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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I like watching sci-fi made in the 80s and 90s where they thought that 2015 was a really advanced distant prospect.

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Back to the Future 2 promised us flying cars, (actual) hoverboards, and Jaws 19... 11 years ago.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

No, that can’t be ri……… Fuck.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

the first time I heard “1997”, in a movie, in the 90s, I freaked out, like no way that’s a real year.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

2031 still sounds like a year out of a sci-fi story to me, but it’s only five years away