What Will Future Homes Look Like? Filmed in the 1960's - Narrated by Walter Cronkite

This film, made in the late 1960's, tells what future homes will look like in the 21st century or 2001 to be exact. Very funny! Narrated by Walter Cronkite.
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[@wiggy8912]

“Computers May be as common as today’s telephone” What if I told you that telephones ARE the computers?

[@yinchuun]

Yeah, they never thought a computer would become so small that it fit into pockets.

[@phatcat3705]

@@yinchuun lol. Or take pictures/make videos.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@phatcat3705 Or trade in virtual currency with it.

[@awaf12]

@@ColtraneTaylor or what's even a virtual currency

[@jgp7414]

To be fair they are predicting for 2001. Which is a pretty accurate assessment of PC's with internet at the time.

[@chickenmuffin]

"we may not have to go to work, the work will come to us" Ugh... if only he had known.

[@thetreblerebel]

It know bday does by way of the internet and computers and smart phones

[@mynameisnotjerome1803]

I love this working from home, I never want it to end!

[@mashroob]

Trust me... they did.

[@TiffanyS-od3xl]

@@mynameisnotjerome1803 yup

[@ev4465]

That it's so true

[@metalgrinch]

1960s people: "The future's homes are going to look just like this!" 2021: *people still living in houses built before 1960.*

[@kiwitrainguy]

My house was built just before the First World War.

[@johnd4348]

Yep, most of the homes were I live built before the 1960's.I;m lucky mine built 1968

[@yellowstonegaming]

Haha so true, my place was built in the 60s, as are most in auckland..

[@1492irina]

It's now very high-end, but there are people living in Habitat 67 even today. (Including the architect!)

[@celticc3003]

So true! I live in an old southern mill village. My house was built in 1920! I think it’s charming and much better than these ugly “Jetson’s” abodes.

[@cb613]

1960s: on my yearly salary I bought 2 vehicles, a trailer, a boat and 2 houses in just 10 years. 2023: my salary is 10x greater than salary in the 60s and I can barely make rent. I might not even get to finish writing this sentence because my landlord is going to turn off my electri

[@HoustonRebel]

Your landlord could have at least let you finish typing. 😂😂

[@logical_evidence]

@@HoustonRebel they power was cut off mid sentence. Lol

[@goobytron2888]

Hope your power is back on. Someone wants to talk to you about extending your vehicle warranty.

[@cindylou3404]

😂

[@petitemaam]

Rent is hard on 2 salaries in 2023

[@DrGamelove]

They really thought in the future we’d be real interested in variations of chairs.

[@cerebrumexcrement]

welllllllll we do have a variation of chairs 😂

[@SpinDuality]

All I need is a bed

[@shoshishoshi127]

We still do develop new variations of chairs tho.

[@ashleyklotz3762]

Aren't we tho? Lol

[@joajune]

Just like Sims!

[@Splenda257]

He forget to mention that the 21st century people will have little handheld screens for watching videos on the toilet.

[@Raq457]

Like I’m doing just now lol

[@trevorfuson715]

Me too.. It's what I'm doing right now. Damn prostate!!

[@GavinsMarineMom]

Excellent comment 😊

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

1960: in the future do you have jet packs & no wars? 2020: uhhh, no we get into fist fights over fried chicken sandwiches & hoard 🧻.

[@NUFIGHTER]

@@DavidLLambertmobile ...toilet paper!

[@tysontitus3332]

who else is watching this on their computerized communications console?

[@futavadumnezo]

You mean your smartphone?

[@wiggy8912]

I mean, there’s literally no other way to watch this anymore lol

[@tysontitus3332]

@@futavadumnezo whats a smartphone? is it like a pay phone? or does it got a number pad on it

[@fishyc43sar]

@@tysontitus3332 hilarious

[@CosmicHarmony58]

@@futavadumnezo woosh!

[@RobertHaynesPeterson]

How did they not predict that we'd spend our time watching 1960s instructional specials on personal computers more powerful than anything they could imagine, or on our phones? lol

[@psdaengr911]

-while we didn't do anything that was worth being paid to do the rest of the time.

[@imafirenmehlazer1]

your talking about humans here lol we can barely predict the weather moreless technology.

[@joseventurausmc]

While sitting on the toilet

[@roninshogun4eva]

​@@joseventurausmcmy phone died so I had to take one of those 90s dumps.

[@joseventurausmc]

@@roninshogun4eva did you read the shampoo bottle?

[@heyokawalker197]

The children of the 21st century might be educated by a computer at home. LMAO

[@EuanWhitehead]

True

[@yu.czennie]

Covid said hi

[@LordS20000]

Little did they know

[@Lanfeartyve]

The Fun They Had - Isaac Asimov

[@windflowerrainstorm6497]

oh no

[@headninjadog8120]

All we got in the future was TVs that fit in our hands where we can watch old documentaries that predicted the future wrong!

