What will we be nostalgic about in 20-30 years time?

Littlehorny · 11-04-2012 07:07PM

We will be showing the grand kids all our tatoos and saying "sure we all got them back in the old days"

kowloon · 11-04-2012 07:47PM

Snowie wrote: »

granddad whats an i phone, :pac:

Why, it was one of the many devices sent down from heaven by our lord saviour, the blessed Steve Jobs. Hallowed be his name.

riclad · 11-04-2012 08:31PM

We used to go to shops,buy books, cds , dvds, in 20 years time most people will have a tablet,most media will be downloaded or streamed.
Students will have all courses on 1 tablet ,no need to carry books.CDS ,books will be like vinyl records ,only bought by a minority.
KIDS might only need to go to school for 3 days, ie you could just logon , like skype, and 1 teacher could teach 50 students, thru video streaming .Perhaps by that time there will be a decent broadband service ,outside ,dublin and other citys.
THE government will give everyone a online account ,which will have your tax and medical information.
by that time you,ll be able to pay for everything with your phone, or some type of electronic device, so if you wanted you,d never need to use cash.
half of dublin will speak in a mid atlantic dart accent and use stupid american slang, ie you guys, i,m totallly over this , local slang,accents may disappear.

WE may drop compulsory irish in schools,
ie our education system will be dragged into the 20th century if not the 21st.
ie everyone has a tablet, do your homework on it,click upload.
ALL subjects will be in the form of electronic books, with
video clips and 3d interactive diagrams,
eg for chemistry you can examine molecules ,dna strands from any angle.
every page would have links to video,or audio clips.

rusty_racer94 · 11-04-2012 08:51PM

People talking about how they filled their cars with gallons of petrol at once.

mackg · 11-04-2012 09:00PM

Feeona wrote: »

I don't believe we'll be that much further along :mad:. I remember watching a documentary called 'Back to the Future (Part 2) circa 1985 and the scientist in it went forward to the year 2015. They had hoverboards and automatic drying machines in the street! FFS no sign of them yet.

Ditto Beyond 2000
Ditto Tomorrow's World

Lies. It's all lies :mad:

But instead we got free streaming pornography. Not a bad trade off. Also addressing the elephant in the room: Hoverboards don't really look like that much fun

riclad · 11-04-2012 09:06PM

its funny films ,tv seem the future seem to emphasise flying cars, modes of transport, theres no sign of the internet apart from video phones.NOT many writers predicted the internet ,or that everyone would have pcs or tablets with instant message apps on them.AND
people would just take a pill for nutrition.

Duggys Housemate · 11-04-2012 09:55PM

Feeona wrote: »

I don't believe we'll be that much further along :mad:. I remember watching a documentary called 'Back to the Future (Part 2) circa 1985 and the scientist in it went forward to the year 2015. They had hoverboards and automatic drying machines in the street! FFS no sign of them yet.

Ditto Beyond 2000
Ditto Tomorrow's World

Lies. It's all lies :mad:

Yeah, there was far greater difference in my parents lifetime than mine will have.

Duggys Housemate · 11-04-2012 09:55PM

riclad wrote: »

We used to go to shops,buy books, cds , dvds, in 20 years time most people will have a tablet,most media will be downloaded or streamed.
Students will have all courses on 1 tablet ,no need to carry books.CDS ,books will be like vinyl records ,only bought by a minority.
KIDS might only need to go to school for 3 days, ie you could just logon , like skype, and 1 teacher could teach 50 students, thru video streaming .Perhaps by that time there will be a decent broadband service ,outside ,dublin and other citys.
THE government will give everyone a online account ,which will have your tax and medical information.
by that time you,ll be able to pay for everything with your phone, or some type of electronic device, so if you wanted you,d never need to use cash.
half of dublin will speak in a mid atlantic dart accent and use stupid american slang, ie you guys, i,m totallly over this , local slang,accents may disappear.

WE may drop compulsory irish in schools,
ie our education system will be dragged into the 20th century if not the 21st.
ie everyone has a tablet, do your homework on it,click upload.
ALL subjects will be in the form of electronic books, with
video clips and 3d interactive diagrams,
eg for chemistry you can examine molecules ,dna strands from any angle.
every page would have links to video,or audio clips.

Most of that is here now? However the education sector will be slower, and accents won't disappear.

oppenheimer1 · 11-04-2012 10:00PM

boards.ie

Actually no, scratch that. I'll never be nostalgic for this cesspit, where ill-informed opinion masquerades as fact.

44leto · 11-04-2012 10:18PM

My younger age, I am very nostalgic about that, I am increasingly aware how fast time goes and life is over in a flash.

There really is no time to waste.

Milk & Honey · 11-04-2012 10:35PM

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

44leto · 11-04-2012 10:56PM

Ah, no; the years O!
And the rotten rose is ripped from the wall.

What will we be nostalgic about in 20-30 years time?

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