The Astounding World of the Future

1. seefish3
   June 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm

   I had to stop at the Prozac joke. It was funny, but it was making me cry.

   I'm going to micro a Burrito, and then eat my phaser.

2. Edward
   June 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm

   Everything that the announcer said is true.

   If we are unhappy, it is because we do not choose to be happy. Thank-you for this post. I am resolving to further appreciate how good I have it and share that feeling of joy with others.

3. Kermtzu
   June 1st, 2009 at 4:32 pm

   Where's my flying car?

4. SydneyClaire
   June 1st, 2009 at 5:21 pm

   Edward +1

5. Frau
   June 1st, 2009 at 7:32 pm

   I LOL'd at 1:20

6. Ali S.
   June 1st, 2009 at 8:39 pm

   Whoa. That blew my mind. Now that I think about it Edward has the right attitude! *high five*

7. Video Game Dork
   June 1st, 2009 at 9:33 pm

   It started out funny, but was depressing by the end. Esp the part with grandma. D: Still, I do love a good parody that used the old-timey wonder presentation. (Like Fallout )

   As for Edward's comment, having a positivie attitude certainly is a great thing and to be commented. However, not all people who are unhappy 'chose to not be happy'. To claim that does a disservice to people who've had bad things happen to them, and/or difficult mental issues.

8. Nick
   June 1st, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   I think I am going to have to go top myself now

9. Johnny Cat
   June 1st, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   A good dose of intelligent cynicism now and then is great for the spirit.

10. DaveL
    June 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 am

    I grew up reading a ton of old school sci-fi so this is particularly profound and funny to me. It's probably why I switched to the high tech and low life of cyberpunk stories.

11. Larfin Jackarse
    June 2nd, 2009 at 4:19 am

    "In a every solution lies a problem".
    I think Norman Gunston said that.

12. Foreigner1
    June 2nd, 2009 at 6:18 am

    I can remember a time when we were told that in the Year Two-Thousand, we effectively would live in a Jetson-style world. But as this magical Year came near, we only got the upcoming Doom of the Y2K-Bug that would Rrrrip through our electronized world and destroy us all. Our military even was put on High Alert and rather short after that we got 9/11. And in the meantime we got Bush-Jr, Osama, Balkenende, Berlusconi and a climate-disaster that still is getting worse and worse. And by now, the US-car-industry has gone Bust with countless joblosses, a larger than life housing-crisis and a foodproblem mainly because of obesity prevalences of at least 20% in the US. So we're also changing into the humans as portrayed in WALL-e and we're by now well on our way to make our planet uninhabitable with most animals on it labelled "Extinct".

    Yesss- Take those Space Age Pills and Be Happy, 'cause This Is That Future...!

13. skidworth
    June 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    i was gonna suggest this as a link, so i came to see if it had been posted. sure enough, i still had to watch it. so clever.

14. seefish3
    June 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Thanks, Edward and Foreigner1 ! That cheered me right the F#@k up!

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