Certainly not related to the recent leaks

From @Kyle Marquis (@Moochava) via Twitter:

Yearly reminder: unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars.

You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia.

Here you go.

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[djthomp]

Well, shit.

[SPark]

No, I was promised a post-nuclear fantasy wasteland with mutant telepathic animals.

[Cordial Nova]

Not enough cyber, then.

(No TerminatorVision (tm), cortex vaults, or pop-up claws covered in deadly neurotoxin? I feh at it.)

[Shrink Laureate]

Whenever somebody uses the word (or prefix) "cyber", I assume they're talking about "cybersex". It generally makes as much sense as anything else they could be saying.

[Iron Comet]

I got exactly what I expected. Each day different than the last, both good and for ill. Because no matter what happens, we evolve.

[Oliver]

I wasn’t promised that, either. I don’t think you were, for that matter.

In fact, I had a book containing detailed descriptions of things I was promised, an anthology of essays with gorgeous color artwork. They were all predictions due on a specific year. Often, rather conflicting. The binding eventually snapped and the book was lost piece by piece. I was never able to track down a new copy.

The list of things I remember from it included underwater settlements, and no cyberpunk dystopia.

In fact, the idea of a computer network was completely alien to all the authors in there.

[PresentPerfect]

I was promised mutant superpowers! >:|

Or, at least, that's what I expected...

[bookplayer]

On the plus side, the graphics are better. However, I own disappointingly few black leather jumpsuits.

[RBDash47]

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This sounds fascinating.

[Skywriter]

Look at an EPCOT Center promotional brochure from 1984. That is what I was promised.

[Kabasue]

I am 42, I was promised hover boards and life on Mars

[Skunktrain]

I don't know what you're talking about. I was promised flying cars, hoverboards, strange fashion trends in youth culture, 80's nostalgia, and the Cubs winning the World Series. Three out of five isn't half bad.

[Blue_Paladin42]

Okay, so, on the plus side we are getting closer to it being perfectly permissible to wear a trench coat again, though it comes with the prerequisite of saying, "Go go gadget [X]!"

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They have developed cybernetic prosthetics that can feel to a limited degree.

We are getting there.
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If Elon Musk has anything to say about it, Mars gets more and more possible.

[Titanium Dragon]

Everything can be hacked!

And everyone.

- Sombra

To be honest, I find it kind of amusing that people are surprised by any of this. I assume that any Internet-connected device can be and in fact has been hacked by at least one person. Maybe that's just my ridiculous cynicism, but somehow, it doesn't even bother me. Spies gonna spy.

[Orbiting Kettle]

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I'm not surprised, but allow me to still be pissed about it.

[Titanium Dragon]

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I'm angry that it got leaked, does that count?

[CrystalWaters]

I don't recall being promised anything, but I prefer to look on the positive side when something in the present looks like what people in the past imagined the future would look like because it means things aren't stagnant.

[EveningShadows]

The real face of Uncle Sam
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[Smikey]

Flying cars are really overrated.
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[Hoopy McGee]

The people I encounter on the road every day have enough trouble dealing with two dimensions. It would be reckless and irresponsible to introduce a third

[Lasairfion]

That's a great quote.

[Nyerguds]

Psh. Back To The Future promised me flying cars. I'm from '83, and the movie is from '85. It totally counts