Angdrambor

Angdrambor t1_j2xhgy7 wrote

Reply to Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923 by MeatballDom

>Another posited that utensils and dwellings will be made largely of "pulps and cements."

3d printing! I'm sure the predictor imagined the use of molds, but it's nice to see materials science predictions.

>One writer envisioned a world in which Pittsburgh and London take orders "on talking films" from merchants in Peking, and "1,000-mile-an-hour freighters" deliver goods before sunset.

Half right. I can sit in pittsburg and order stuff from china, but the shipping is a usually a little slower than that. It's technically possible, but I think this predictor forgot to think about fuel costs. Also the fact that 1000mph shipping is unquestionably a weapon of war.

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Angdrambor t1_iy8qfdi wrote

Reply to comment by re_nonsequiturs in [WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. by Informal_Ad_6157

That's what makes it great. Contrast between pretty flowers and an ugly message.

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Angdrambor t1_iy8pa6l wrote

Reply to comment by Taolan13 in [WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once. by Informal_Ad_6157

Social media has always been a thing though. In the 1800s, you'd have couriers delivering your txt msgs a dozen times a day. In those days you were judged on your penmanship rather than encyclopedic knowledge of unicode glyphs, but it was basically the same thing.

Before the internet, making up drama about the meanings of flowers was basically the only entertainment.

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