[@mexicanspec]

We also have TVs the size of the wall, just like he showed.

[@dennisschnobrich9288]

@@mexicanspec Accept the fact that 3D tv's died 4 years ago.

[@mexicanspec]

@@dennisschnobrich9288 What does that have to do with the size of current televisions? They are up to what, 85 inches now?

[@dennisschnobrich9288]

@@mexicanspec I'm just saying that 3D tvs don't exist anymore.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

@@dennisschnobrich9288 3D TVs still exist, they're just not popular because it gives a handful of people headaches. I love 3D blurays and games.

[@opiecunningham1570]

"Alexa....inflate my chair."

[@Xbob42]

Why the long pause? Sounds like this person is giving Alexa the command to kill them!

[@NovaRanger007]

@gyrergd wtf.. that's hilarious to imagine Alexa answering "daddys" 🤣

[@smokeydoke100]

@@NovaRanger007 What's wrong with that? Mine calls me Master.

[@DeadlyCyanide1]

Oh funvk hahahaha I laughed out loud and woke my husband hahahaha that was hilarious 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@amarreder6241]

Stop with the sex talk

[@brianfleury1084]

I love it. I watched this episode when it was first broadcast (as well as the series The 20th Century) back in the 1960s. I find it amusing that I am sitting here watching the same episode on The Internet from a room in Victorian home built in 1871. So much for the houses and furniture that look like they came out if The Jetsons. Like most images of a predicted future, the futurists forget what will be preserved from the past as we move into the future.

[@briane173]

I'd always snickered at that. For some reason they thought we were gonna just lay waste to everything older than 1999 vintage and we'd all be living like the Jetson's. Frankly the architecture of new homes today aren't far off from what they were back then, except that instead of looking like Frank Lloyd Wright designed them, they're designed to retain the flavor of the environment and history they're built in. As a consequence even newer homes look vintage in places. Go to NE and you find people enjoying the trappings of 21st Century technology from the comfort of their 300-year-old cottage or estate. This vision of the 21st Century obliterates the influences of the past and pretends the entire landscape will look like something from _Blade Runner_ or _Demolition Man._

[@chiarac3833]

I grew up in a lovely old home that my great grandmother saw being built when she was a girl. There was something magical about that house and we owned it for over 60 years. My mom grew up there as well. When they sold back in 2006, the people who bought were just interested in dollars and no family has lived there since. It makes me sad knowing that. I loved that home and just want someone to love it like we do. I have many happy memories there.

[@Zeoytaccount]

You probably also remember how blatantly they actually disregarded the past in the 60s as well (cough Penn Station cough). I guess they just assumed that would keep going haha!

[@brianfleury1084]

@@Zeoytaccount That's the way it had been for millennia, especially in the. US . If it falls down or is too costly to repair, just build a new one. At least that obvious crime started the historical preservation movement. I'm sure I was once in the old Penn Station, but I would have been very young. My mother & I were seeing her parents off on a train journey, that dates it.

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

Right on

[@brissalcido8534]

I mean, they weren’t wrong about the inflatable chair, those things were cool at the beginning of the 2000s

[@ReikiLightLanguage]

Haha hellz yeah they were, I had one!😅😝

[@brissalcido8534]

@@ReikiLightLanguage even my Barbie had one! xD

[@hebakhalid437]

They’re very uncomfortable and would get punctured easily

[@ZwaetschgeRaeuber]

werent these inflatable outdoor sofas a thing like 2 years ago?

[@redzora80]

yeah but you didn't carry them around. and if you once sit on it ther where 2 possibilitys, you sat ther forever or you instantly fall of. nothing in between. and never sit on them on a hot summer day with shorts...will end in possibilty number one...

[@joeg5414]

What's really weird to think is we're already 20 years past this.

[@Amygondor]

And still living in homes built when this video was fikmed.

[@hayleymarse2853]

That means I’m turning 20 this year and I’m not okay with that

[@nolinm7640]

It’s because the elites stop us from growth

[@fernandoharo3738]

@@nolinm7640 Shall we eat them?

[@ashdacraft]

@@Amygondor Yes! The beginning of this could easily be Google map footage

[@norbkowa]

That future house looks so 60s inside.

[@violinda.]

My thought, too.

[@christopherkleinbach5237]

Interesting 😖.

[@marshallgraphic]

Reminds me of Disney World Carousel of Progress

[@ginafriend1690]

Agree

[@boondoggled1]

😂

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

"Computers may be as common as todays telephone.".... nailed it and more.....

