One Hundred Years From Now

Legs.Eleven · 01-05-2013 11:19pm

Brushing teeth the way we do it now. Just brushed mine there and every time I do it, I think "Am in 2013 or feckin' 1813 of wha!:mad:". There really has to be handier way....

endacl · 01-05-2013 11:20pm

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I hope within my lifetime we find out the truth about visits from extraterrestrials . It's pretty obvious we've been visited and continue to be.

Ah feck! They were here not five minutes ago! You just missed them. They just headed out to hook up with Bigfoot, the Tooth fairy, and God.

Magenta · 01-05-2013 11:30pm

The fact that terminally ill people are left to die slow deaths against their will, but cats and dogs are given peaceful endings when they have no quality of life/chance of recovery anymore.

The fact that women who are raped and become pregnant don't get any say on whether or not they continue the pregnancy, unless they leave the country.

Iwasfrozen · 01-05-2013 11:35pm

Magenta wrote: »

The fact that terminally ill people are left to die slow deaths against their will, but cats and dogs are given peaceful endings when they have no quality of life/chance of recovery anymore.

Human life is more valuable then a cats that's why we try to heal them or at least try to extend their life instead of carelessly killing them.

endacl · 01-05-2013 11:37pm

And......

..... another one of 'those' threads.

:mad:

skimpydoo · 01-05-2013 11:43pm

boneyarsebogman wrote: »

As time moves on, we realize that what we took for normal was just strange. Less than a hundred years ago, doctors were advising people to use heroin, coca-cola contained trace amounts of cocaine, there were many strange and unusual contraptions that people would use on a regular basis.

One hundred years from now, what will people look back at and wonder, "what the hell were they doing?"?

Using Facebook or Twitter to tell the world their life story kinda like Frank Hovis

Who cares if you just had a **** or had a meal in restaurant X.

fergalr · 01-05-2013 11:52pm

boneyarsebogman wrote: »

As time moves on, we realize that what we took for normal was just strange. Less than a hundred years ago, doctors were advising people to use heroin, coca-cola contained trace amounts of cocaine, there were many strange and unusual contraptions that people would use on a regular basis.

One hundred years from now, what will people look back at and wonder, "what the hell were they doing?"?

People will look back and wonder what the hell were we doing:

- Ignoring all the people in the world who are struggling to survive, rather than trying to make things better for them.

- Wasting so much resources on useless rubbish. (e.g. 1000 euro handbags, 150k cars).

- Not thinking more about our future, disaster planning etc.

You'd hope that we look like a very immature species, to our descendants.

endacl · 02-05-2013 12:05am

fergalr wrote: »

You'd hope that we look like a very immature species, to our descendants.

Oh I don't know. 100 years isn't all that long. If we look back 100 years a lot of stuff seems very familiar. And not all that immature by comparison.

What I'd like to see is religion as a minority pursuit. May need to add a zero though. We cling to silly.

af_thefragile · 02-05-2013 12:05am

There won't be no 100yrs from now.

0066ad · 02-05-2013 12:14am

endacl wrote: »

Oh I don't know. 100 years isn't all that long. If we look back 100 years a lot of stuff seems very familiar. And not all that immature by comparison.

What I'd like to see is religion as a minority pursuit. May need to add a zero though. We cling to silly.

The last 100 hundred years have probably been the most advanced we have
moved in the last 100,000 years, but lets blame religion because that is the in thing at the moment.

endacl · 02-05-2013 12:16am

0066ad wrote: »

The last 100 hundred years have probably been the most advanced we have
moved in the last 100,000 years.

True. Theres no 'probably' about it. Yet we're still fundamentally doing the same stuff, and in fundamentally the same way.

Lapin · 02-05-2013 12:27am

In 100 years time someone who's great grandparents are not yet born will drag up this thread to see what the hell we were on about and have a good laugh at our predictions.

Then Dr.bollocko will come along and lock it under the "Do not post in really old / zombie threads" rule.

0066ad · 02-05-2013 12:27am

endacl wrote: »

True. Theres no 'probably' about it. Yet we're still fundamentally doing the same stuff, and in fundamentally the same way.

