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time travel??? how ridiculous! now, if i were FROZEN IN ICE AND THAWED 20 YEARS LATER, i'd be very disappointed to see america with no space shuttles and nothing to replace them.
 
16GB in something the size of a fingernail for $30?!?!

I remember when 512MB of rust technology was ungodly.

Disappointed by hybrid cars.
 
Most Impressed: Smartphones, HD TV.

Most Dissapointed: Michael Jackson is dead. No hover-craft skateboards like in Back to the Future 2. Country as a whole is moving backwards on cultural and religious tolerance.
 
Me "We have a black president?"
Friend "ya"
Me "So how many presidents were black?"
Friend "Just Obama. Bill Clinton was prez he got a Blow job in office and Bush jr had the World Trade Center towers attacked by airplanes"
Me "WTF!"
 
Arcadio said:
What would impress you the most? What would disappoint you the most?

Obviously, we are assuming you are still the same age as back in 1990.


I would be impressed with the quality of video game graphics and disappointed with the lack of flying cars.
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Duh, if I invented time travel back in 1990 there is not a hell of a lot that is going to impress me about 2010. :hmm: 😀
 
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Impressed: Computer advancement
Unimpressed: How big business gets to write legislation that the government just passes quietly
 
Naturally I'd get a Sports Almanac book for my return trip back to 1955... er 1990.

But I'd be most impressed with mobile devices and their omnipresence in everyone's lives. I'd also be impressed with how slutty girls dress now-a-days (wowie-wow!!!!)

I'm be unimpressed with mobile devices and their omnipresence in everyone's lives. I'd also be unimpressed with how slutty girls dress now-a-days (wowie-wow!!!!)

Edit: Also I'd watch Lost.

Edit2: I'd send myself faxes: "Dwight: At 8 AM today, someone poisons the coffee. Do NOT drink the coffee. More instructions will follow. Cordially, Future Dwight. "
 
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theflyingpig said:
lol. Wrong. Failed planning is the result of liberal whining. Everyone knows this.
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liberals and conservatives, was totally behind the administration during the time of the iraq invasion.

they rushed everything and didn't plan shit because the cowboy president couldnt't think two steps ahead. what the hell are you talking about?
 
I could pay anywhere Visa was accepted (everywhere) with my ATM (debit/check card) in 1999.

If anyone's been to Hong Kong, it's impressive how the Octopus card (MTR subway/Bus) magnetic card can be used to pay for almost anything now, from restaurants, retail stores, grocery stores, and even vending machines in addition to the subway and bus, of course.

Kadarin said:
In addition to the Internet itself (more particularly, the web), I'd add both cellphones and the ability to pay for pretty much anything anywhere with an ATM card.
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1990 was so much better than 2010, it's ridiculous.

Smart phones (or any cell phones)? Meh. Somehow I was able to get a hold of whoever I needed to at any given time back then.

Internet? Meh. Seriously, would your life actually end if you couldn't update Facebook or post on ATOT? Get a life! </Shatner>

I honestly can't think of anything totally mind-blowing or revolutionary from the last 20 years. (Like time travel, cold fusion, Mars bases etc)

I'd probably be most disappointed by the nearly complete lack of a manned space program by the US. Totally lame.
 
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