time-wasting-thread-memorial/raw/pages/7/710.json

{"topics":[{"id":"53b6e6ed63687261b5710200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@trashboat\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6e6306368724df3970600#post_53b6e6306368724df3970600\r\nQuick word about W. Prepare to not hate any character, Even if you think you hate them, you won't within 2 episodes.","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"53b6e7706368721f75660500","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SquiggyBomb\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6e6ed63687261b5710200#post_53b6e6ed63687261b5710200\r\nDon't worry, It takes a lot to get me to hate a character","author":"5062d6f17f123b3e16001184"},{"id":"53b6ee53636872584b7e0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"I realized something kind of interesting:\r\n\r\nThe reason why societies change in ways people don't expect but at the same time not enough is that societal change is deceptive.\r\n\r\nWhat I mean by this is the reason why \"nothing ever changes\", but at the same time you get people who complain that countries change too much is that for instance how much your countries have changed due to the internet; since the widespread adoption of the internet over the course of the last two decades the changes are obvious but if you're going about wanting absurd levels of change every single year then you're going to be disappointed.\r\n\r\nIn the next fifty years sure the world will be completely different, but if you're expecting flying cars and jetpacks in the next thirty seconds you're going to be disappointed.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"53b6f02e6368721fd58f0200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6ee53636872584b7e0000#post_53b6ee53636872584b7e0000\r\nWell, Yeah?\r\n\r\nIsn't that obvious? (Not being rude or anything of course)\r\n\r\nI mean we shouldn't expect the next generation of Tech to just pop straight out our asses. ~Unless this is apature science or Black Messa~","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f1a3636872731c610100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Number1pegasus\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f02e6368721fd58f0200#post_53b6f02e6368721fd58f0200\r\nWell then all we get is one alien invasion followed by a multi-universal empire alien invasion.\r\n\r\nTHANKS -OBAMA- BREEN!","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f25e6368721cbbf00000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Number1pegasus\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f02e6368721fd58f0200#post_53b6f02e6368721fd58f0200\r\nIt is obvious; it's just silly how people want the entire world to change in today when things take decades to change.\r\n\r\nA prime example of this is how since the collapse of the soviet union war conflicts are down I believe somewhere around 80%, but that's been over 23 years.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"53b6f298636872052c960100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f1a3636872731c610100#post_53b6f1a3636872731c610100\r\nYou're welcome my fellow American.\r\n[spoiler]!http://www.collapseboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/shrugs-shoulders.jpeg![/spoiler]","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f2ec6368726406700300","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f25e6368721cbbf00000#post_53b6f25e6368721cbbf00000\r\nGive me the jetpacks and Mechanical women!","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f3026368727fd19d0600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6ee53636872584b7e0000#post_53b6ee53636872584b7e0000\r\nWhich is why I find the predictions of the future from our 1930s - 1980s folks quite amusing. It's a *hilarious at hindsight* type of feeling. They thought, by 2005 and 2015 etc, we'd have robot servants, laser guns, teleportation chambers, flying cars, living in the sky or in space, and that we would be eating tablets instead of food.","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"53b6f32863687235f6b90000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f25e6368721cbbf00000#post_53b6f25e6368721cbbf00000\r\nI'm still waiting for that hoverboard in 2015 that Back to The Future promised me.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f36b6368727fd1bb0600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"One thing I don't get. \r\n\r\nWhy would we need super sonic flying cars, when we would have teleportation devices?","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"53b6f372636872052ccb0100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3026368727fd19d0600#post_53b6f3026368727fd19d0600\r\nRealistically, we probably won't have any stuff like that till...oh. I'm gonna say 2100 or 2200 as a rough estimate.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f3986368727628280400","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f36b6368727fd1bb0600#post_53b6f36b6368727fd1bb0600\r\nYou don't WANT a flying car. Imagine a pile up. Now imagine it over your house.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f3b86368727b96700600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3026368727fd19d0600#post_53b6f3026368727fd19d0600\r\nDon't forget living with Aliens!\r\n\r\n\r\n\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f32863687235f6b90000#post_53b6f32863687235f6b90000\r\nI always think to myself if those are even safe.\r\n\r\nLike what if you're like in the sky and the battery dies? \r\n\r\nOh shit you're right the cars are even worse!