Bill Murray 1980s technology rant

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Bill Murray rants on electronics in the 1980s, from the television show "Wired In," offering a look at the technological trends and innovations of the 1980s. "People have hands, watches should have hands."
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[@kev3d]

The 80s were a fun time. There was so much excitement for all this goofy shit. Now, we are too familiar, too spoiled, too jaded.

[@stevem2323]

The perfect amount, the perfect timing the perfect dose, now, forget about it...

[@LxNStudios]

"It let's you choose what you want to eat... let's see what you should be eating"

[@cherokeegotti4903]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 exactly

[@marcoriviero1639]

My left ear enjoyed this.

[@TuoHilk]

And I got recommended this in 2020...

[@MEATYOKERRable]

Amazing how far we've come.

[@crusty21]

00:57 Yes folks , that contraption sitting under that old telephone was actually a dial up modem for the TI-99.

[@shmikex]

First thing I'm going to do when I get my time machine working is show up to this with an iPad and blow everyone's mind!

[@geekymarianne]

what on earth is that machine at 1:28 with the attached phone and slide-out keyboard?

[@SalandFindles]

Anyone knows how laptop is spelled. It's totally permissible to make 1 and only 1 typo every 6 months.

[@Hypnoillusion]

A full size computer, in a briefcase! Wow... Don't you wish you could go back with an iPhone, and just blow their minds?

[@Y2Kr4SHM4N]

They wouldn’t have gotten it. As recently as 2002 I used to show colleagues an Ipaq PDA with a GPS, full length movies, news articles, and games such as doom and Tomb Raider, and would tell them it’s what their phone would be the next decade. I would always be told that they’d never watch video on something as small as their hand, or read news on something the same size. And a GPS? How could you trust such a thing? Isn’t a road map faster and easier? Apparently turn by turn navigation is “too slow.” As I said, until people have some familiarity with similar tech, it’s like they literally can’t see it or understand what they’re looking at.

[@boonya2]

back then that was a huge deal

[@gugamovies]

@YungFreckle I do see how his correction might have pissed you off to start with, but WOW did it really take you a year to come up with THAT comeback?

[@bensonlawson_]

Cool

[@silverstangboy]

@shmikex silly, an ipad would still suck 30 years ago, they'd just be going on and on about how there Ti-82 has more apps.

[@BrickCity_101]

1:54 was the first labtop pc

[@Bobby3OOO]

It's researched and developed, designed and engineered -- and then marketed and retailed from the states. Why do we need to actually manufacture things? That's unskilled labor that can be done better and cheaper overseas. The Economist recently broke down the costs and margins on the ipad. A whopping 8% of the cost goes to China, where the things are physically made. The US and Germany and Japan manufacture things like MRI machines and jet engines -- things where precision matters.

[@Trancelistic]

This was the best times.

[@spliffburton]

Pierre Cardin.......... that's a blast from the past.

[@paragonjones13]

They make shirts, I dunno how they transliterated from electronics, but they make some fine-ass clothing.

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

That briefcase looked pretty snazzy.

[@SalandFindles]

Dude, I've already slashed my wrists a few times each for making the mistake 1 year ago. Don't rub it in. -rolling my fucking eyes-

[@Bobby3OOO]

You'd better call MIT -- they probably haven't thought about that. Your engineering and management consulting acumen should really shock their engineering faculty into rethinking modern standards for precision and automation.

[@rammsteinfan30]

bill Murry is awesome ..

[@boonya2]

no they didn't. We have laptops today, in fact I'm typing this on one right now.

[@Bobby3OOO]

Or maybe they've already put some thought into it -- and that's why we're able to build space-borne robots that can cross the solar system and explore the surface of other planets?

[@timg455]

World's first laptop at 1:00.

[@DJMikeFury]

@livewire242 That's obviously BS - Microsoft and Apple represent 100% of the operation systems sold today to the public, which are both American companies. They also influence other areas such as leading in cell phones, video games, music players, etc. Intel and IBM are American companies which dominate in the technology field as well in the own respective ways. You're confusing who makes the parts due to cheaper labor costs AND who actually invents them.

[@HelloKindWorld]

Driving around in cars put together by robots= Still not funny

[@jiji1946]

1:45 nothing much has actually changed! whether you're selling candy or computers, WMDs or wearables, fashion or foodsuffs.... be sure to seduce with some cute-n-cuddly fluffy mascots. a winner every time!

[@xLoliChiDesuu]

haha he should see this age.

[@o8bit0hero]

Everyone of those products flopped lol.

[@briankelly9347]

No they didn't u fucking dumb ass

[@boonya2]

not true at all

[@michaelh3588]

So dated

[@livewire242]

Most of this stuff was made in America. Today, American companies couldn't make these things if their lives depended on it, because technology is not made in America any more.