[@PureNeptune]

The fact that they thought you'd need all these screens and devices dedicated to the news or the weather rather than just one computer fascinates me.

[@yestedayssolutionstotodays816]

I know, right. They did have multiple TV channels back then, so why not make that leap?

[@Lumibear.]

Technology took space, mechanics, records and tapes, bulky CRT screens, energy, they generated heat and were heavy and expensive, and that was true even up to the early 2000s when TV was still analogue, you watched a movie on disc, listened to music on a stereo, went to your PC to get online, or got out your CD collection that you’d converted onto your iPod via your PC to listen to music. It wasn’t until we got flat low energy screens, efficient batteries, fast computing, tiny affordable solid state memory and super fast wireless data connection that we could even conceive of small digital devices doing it all and that’s only occurred in the last 15 years. For 2001 they did ok.

[@JarrodBaniqued]

Yeah, I got a screened device for viewing the weather. It’s called a window.

[@zeldaoot23]

Yeah... I had the same thought. Remember, though, that the concept of a personal desktop microcomputer was still a bit of a stretch, much less one that could incorporate all of these functions in a single device. Software and operating systems like iOS and Windows that provide convenient access to all these functions didn’t exist yet, and were probably well beyond the ken of most people.

[@lisamendez4309]

Jarrod Baniqued The best comment here.

[@leemsvg]

I love how people thought that the future would be very round but it’s more flat and minimalist

[@jaysleezy5464]

DEFINITELY not cars, though, i hate how cars look like bubbles now

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Not in 2001. A lot of stuff was rounded if I recall correctly.

[@stevecarter8810]

In the future, people will waste as much of the space they are paying for as possible

[@flamingapplepie1]

@@jaysleezy5464 me too It’s so ugly. Bring back the rectangular bumpers and regular cars

[@bibasik7]

@@jaysleezy5464 You’re gonna LOVE the Tesla Cybertruck.

[@mrw1208]

My grandpa was born in 1890 and died in 1964. He came of age when horses and buggies were the norm. By the time he died he'd seen cars, motorcycles, airplanes, two world wars, spaceships and computers.

[@loadedhot1034]

And people think we are living in the greatest time ever but they don't realize the people that lived before technology are the real lucky ones.

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

@@loadedhot1034 lucky? When they survived wars and then uncurable illnesses....

[@ThousandDollarSparkler]

@@utej.k.bemsel4777 the literal same can be said about us idk what you’re poppin off about

[@SocialMediaTragedy]

I'm sure this was the case for most people that were born in 1890 and lived for 70+ years.

[@rhettwilkerson1828]

@@utej.k.bemsel4777 yep, everyone knows if you have technology you are immune to disease and war🤦‍♂️

[@aeronlangheim3462]

I find the stuff about inflatable furniture funny, especially because there was a trend for that in the late 90's/early 2000's in some places.

[@andria2369]

I remember for my 7th grade birthday party I got a purple inflatable chair. I was so excited. This was 2001. So they were accurate with that prediction.

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

Too bad they couldnt make it through the hey-day of smoking haha

[@lizacrochets98]

I guess people back then thought no one had cats in the future 😅

[@ACF1901]

It was really only something for kids .. adults weren't sitting on those things with each other.

[@AmberRen]

“In 2001, we’ll sit on giant, plastic inflatable chairs...” I mean, they weren’t wrong.

[@vivh2227]

Yeah I had one of those

[@LordS20000]

So so true

[@lavender_haze]

I had a Britney Spears one😭

[@taylorbritt499]

I had a Blue's Clues one when I was like 3 or 4 lol

[@detectivepatchouli8266]

Made in China

[@RandomTorok]

This film is about 50 years old. Stop and imagine what the world will be like in another 50 years. Then realize that what this video teaches us is that we can't even begin to imagine what the world will be like in 50 years.

[@trashcan2088]

In another 50 years, People wont have privet cars or privet homes. All jobs and everything else, will be issued to you via the standing government...Dam. That sounds so commy, doesn't it.

[@qtpettra]

i dont think 50 years from now will be that different, i mean, i hope it is but i dont think it will

[@sgtgrash]

@@trashcan2088 If you ask me you are just 'hedging' your bets... 🤣😉

[@georgetaylor4719]

Me in 50 years: 'Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes!'...😉

[@momokoblue8032]

This was filmed about 60 years ago.

[@ragnardanneskjold7675]

Little did they know I’d be still living in a home they built 😂

[@GraveUypo]

yeah but my computer could store all the data they had in the world in the 60s, including physical media, like books. probably. (i mean, it's 8tb)

[@roonilwazlib3089]

@@GraveUypo ppppft... my phone could store yours and the 1960s data on it

[@sirclarkmarz]

my home was built in 1846

[@nickashmore8907]

@@roonilwazlib3089 Pretty sure your phone has 64 or 128 GB, which is like 60x less storage than 8tbs..