\r\n\r\nWHAT IF YOU RUN OUT OF GASE!","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f3d363687214d23b0100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3026368727fd19d0600#post_53b6f3026368727fd19d0600\r\nI doubt humans will ever truly eat from tablets. We love food Waaaaaaay too much for that to happen.","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"53b6f3e4636872132dae0100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"This song makes me want to go kick something\":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C02iy00hdNw","author":"5062d6f17f123b3e16001184"},{"id":"53b6f4206368726117530200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Number1pegasus\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3b86368727b96700600#post_53b6f3b86368727b96700600\r\nWar of the Worlds and alien invasion film viewings are going to be pretty awkward when that happens.\r\n\r\nAlien: *watching unamused*...\r\n\r\nHuman:...wow. This is... pretty racist in hindsight. *nervous laugh*\r\n\r\n\"@Number1pegasus\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3b86368727b96700600#post_53b6f3b86368727b96700600\r\n\r\nI would hope they would build in some feature that forces you to land, or something if that happens. Otherwise.\r\n\r\nDead.\r\n\r\n","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f4816368727cfbfc0100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f372636872052ccb0100#post_53b6f372636872052ccb0100\r\nAnd those were the more 'utopian' predictions from our naive 1950s counterparts. The type of future my elementary school and cartoon shows tried to market to kids of my generation.\r\nBut instead, it seems like the dystopian predictions in fiction are becoming more popular nowadays. The pessimism is strong in our generation. ","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"53b6f4dc6368727b96d60600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f4816368727cfbfc0100#post_53b6f4816368727cfbfc0100\r\nWhich is bullshit. Am I the only one who thinbks this whole \"being alive\" thing is pretty radical?!","author":"4fde4618945b700aa0002fff"},{"id":"53b6f4f363687271a5320200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f4816368727cfbfc0100#post_53b6f4816368727cfbfc0100\r\nIt is. Which is why I like MLP. It's a nice counter balance from the dystopias and apocalypses.","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f624636872052c7a0200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f4206368726117530200#post_53b6f4206368726117530200\r\nOh god, \r\n\r\nAliens: \"Hey! we don't all look that fat!\"\r\n\r\nAliens wife: \"Just turn the channel dear\"\r\n\r\nAliens: \"Fine....Maybe I'm just being to hard on em anyway.\"\r\n\r\n*turns channel and District 9 is on*\r\n\r\nAlien: \"MOTHER F@%&ERS!\"","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f6c96368727359b90400","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Number1pegasus\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f624636872052c7a0200#post_53b6f624636872052c7a0200\r\n\r\nAnd then Aliens comes on.\r\n\r\nAlien:...*just stares for a second*..*snaps the remote in his fist*","author":"500757fd7f123b75a90003b1"},{"id":"53b6f7286368726117100300","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f3026368727fd19d0600#post_53b6f3026368727fd19d0600\r\n[bq=\"SeraphimDawn\"]\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6ee53636872584b7e0000#post_53b6ee53636872584b7e0000\r\nWhich is why I find the predictions of the future from our 1930s - 1980s folks quite amusing. It's a *hilarious at hindsight* type of feeling. They thought, by 2005 and 2015 etc, we'd have robot servants, laser guns, teleportation chambers, flying cars, living in the sky or in space, and that we would be eating tablets instead of food.[/bq]\r\nThe funny thing is that actual scientists' predictions on the future are pretty on target.\r\n\r\nWhat I mean by this is that it was predicted fifty years ago that we would have Ai capable of partially passing the turing test and well we do have Ai capable of passing the turing test at around 30%, the internet was widespread adopted and we do have portable communication devices, we're pretty close to self driving cars(around 2-3 years, they're working on crash avoidance right now) and so forth.\r\n\r\nThe main things we don't have is a moon base and that's mainly cause NASA keeps getting the axe hard.  We could have a moon base of say five or so people, but right now since NASA's been getting shat on so hard by congress they can barely function with what little money they have.  The reason why this part pisses me off is that part of NASA's purpose is to map killer asteroids so if we all die cause of a asteroid or a city gets wiped off the face of the earth it's totally 100% congress' fault.\r\n\r\nThe other thing we don't have is fusion energy; the reason why we don't have that is a bunch of higher explanations into physics but essentially the fusion reactors we've had were massively inefficient.  The new reactors are taking a fuck ton of money to build cause the tokamak is how they've built them for decades.  Boeing is getting close though; they're getting all hush hush lately.  The new ones are way more complex; tokamak type reactors essentially used brute force to achieve fusion; the new ones are taking everything we learned from the tokamaks and making a optimal reactor based off that.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"53b6f8076368722b9c240600","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Princess♠Molestia\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/53b6f6c96368727359b90400#post_53b6f6c96368727359b90400\r\n*Meanwhile seconds later*\r\n\r\nBay news 51: \"In other news a crazy Alien went on a rampage through out the city vaporizing innocent men and women\" \r\n\r\nLaid back Aliens: \"Jesus, what is the universe coming to?\"","author":"50c204917f123b31440000a5"},{"id":"53b6f85a6368722779610000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"For gun enthusiasts.\r\n\r\n!http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Gyrogroup.jpg!\r\n1960s \"Gyrojet\":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet\r\n\r\n!http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/Ash_403/dardick1.jpg!\r\n1950s\r\n\r\nCool, but epic fails.","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"}]}