True also we fundamentally live and we fundamentally die, but I would would
much rather live with the things to keep us entertained and amused with
what we have now.

endacl · 02-05-2013 12:36am

0066ad wrote: »

True also we fundamentally live and we fundamentally die, but I would would
much rather live with the things to keep us entertained and amused with
what we have now.

Pastimes? I'd hope when you were talking about the technological advancements of the last 100 years you meant more than 'better toys'? Feck. Do Teflon, vacuum cleaners and the welfare state not even get a look-in? Surely we've achieved more than the play station?

Seriously, as a species were still the same basic machine. 100 years is realistically only a couple of generations.

Son Of A Vidic · 02-05-2013 12:52am

castletownman wrote: »

*Replies with obligatory anti current government tirade in a bid to win a hape of thanks*

Oh look, it's the freedom of expression police.

admiralofthefleet · 02-05-2013 1:14am

gumbo1 wrote: »

Physical contact during intercourse!!!

like sandra bollox in demolition man?

0066ad · 02-05-2013 1:23am

endacl wrote: »

Pastimes? I'd hope when you were talking about the technological advancements of the last 100 years you meant more than 'better toys'? Feck. Do Teflon, vacuum cleaners and the welfare state not even get a look-in? Surely we've achieved more than the play station?

Seriously, as a species were still the same basic machine. 100 years is realistically only a couple of generations.

Welfare state wasn't invented in the last 100 years it's always been the best
interest for a ruler to support his subjects to keep them loyal.

partyatmygaff · 02-05-2013 1:27am

fergalr wrote: »

People will look back and wonder what the hell were we doing:

- Ignoring all the people in the world who are struggling to survive, rather than trying to make things better for them.

- Wasting so much resources on useless rubbish. (e.g. 1000 euro handbags, 150k cars).

- Not thinking more about our future, disaster planning etc.

You'd hope that we look like a very immature species, to our descendants.

Doubt any of that will change in 100 years considering it hasn't changed for millenia.

0066ad · 02-05-2013 1:40am

Vacuum cleaners break a branch of tree tie twigs to it more or less the same thing, teflon
put your meat on a stick and hold it to a fire same thing. This 100 years we have seen
technology beyond our wildest dreams of people living 100 years ago., computers, the atomic bomb, rocket ship, micro chips and huge advancement in medical science transplants, even growing human organs of animals, cloning, dna, the list goes on and on.

Knasher · 02-05-2013 1:43am

fergalr wrote: »

- Wasting so much resources on useless rubbish. (e.g. 1000 euro handbags, 150k cars).

I predict the end of private ownership of cars. And I predict it will happen within 30 years.

CrazyRabbit · 02-05-2013 1:45am

Justin Bieber.

Pretzill · 02-05-2013 1:45am

YellowFeather wrote: »

I have a hoover board that I could loan you (for a small fee).

Is it a dyson no loss of suction then? Dieting will be a thing of the past in 100 years and all the revenue that exists on the back of it

enda1 · 02-05-2013 10:20am

Being against gay marriage, transphobia, etc.
Being patriotic
Currency exchanges
Energy from fossil fuels
Commuting to work
Antibiotics. I foresee programmed viruses to kill bacteria, viruses and other cellular matter.

force eleven · 02-05-2013 10:59am

longhalloween wrote: »

Chances are in 100 years most people under 30 today will still be alive.

Nope. GMO will see to that.

Magenta · 02-05-2013 1:23pm

Magenta wrote: »

The fact that terminally ill people are left to die slow deaths against their will, but cats and dogs are given peaceful endings when they have no quality of life/chance of recovery anymore.

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Human life is more valuable then a cats that's why we try to heal them or at least try to extend their life instead of carelessly killing them.

Where did I say anything about carelessly killing anything? It would help if you actually read my post.
I'm assuming English is not your first language, but really, try harder next time.

fishy fishy · 02-05-2013 3:14pm

marriage
cancer
bicycles
richshaws

Wibbs · 02-05-2013 3:55pm

Possibly "WTF were they thinking aiming to build intelligent machines". I suspect mobile phones will get a look in on the WTF list. How much sugar were those gobshítes eating? another. You can be sure a few well regarded medical therapies will be thought of as mad Ted.