[@delfink4333]

@@GraveUypo meanwhile my iPhone storage is full, because I did some photos xD

[@Chicahcah]

No leisure time, no food cooking robots, lots of urban decay, no robot maids. Definitely nailed the work from home and being able to see people you talk to over the phone. It’s good to have land. They didn’t predict the demise of the family.

[@isaiahbowers3712]

lmao the family was going downhill in the 60s. Grow up

[@kaitlynhutchinson4470]

What does the demise of the family even mean. You just need more money to have a family now and less people are having kids at 15.

[@TheSilentMajorityNation]

"The demise of the family" is very true, I'm afraid. I have no numbers but I'm sure as a unit we spend less time together now more than before.

[@isaiahbowers3712]

@@TheSilentMajorityNation 🤣🤣🤣 I don't have numbers but heres my bullshit💀

[@TheSilentMajorityNation]

@isaiahbowers3712 🤣 this kids pressed because we said families don't spend enough time together anymore. Hit too close to home for you, I see 🤣

[@ThatVeryArtGal]

I always loved how the 60s vision of the future still included wood panelling.

[@murkypuddle33]

hey we put wood paneling in my room in early 2000 and it's pine and looks really really nice 😠

[@daveyoung1518]

Somewhere....some archtect designed a house back in the 60s and said "ohh they're going to LOVE this brown wood paneling. It'll go GREAT with this yellow tar colored paint, green shag carpet and cigerette colored kitchen

[@ThatVeryArtGal]

@@murkypuddle33 My Dad went all in on the panelling trend in the 70's. My childhood home, which my mother still lives in, is ensconced in paneling. lol

[@animeloveer97]

@@murkypuddle33 lmao best response

[@coindog6336]

Better than the boring plain painted walls

[@MattTweeks]

Chef: "How do you like your steak?" 21st century: "Cooked in seconds under a barrage of high energy radio waves"

[@Urammar]

Microwave meals are extremely common

[@F22Lover]

I can hear it in his transatlantic voice lol

[@Blanksmithy123]

It's pretty interesting when u think about it, microwaves are insane pieces of technology

[@privateuser4179]

Top commemt

[@ChrisGurin]

I looked up the origins of microwave ovens and found an article "A Brief History of the Microwave Oven" in IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. ) "at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago, Westinghouse demonstrated a 10-kilowatt shortwave radio transmitter that cooked steaks and potatoes between two metal plates." I had heard or read about someone finding a candy bar melting in their pocket while testing radar components. Early ovens (1940s and 50s) were about the size of a refrigerator and used so much power that heating up a meal would likely pop ALL the household fuses in the average home of the era.

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

One of their major flaws is that they assume everybody will be rich in the future

[@scottygg8550]

haha. yeaaaah

[@cadenflynn1587]

Everyone is rich today. Just not as rich as some.

[@daphnerockzaic9096]

And white🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@totallynottroy1912]

@@daphnerockzaic9096 ???

[@acouragefann]

Be it through trickle down economics or redistribution a la Europe (in a stronger form), in the past we tend to think that everyone will collectively reap the benefits of future tech and prosperity. Instead these benefits all go to a few instead of being divided among many is the unfortunate reality.

[@thothheartmaat2833]

1960: the 21st century home is a dream... 2023: a home is a dream...

[@deathstrike]

2024: The dream home is dead. This concept was killed off by massive overlending to sub prime buyers, post pandemic overpricing, massive buyouts by corporations like BlackRock, and the final blow was by insurance skyrocketing due to inflation and greed.

[@athriftygoddess6501]

One consistent thing I’ve noticed with any predictions of the future is overestimating how much technology will change and underestimating how much social change there will be.

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

Very true. There are limits.

[@qua7771]

They may have underestimated the ability for people to adapt to tech, and the level of planed obsolescence required for implementation of tech. People aren't as fascinated with home automation as they thought, or it may have happened sooner. It took decades for computers to find their way into every home.

[@gotouguts2066]

I wouldn't say they overestimated, they just estimated according to what they knew. After all, the internet is one of the most incredible inventions in human history. In combination with cell phones, almost everyone has immediate access to an unfathomable amount of information at all times. One device which we use to learn, network, socialize, and entertain ourselves. So after hearing this guy gush about an inflatable chair, I'd say they didn't overestimate; they simply estimated incorrectly.

[@stevelucky7579]

The scientific community has often been composed of large numbers of fools who hold vast book knowledge in very small areas of a specific field.

[@oogachaka.studio]

@@gotouguts2066 I agree, I think we just can't predict or sometimes even comprehend what will change/hold importance/be the way of the future.

