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IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Impressed: GPS being so cheap
Disappointed: An explosion of willful ignorance and institutionalized hate
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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You guys would be impressed by smartphones??? You guys are easily impressed. I'd be impressed by a black president.
 
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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.
 

yhelothar

Lifer
Dec 11, 2002
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Impressed: 60MP pr0n
oh wait I think I was too young to be impressed by that.

Being a 4yr old, I'd say vidya games
 

PliotronX

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Oct 17, 1999
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16GB in something the size of a fingernail for $30?!?!

I remember when 512MB of rust technology was ungodly.

Disappointed by hybrid cars.
 

RaistlinZ

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Oct 15, 2001
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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.
 

Ryan99

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I think the graphics of a game console would literally blow your mind.

Probs be disappointed that I lost 20 years though.
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How To Be Funny
 

Jeffg010

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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!"
 

NinjaTech

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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.

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: :D
 
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SlowSpyder

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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I'd be shocked that some guy who was drafted in to the NFL a year after I left is still playing.
 

BUTCH1

Lifer
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lol. Wrong. Liberal whining is why we are losing the wars. GW would have slaughtered everyone in the region if he could have gotten away with it. Everyone knows this.

That's been tried before, it was called Nazi Germany...
 

Juddog

Diamond Member
Dec 11, 2006
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Impressed: Computer advancement
Unimpressed: How big business gets to write legislation that the government just passes quietly
 

MetalMat

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2004
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Impressed: The Saints won the superbowl
Unimpressed: Why is so much new music teh suck
 

Homerboy

Lifer
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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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evident

Lifer
Apr 5, 2005
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lol. Wrong. Failed planning is the result of liberal whining. Everyone knows this.
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?
 

xCxStylex

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Apr 6, 2003
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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.

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.
 

dainthomas

Lifer
Dec 7, 2004
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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.