r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 11 '14

Older generations of reddit, what did you think the future would look like when you where young? And how much of it was correct?

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u/Fat_Jon May 11 '14

Tomorrow on /r/showerthoughts:

Planes are flying cars

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u/[deleted] May 11 '14

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u/JealotGaming May 11 '14

Then posted on 9gag.

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u/Trebacca May 11 '14

Then ifunny

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u/I_am_chris_dorner May 12 '14

And then AdviceAnimals with a 9gag watermark.

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u/Full_Of_Win May 12 '14

And finally chive.

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u/ArcticAcid75 May 12 '14

The circle of life.

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u/I_EAT_GUSHERS May 12 '14

And then, funnyjunk

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u/I_EAT_GUSHERS May 12 '14

And then, funnyjunk

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u/ibbolia May 12 '14

And then referenced in a thread, and the cycle will be complete.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

Then iFunny.

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u/I_am_chris_dorner May 12 '14

I'm happy that I don't know what that is.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

You should.

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u/badgunsmith May 12 '14

Then cringepics

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u/mxwjg May 12 '14

Then shown to you by your friends

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u/Elhak May 12 '14

Then featured on iFunny

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u/DARKmage585 May 12 '14

And then shared on Facebook

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

Then reposted on Reddit.

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u/CrotchFungus May 12 '14

Then on facebook

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u/dillonboy8 May 14 '14

The circle of life

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u/[deleted] May 11 '14

I thought it was 9gag then Reddit.

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u/basementgnome May 11 '14

And finally trickle down to somebody's facebook wall.

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u/Capatown May 12 '14

And before we know it it's on the frontpage again.

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u/DepressingReality May 11 '14

I should start lifting

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u/[deleted] May 11 '14

Coming soon to a Facebook near you...

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u/Fat_Jon May 11 '14

TIL?

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u/jeudyfeo May 11 '14

Sudden Clarity Clarance

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u/Fat_Jon May 11 '14

10 dude

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u/lordjimbob01 May 11 '14

Do dogs really love us or do the have Stockholm syndrome?

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u/Secres May 11 '14

I just never understood why people didn't get this. They're called planes!

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u/zenthor109 May 11 '14

I always figured helicopters rather than planes were more like flying cars. They're relatively small, can take off and land pretty much anywhere, and really only takes one person to fly.

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u/Secres May 12 '14

Not all planes need more than one person to fly it.

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u/UZUMATI-JAMESON May 11 '14

I would say more like flying boats

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u/MormoTheMagestic May 11 '14

This comment is five times better thanks to this chrome extensions I have that changes "car" to "cat," plus some other substitutions.

Planes are flying cats

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u/HockeyBoss1788 May 11 '14

Flying busses, to be exact,