[@smallstudiodesign]

1960’s: “ *everyone dreams of a home somewhere* ... *surrounded by natural beauty & a lot of land* ...” 2000’s: “ *everyone dreams of a home* ... *anywhere will do* ... *just a home that’s affordable* ...”

[@hlinville6034]

The Great Reset in 2030 they say you will own nothing and be happy about it.

[@smallstudiodesign]

@@hlinville6034 we will be forced to be happy about it. We’ll will be forced to believe it ... the great pharmaceutical rollout ...

[@KevinBourque]

I wonder if it’s do to being so dependent in this time as now most of us lost knowledge of how to build a house ourselves. Back in the day I think we were more independent. I seen a guy almost not spend a dime after he bought some land and built a log house 🏡 peacefully in nature and solar panels roof.

[@DrPonner]

@@KevinBourque like many things there’s always a *tradeoff* , as you live in a city and become more and more specialized in your activities you gradually lose the ability to be self-sufficient. Civilization is powerful and efficient but very fragile.

[@Disconn3cted]

@@hlinville6034 does that reset my student loan debt too? If so, sign me up.

[@JoshuaKennedy321]

How cute that they thought 21st century people would do things like "entertain guests" and "have conversations"

[@oldcountryman2795]

Do you lack the social skills to do those things?

[@HelloImNik]

@@oldcountryman2795 have you seen society today? 😂

[@kaleycooper9111]

@@oldcountryman2795 I don’t know in what nice suburbia or whatever you lived in, but where I grew, everyone in the neighborhood seemed to purposefully avoid each other like the plague. Kinda like saying, you do your own thing and I’ll do my own thing.

[@kota3117]

@@kaleycooper9111 You must be one of my neighbors 👋😉😕

[@JoshuaKennedy321]

@@oldcountryman2795 I and countless millions just like me.

[@INKOSK4114]

“You may hear the patter of little feet.” Robot: STOMP, STOMP, STOMP! 😂

[@artedejali]

I just couldn’t 😂

[@2ID_Doc]

Too bad in the 60s apparently these engineers hadn’t invented the wheel instead of noisy machines attempting to walk…

[@depastin0]

"You'd eat the food and...you might even eat the package." It's called a burrito.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

ICE CREAM CONES! 🤟🏻💯🍦

[@neekyboo77]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nancydeis7121]

Damn I didn't think i would find so many laughs in these comments.

[@catherinenelson8322]

😂😂😂

[@anfaanianfaani9819]

Or a roti, patty or empanada

[@skywalkerhunterarchive]

1961: homes in the 21st century plus second homes... 2021: most cannot afford homes let alone second homes.

[@LasVegar]

Oh then don’t come to Norway

[@azizwahada1488]

you mean can't afford rent, let alone a home.

[@charlimaevaldez3006]

I extremely agree with you..houses today are expensive.. STILL HOMELESS POPULATION RISE

[@mzmadmike]

It's about 65% home ownership now, vs 63% when this was made.

[@AD-cy4vj]

If only

[@steadyeddie7]

They forgot to mention everything would also be in colour.

[@myoldvhstapes]

Except for cars. 90% are now monochrome.

[@astrogirl7616]

@Hello brother.. I invite you to listen to Quran and study Islam.. It's the reason why we are here.. When you study Islam from right sources you will find all answers.. I invite you to read Quran.. Read about prophet Muhammed life..he was sent by the god to all humans .. And may Allah guides you to right path which is Islam" in Arabic means submission to the one who created us.". And Allah in Arabic means the god.. He is the most powerful.. Most merciful.. There is nothing like him.. He created us all . And all things.. humans.. jins.. angels .planets.. trees.. oceans..galaxies...... Etc everything worship Allah .. We love him and we fear him.. We believe in him.. he is the one and only.. He has no son no wife no partner... There is nothing like him. . Also I invite you to watch videos of : Ahmed deedat,, zakir naik,,street dawah. May Allah bless you and guides you Peace 🌸❣️

[@rashatawalbeh3836]

@@astrogirl7616 dude no need for such a comment on a video related houses like plz 🙂✋

[@abkl1]

crazy how everyone lived in black & white back then.

[@abkl1]

@Joseph Lomeo did you not get the joke or are you just spamming without reading the comments?

[@richardfarris2227]

The idea that he so casually mentioned “90% of Americans living in urban areas” is both crazy and scary.

[@TheRogueX]

It's also really, really close. In 2021 the urban/rural ratio was 86%/14%

[@futurepig]

I watched documentaries like this when I was a kid and "the 21 century" was a sci-fi dream. They got many things ridiculously wrong, but they also got a few right, like home computers, remote working, on-demand entertainment, big screen TVs, microwave dinners, robots... I feel so old now, I need to sit down... but I can't remember where the hell I left my favorite inflatable chair!

