lapal_fan Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Just now, mjmooney said: Nah. Speaking as someone who was alive in the 70s (I assume you mean the 1970s!), we soaked up science fiction predictions. The 70s person might even be somewhat disappointed to see how little had changed. No space travel? No matter transference booths? No flying cars (in mass use)? OK, the internet and mobile phones. Impressive, but hardly mindblowing stuff. Yea I was going to say the same. We still drive relatable cars, live in the same houses, use the same roads and ok we work more in offices/homes now, rather than factories or whatever, but apart from a device which gives us more information than we can handle in our pockets and headphones etc, hardly anything has changed - at all. I can even see someone from the 20s be slightly disappointed that the furthest we've got away from them is essentially a phone you can walk around with - "really.. that's it? Whatever". I'd even stretch that back to the Victorian age. I think they'd be impressed with the scale of entertainment we can offer though. But I was in awe of the Freemont St screen in Vegas in 2016 and I'm from now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 If I went back to the 1700s as mentioned by Stevo 985 I would become a billionare and a household name,because.I would invent Monopoly,Snooker,Ludo,Poker,casinos etc etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Nah. Speaking as someone who was alive in the 70s (I assume you mean the 1970s!), we soaked up science fiction predictions. The 70s person might even be somewhat disappointed to see how little had changed. No space travel? No matter transference booths? No flying cars (in mass use)? OK, the internet and mobile phones. Impressive, but hardly mindblowing stuff. See I feel like music, for example, would be a good one. If you took someone from the victorian ages and showed them a mobile phone and how it can play music from anywhere, I think that would be SO out of their frame of reference that they'd just accept it. Whereas taking someone from the 60's or 70's with a massive physical record collection, electronics and primitive computers as a frame of reference... but no concept of handheld electronics or the internet, showing them a phone that has essentially any song in the history of pop music at the touch of a button, that just plays from nowhere, essentially out of thin air (in their mind) would completely blow them away. I'm probably wrong, but that's how Imagine it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I wonder why a lot of posters in On Topic have an absolute lack of sense of humour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 How do posters from another team/club post on here ? I remember when we first signed DS from Brentford, a Brentford supporter came on here and posted a comment,and recently a Rangers supporter came on here and posted a comment.How/why do they bother doing that ? Do they have to create an account then login just to post one comment ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: How do posters from another team/club post on here ? I remember when we first signed DS from Brentford, a Brentford supporter came on here and posted a comment,and recently a Rangers supporter came on here and posted a comment.How/why do they bother doing that ? Do they have to create an account then login just to post one comment ?! whilst i'm grateful that they do for insights etc, i do wonder why they go through the trouble too but then plenty of villa fans created blue moon accounts over the summer too (not speaking for myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 5 hours ago, PussEKatt said: If I went back to the 1700s as mentioned by Stevo 985 I would become a billionare and a household name,because.I would invent Monopoly,Snooker,Ludo,Poker,casinos etc etc etc. What would be on your Monopoly board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Xela said: What would be on your Monopoly board? Shit jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Shit jokes. You’ve had a monopoly on them for years 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, bickster said: You’ve had a monopoly on them for years Calm down! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted November 16, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) What I can't fathom (pardon the pun) is that Busted went to the year 3,000 and felt that not much has changed "BUT THEY LIVE UNDERWATER" . Call me old fashioned but that seems like a pretty **** massive change to me? Basically EVERYTHING has changed if mankind is living underwater. Presumably the earth above water is completely trashed and there is virtually no animal life left on earth. No farming or agriculture as we understand it. Can you even have different nations? Especially if we've left continental shelves. No cars, no airplanes or trains, presumably travel away from your subaqua pod is by sub? The mind literally boggles at how much change would have occurred. Methinks the boys were paying way too much attention to the pretty fine great great great granddaughter to really take in what was going on. Edited November 16, 2021 by sidcow 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, sidcow said: Methinks the boys were paying way too much attention to the pretty fine great great great granddaughter to really take in what was going on. What I also found annoying is that 998 years passed and yet only 5 generations have gone by to reach the great, great, great grandaughter. I can only assume that life expectancy increased significantly despite the new aquatic surroundings. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 16, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Whereas taking someone from the 60's or 70's with a massive physical record collection, electronics and primitive computers as a frame of reference... but no concept of handheld electronics or the internet, showing them a phone that has essentially any song in the history of pop music at the touch of a button, that just plays from nowhere, essentially out of thin air (in their mind) would completely blow them away. Au contraire. I actually predicted this one. Once we had had digitally stored music (initially just on CDs), it occurred to me that it could be stored in some central data bank, and streamed out to whatever devices could be developed to receive it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, sidcow said: What I can't fathom (pardon the pun) is that Busted went to the year 3,000 and felt that not much has changed "BUT THEY LIVE UNDERWATER" . Call me old fashioned but that seems like a pretty **** massive change to me? Basically EVERYTHING has changed if mankind is living underwater. Furthermore "Triple breasted women swim around town totally naked." That's a significant change. Edited November 16, 2021 by Mandy Lifeboats Spelling mishsteaks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: What I also found annoying is that 998 years passed and yet only 5 generations have gone by to reach the great, great, great grandaughter. I can only assume that life expectancy increased significantly despite the new aquatic surroundings. They'd also only sold 7 albums in 1,000 years, and this song was off their first album, so essentially 6 albums in 1000 years. That's incredibly selective when you consider their 7th went multi platinum and outsold Michael Jackson. You'd think they'd release a few more if there was that kind of demand for their music even after 7 releases Edited November 17, 2021 by Stevo985 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2021 I'm so relieved these Busted gags are going completely over my head 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I am not sure,but I was told that Ping Pong started in China. I heard that there are towns called Ding Dang,Ming Alf Garnett word and Ping Pong and thats where it was invented.I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: I am not sure,but I was told that Ping Pong started in China. I heard that there are towns called Ding Dang,Ming Alf Garnett word and Ping Pong and thats where it was invented.I could be wrong though. Invented in England in the late 19th Century. Ping-Pong was a trade name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Wasn’t it originally known as wiff-waff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2021 Wasn't it originally invented in Benidorm by Sticky Vicky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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