 2001

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

"I am a market. Target me."

I have dropped my youthful pretense. I no longer proudly shout "I am not a target market!" You want my money? I WANT A JETPACK.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 2:42 PM on June 18, 2001

Um...weren't we all promised that we would be killed at the age of thirty, too? Nifty future, shiny clothing, casual sex, and hi-tech dome-cities, but only until you hit the big Three-Oh.

Wait...most MeFi-ers still have a few years left - it's old folks like me that have worn out our welcome in this future!
posted by davidmsc at 3:10 PM on June 18, 2001

How about my transmogrifier?
posted by ktheory at 3:30 PM on June 18, 2001

iceberg:
I'm also wearing synthetic silver and blue clothing...and my silver is Shiny and Wrinkle-proof!

Yay for 2001.
posted by Kevs at 4:21 PM on June 18, 2001

Actually I saw a PBS show once that said there's a guy been working on this for years. That he can actually make one now, but it's really expensive, and there's government agencies slowing stuff down. Same with the jet packs. They can be made, but they're expensive, dangerous, and not very practical. I mean you can only put so much jet fuel on your back. And where do you put your jetpack or flying car once you've gotten where you're going? They'd have to make a flying car small enough to fit in a compact parking space.

And yeah, Avery Brooks cracks me up too. =)
posted by ZachsMind at 4:51 PM on June 18, 2001

"Moon Pies . . . what a wondrous time to be alive."

You know, I was thinking about this the other day - while some of the technologies we assumed would be developed are still decades away, there are others that are really amazing when you think about it . . .

I was reading a book on my Palm last night - in the dark, while sitting on the toilet.

Amazing when you think about it.
posted by aladfar at 4:55 PM on June 18, 2001

Heyyy Ryland, small, small world.. As i told you yesterday elsewhere on this big (¿!?!!), baaaad net.. here's your damn car! ^___^
posted by Kino at 5:59 PM on June 18, 2001

this was said about internal combustion. whoever makes it will rule. Detroit needs a new product. so i guess Detroit will rule.(Fordism revisited)
posted by clavdivs at 6:47 PM on June 18, 2001

Kino, stop following me around! :)

Jeez, the internet is about --> <-- that big.

I missed that one on FipeLele, thanks.
posted by RylandDotNet at 7:20 PM on June 18, 2001

Good job we ain't got airbuggies Ryland - air traffic control would hate us!
posted by Kino at 7:56 PM on June 18, 2001

More on the autogyros.
posted by tr3pleshot at 8:58 PM on June 18, 2001

...and a little bit about jetpacks (aka rocket belts).
posted by tr3pleshot at 9:28 PM on June 18, 2001

Wow, proper Colt Seavers Rocketbelts!. Need, need, i.... [hyperventilates]
posted by Kino at 9:49 PM on June 18, 2001

IT!
posted by frednorman at 7:45 AM on June 19, 2001