[@happythatsme4940]

😂😂😂

[@paulborden3067]

Where's my flying car? I really thought it would happen. 😕

[@MrXD117]

Did you check the carrying bag?

[@dystopiaisutopia]

People working essential jobs can't work from home. People need to work in grocery stores and be nurses and doctors in actual hospitals. Get real.

[@zachprouty8595]

@@dystopiaisutopia what

[@JupiterJulia]

It's 2021 and I'm living in an apartment building that hasn't been renovated since the 60s LOL

[@manco828]

💀💀💀💀

[@tickletipson9517]

F

[@lilRadRidinHood]

HA! I'm in a double-wide trailer home built in 1954. "Renovations" seem infinite. I do love my pink bathtub and sink though.

[@gaminglegend]

bruh moment

[@rishabhchaudhry6933]

Same here lol

[@erica863]

Well, in a lot of ways, we’ve changed more than they could have ever imagined, but in other ways, we didn’t change nearly as much

[@fredjohnson5458]

Hello Erica how are you doing

[@alanmtz.8495]

@@fredjohnson5458 simp , you not gone hit it dawg

[@KhasiXChakuin]

@Erica you're so beautiful, have a good day

[@KhasiXChakuin]

@@alanmtz.8495 beautiful name, have a nice day

[@KhasiXChakuin]

@@fredjohnson5458 nice beautiful and i think. @Erica is beautifully fine

[@trumpanzee]

That 30 hour work week, and month vacation was missed by a mile! 😂

[@2ID_Doc]

Only true in a few European countries who are in severe economic trouble.

[@slorinda]

30 hour work week? Month long vacation?! This dude should run for president.

[@billolsen4360]

he's dead, lol

[@dustmybroom288]

I work for a company that gives me 300 hours or about 2 mounts of vacation. Tho I work a lot more than 30 hours a week

[@kenmore01]

​@@billolsen4360#BestPresidentEver!

[@d.l.dickerson5489]

Why should that stop him? LOL

[@sillyputty3601]

@@billolsen4360 Well, they let brain-dead people run for president.

[@sullysullivan1282]

19:00 "We may wake up each morning to the patter of little feet - robot feet." SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM

[@phoebexxlouise]

I made the exact same comment lmao so loud

[@Jaspal1993]

My thoughts exactly! Couldn't stop laughing

[@kl0vi]

Not "robot" but "robbit" lol

[@detectivepatchouli8266]

im dying the moment that robot feet part XD

[@darkhorsedouglas4789]

Who's gonna tell them they're silent and we still taped knives to them

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

The most hilarious are all the goofy machines that actually take longer than doing stuff by hand!

[@jimmyzhao9748]

Yeah, like the gadget that held the egg. For what purpose ?

[@ProfezorFirdaus]

@@jimmyzhao9748 to uhh... hold egg

[@vxcvfyutube4957]

@@jimmyzhao9748 progressiveness is some sort of madness

[@stevem9191]

@@jimmyzhao9748 lol so you can put the egg into its grip... only to know its waiting for ya later. Yes.. I know it's a demonstration of robot dextarity .. but still funny. The microwave predictions aren't even predictions as the first microwave sold was 1946.. which meant development even going back as much as 10 yrs.. kinda crzy

[@marissa8190]

@@vxcvfyutube4957 some things should change, just not tasks that are easy by hand

[@stevarino1989]

I love how comforting these old films sound in terms of warbly sound quality and the music and narration. And ironically, it looked more space age in the late 50s/60s than it did in 2001! And it’s kind of sad how, little did we know what would happen on that fateful Tuesday in 2001. 😫🤦‍♂️ I was 12.

[@floatpvnk]

I was 8....

[@retrovampp]

I was 11

[@thetwilightadventures6]

It was just 15 days before my eleventh birthday

[@ivanj.conway9919]

I think they had far, far, more vision than anyone today, seems capable of.

[@TattedIrishxxx]

I was 16.

[@MathAdam]

Social interaction will be replaced by sophisticated hand-held devices displaying cat videos.

[@MaxRager80]

Hahahahahaha, yup

[@Chillitz]

the device will be on you at all times notifying you of new cat videos

[@incubus3069]

Lol

[@smokeydoke100]

🤣🤣🤣

[@georgivanev7466]

For brainwashing

[@Rohan-nc8jt]

2021: That's cute, they thought we could afford two homes let alone one

[@Mr_Battlefield]

I wish I could even own one home. 🏡 Hopefully someday. 🙏🏻

[@graciekerr3137]

😂

[@olliebirdy6120]

IKR.😭

[@mutoidliz2320]

True haha 😂

[@Soap0]

america moment

[@a1919akelbo]

"Food that's good for years and can be cooked in seconds" who knew the single bachelor life would be considered cutting edge.

