"It is the year 2000. But where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars. I don't see any flying cars. Why? Why?" (thelemmy.club)

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In 2000 Avery Brooks did some television commercials for IBM:

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Reminds me a bit of AT&T’s You Will campaign.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCL5ZpTtVmS70K0037ox0qdBYGTPlNDt

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

literally skipped through a 50 minute long YouTube video two weeks ago of a chinese aviation expo with like dozens of helicopter sized quadcopter "cars" including one which literally was also a car

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[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

i posted this here after being reminded of it by this (3 minute video)

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

It's the eighties, So where's our rocket packs?

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