unlikely: Actually there are enough of these nailed spot on that I'm wondering if they're either fake or cherry-picked from a much larger set.

FTFA See more here on Flickr ^

Wow, he predicted Madonna.

Repeat from every year since I was a little kid. If I see these same pics one more time I will scream.

iheartchaos.com? needs more boobs.

Got video calls (new window) right.

The Wizard of Frobozz: iheartchaos.com? needs more boobs.

Scroll up a little.

Check out the gams on those chicks!

I liked hoe the planes of the "future" still looked like Orville and Wilbur built them out in the bike shop.

unlikely: Actually there are enough of these nailed spot on that I'm wondering if they're either fake or cherry-picked from a much larger set.

Yeah, though the details are pretty much all wrong (but wonderfully steampunk), the concepts are all pretty much right on.

/And, much closer than anything I think I could come up with for 2100

Yes, these were already well known pictures...

Wasn't too far off with the U.S. education system.

Specter177: Got video calls (new window) right.

Video calls? I though it looked more like an old-timey-wimey spank vid.

This description of 2000 was pretty accurate too, dontcha think ;)
/The Old Grey Hare, look it up kids

You broke the link! Guess they didn't see that coming, eh?

/stupid broken link and forgetting to preview

Let's all meet up in the year 2000
Link (new window)

Farked

MBooda: Wasn't too far off with the U.S. education system.

Tea bagger home schooling. Think nice thoughts about Jesus or get electro shocked. Also watch one of your classmates help shred heretical science books.

"One for the road" (fifth from end) gave me a lol and made this fark-worthy.

unlikely: Actually there are enough of these nailed spot on that I'm wondering if they're either fake or cherry-picked from a much larger set.

Uh, are we looking at the same pictures? I don't see anything like reality there. Except the one with the man about to pleasure himself with a fleshlight while way too many unexplained wires are strung about.

Horde aboard?

MBooda: Wasn't too far off with the U.S. education system.

I especially like the class dunce who misses out on his education because he's forced to turn the generator crank.

That damn Trudi Beekman got the last first-class cabin!

anyone mention this yet?

buckler: I especially like the class dunce who misses out on his education because he's forced to turn the generator crank.

You'd think, but all those books are "How To Be A Generator Crank Boy, Vols. I-VII"

buckler: MBooda: Wasn't too far off with the U.S. education system.

I especially like the class dunce who misses out on his education because he's forced to turn the generator crank.

He's in P.E.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: So apparently this dude thought the year 2000 would look just like 1911?

That's what I was thinking. What a crappy link.

buckler: MBooda: Wasn't too far off with the U.S. education system.

I especially like the class dunce TA who misses out on his education because he's forced to turn the generator crank.

FTFY

/essentially correct, though

Did the artist predict webcam girls? What is the man asking her to do?

What I always find interesting about these old "predicting the future" concepts from the early to mid-20th century is what they *don't* have. No women without those ridiculous layers of dresses, no non-white people, no girls in the classroom.

And no one ever seems to predict the Internet.

As for predicting 2100, I'd hope that they'd finally find a cure for cancer. We're putting enough money into it.

Still waiting for smell-o-vision. Oh, and more convincing virtual reality than what most 3D is today. Would totally love to play a fantastic virtual reality video game. With alarms reminding me to eat and sleep.

ziponwheels: Did the artist predict webcam girls? What is the man asking her to do?

Show him her ankle?

Hey there used to be an hilarious sketch on Conan, anyone heard of it? It was called "In The Year 2000" or something.

ziponwheels: Did the artist predict webcam girls? What is the man asking her to do?

Expose her ankle, likely.

macross87: ziponwheels: Did the artist predict webcam girls? What is the man asking her to do?

Show him her ankle?

fap fap fap

That's way off. No black people or Mexicans?

miss diminutive: Is this supposed to be a version of skype?

Version 1.0 apparently ran with a foot pedal.

You may be able to market that today as a part exercise machine. Constantly pushing that pedal takes work.

MattTheMadHatter: Specter177: Got video calls (new window) right.

Video calls? I though it looked more like an old-timey-wimey spank vid.

The caption says Correspondence Cinema, which I translated into video calling.

ziponwheels: Did the artist predict webcam girls? What is the man asking her to do?

WHOA... bare wrists! Fappity fap fap...