[@nikajinpusno9563]

It must be entirely made up of preservatives lol

[@joan1609]

@@nikajinpusno9563 Instant ramen

[@dDesirie]

Mountain House just entered the chat

[@rongendron8705]

I'm 76 & loved to see films, in the 1950's & '60's, about the 'near future', specifically the 21st Century! Now that we are more than 20 years into that century, we can see that the predictors were both correct & incorrect in their predictions! Most people still live in the same old, wooden houses; drive newer, but still gas combustion cars & commute to jobs; miles away! Except for advances in communication, far less than they predicted, has changed!

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

But we do have a 30 hour work week, it's called part time so you can't get health insurance

[@jolovesminnis]

A 30 hour week on the first job

[@AlindaFaye2000]

Tell 'em, girl!

[@fynthecat]

Well, not in Europe, as far as I know most of the countries here offer affordable basic healthcare even for part time workers.

[@late4suppa1]

Ha Ha you got that right.

[@billgreen1861]

@@fynthecat We know, we know!!! We here in the USA, know that. We just wish we did too.😔

[@flukefantasy]

If I can't bring my self inflating bubble chair, I'm not coming.

[@cfaz6763]

Haha omg I just busted up reading this.

[@mixzoe6228]

it was actually popular in early 2000s. its not around anymore because its uncomfortable af

[@h3art_3y3s]

Imagine trying to get the air out of your chair at the end of the night so you can put it back in it’s little bag for the trip home 😂

[@namaste348]

@@mixzoe6228 and was easy to pop😫

[@cbm3]

I love that the robot guy says theres absolutely no need to make them look human. All these modern day human looking robots are just creepy

[@SWalkerTTU]

That said, there has been a need to smooth out their edges, literally.

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Funny how these looks at the future always seem to be stuck in the aesthetic of when they were produced...

[@honolulublues5548]

People have a hard time looking beyond what is currently fashionable.

[@trafficjon400]

OH YA 🤔🤔😂😂🤣

[@Egilhelmson]

What “aesthetic”? That rounded house was considered bad taste back then, and the “prefab” houses were recognized as just mobile homes referred to in a fancy way. They might have been popular in California, but no one but California thinks that anyone there has good taste.

[@Wolfrover]

It's unavoidable. Go back to the Fifties and their "Home of Tomorrow" had a full-size humanoid robot to do the job of a Roomba.

[@julienielsen3746]

I remember watching this show when I was a little kid in the 60s.

[@melissasaint3283]

0:13 "our beds, furniture and chairs all made of paper" "When you're done with this little children's chair, just throw it away!" well, they were spot on about IKEA

[@op-randomz1474]

@Thominus Rex alot of modern day furniture has cardboard insides actually

[@tanyalarose8907]

🤣

[@rogerbest6097]

I mean your not wrong this really made me laugh 😁😆

[@1964DB]

"Mommy! I wet the bed and it dissolved!"

[@carolynwalls6787]

@@op-randomz1474 if you call it "MDF" no one will ever know it's just super dense cardboard.

[@mecc2445]

They were right about controlling a house from one location, but instead of a giant Star Trek control panel, we just use a cell phone.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

"Cell" phone

[@elizabethkeen7851]

iPad on the wall there you go

[@IdkYoYo]

@Ghost Troupe Exactly, but the difference is in appearance mostly, at least that's what Id think hes saying.

[@ziggystarbucks6383]

i’d happily take a star trek control panel instead of a phone lmaoooo *twitter for star trek control panel*

[@knoxtheworld]

But that’s better than a panel

[@ZiggyWhiskerz]

Aww bless you 1960s. You had such high expectations of us. 😅

[@abbasof7920]

1960: "By the year 2000 the United States will have a 30 hour work week and a month long vacation as the rule" 2020: "If I work 2 Jobs, use foodstamps and skip Breakfast, I could afford my next Insulin shot"

[@lisaknight4986]

ROFL! Sad, but true.

[@hishers7980]

Or if I go back to work, im not going to be able to afford health care insurance 🙃 might as well stay jobless 🤪 on Medicade and draw disability but some get turned down, like I did, so working to death is the only option.. uhh

[@orated762]

10.08% of the population is on food stamps. 2021. Majority of those on food stamps live in California.

[@z-blaze]

@@orated762 California only has the most of all states because it has the highest population of all states (9th largest economy in the world just as a single state alone)...which is expected statistically, so lmao who cares. More effective information would be the state percentage of those on welfare per the population of the state; ranked from the highest would be: 1-New Mexico, 2-West Virginia, 3-Louisiana, 4-Mississippi, 5-Oklahoma, etc... California doesn't even come close to the top 10, in fact, California actually ranks way down in 32nd place out of all states regarding those on food stamps as a percentage of the population. Not sure what you were trying to convey, but the majority of those on food stamps do NOT live in California...

