1. The future food we were promised:
Photo: Universal
The future food we got:
Photo: @AldiToHarrods
Yep, that’s a coconut with a ring pull. You cannot stop the march of progress.
2. The robot helpers we were promised:
Photo: LucasFilm
The robot helper we got:
ffs Siri pack it in pic.twitter.com/znyq5dsi2z
— Ruth (@ruthldalton) November 16, 2015
3. The super-fast tube travel we were promised:
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The tube travel we got:
Photo: @kailesh_mistry
4. The futuristic computer interface we were promised:
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The interface we got:
Photo: Andrew Mager
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything.
5. The humanoid robots we were promised:
Photo: Warner Bros.
The humanoid robots we got:
Photo: altogetherfool
“My… name is… Osbot. Would… you like me… to… shit… on your… economy???”
6. The hoverboards we were promised:
Photo: Universal
The hoverboards we got:
Photo: Nieuwsbite
7. The personal jet packs we were promised:
Photo: Miramax
The jet packs we got:
8. The super-cool flying cars we were promised:
Photo: Universal
The cars we got:
Photo: Corvettec6r
9. The automatic ‘plugged in’ computer-based learning we were promised:
The computer-based learning we got:
In fairness, it’s a half-interesting read.
10. The incredible super suits we were promised:
The super suits we got:
Photo: Imgur
11. The society we were promised:
Photo: Don Davis
The society we got:
The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 18 June 2015
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