[@jasonjmarchi]

Scientists forgot to predict the GREED of those who run corporations, stockholders, and small business owners when making this utopic prediction of a shorter work week. Isaac Asimov is guilty of the same thing. He talked about more leisure time for people coming in the near future... I call his prediction the Great Sci-Fi Lie.

[@joannahampton3808]

They wrongly assumed there would still be a huge, thriving middle class population

[@troyc4841]

They killed that off to give us everything else speculated on a handheld screen.

[@annamariapiotrowicz511]

Ok use small imagain and think of future re-vented something we used in 1990's tacgoloy that persons will use in 2060-70's but won't you live longer enough to see how many things you got wright or wrong and what tacogoy will use in the future

[@Starfox-xy7zb]

@@annamariapiotrowicz511 Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

[@joannahampton3808]

@@annamariapiotrowicz511 You really need a spell check before posting a comment if you want to be taken seriously

[@unwovendreams]

The American dream moved to the People’s Republic of China. They have over half a billion of people in the middle class, social healthcare and welfare benefits.

[@LogicalEpi]

“It would put itself away in the cupboard and recharge itself” OMG he just described a Roomba!

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

And we don't need to be frightened because there's a conveniently placed button that immobilizes the machine.

[@e-chantheapple198]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@On_Dust]

What's a roomba? 🤔

[@jessieqk12]

@@On_Dust robot automatic vacuum thingy

[@jonathanfox676]

I can’t imagine having a super bowl party and some mfer in the background inflating his chair he brought from home 😂

[@CamaroAmx]

Happened in the late 90s. Inflatable furniture did catch on a little for a little bit.

[@mehakverma7043]

"food may be stored for years then reheated under radio waves." Me microwaving a pizza pop i found in my freezer that has been there for many months:

[@tddybear]

... do I want to ask what a pizza pop is

[@kristines9855]

@@tddybear me too

[@mehakverma7043]

@@tddybear its a North American frozen snack that is suppose to be reheated in the microwave. It consists of cheese and sometimes pieces of meat wrapped in a thin pizza dough. Quite delicious, but very unhealthy

[@DireNemesis]

@@mehakverma7043 pizza roll?

[@ryleyw3684]

@Jack Fisher I don't know what you are thinking of because the ones we have are called pizza pops too. It says on the box. Pillsbury is it's brand

[@goldennuggetofwisdom5068]

It's funny how the 'future' still kinda looks like the 60's lol.

[@TheMoeP]

You can only predict so much change in a 40 year span based on current technology

[@kayla-hn8zr]

Hush, they're trying their best

[@ddsjgvk]

Bar stools looked Morden. At least I seem some what looked like that

[@roonilwazlib3089]

Some... retro style ones, maybe 🤔

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Please create your video predicting what the future will look like in 40 - 50 years and send me the link

[@reieguiang8]

2020: People pushing doors when it says "PULL".

[@soulextracter]

Also people "using the force" on automatic doors.

[@cap10zomb]

Bad doors are everywhere by Vox. It's a good video.

[@laylacox77]

Something to help, most doors are pull on the outside and push one the inside. The reason for this is because there was a fire in a club once, and everybody crowded near the door. Unfortunately, the door was a pull door from the inside and the people couldn't get out because the door had no room to open. So now most doors are required to be a push door on the inside for easier escape access. I think that doors that aren't like that are illegal in some places.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

@@laylacox77 I didn't know the history but assumed it was for safety. But why do doors in private houses open to the inside?

[@laylacox77]

@@nativeafroeurasian not sure.. maybe not a high risk for a lot of people to escape..?

[@Squidbush8563]

It always makes me chuckle to think they assume we all will live in brand new houses and not in exactly the same houses that were built in the 50's and 60s in spite of the fact that people have commonly stayed in the same homes for generations already.

[@CamaroAmx]

Exactly. Most people just either end up living in the house they grew up in or a house that has been passed among different people for generations. New houses are for the wealthy.

[@Slash18622]

1960s: “Future homes gonna be awesome houses!” 2022: “Happy when I can pay my rent and have some money for heating.”

[@madisonwilliamson]

Right. Just got charged $100 for water 🙃 it’s only me & my husband…

[@mrzabie0138]

Thanks Biden!

[@3gunslingers]

@@mrzabie0138 What has Biden to do with the complete failure of the US to fully urbanize their cities? If you watch the video closely they predicted with pinpoint accuracy how the suburban sprawl will destroy the housing market and bankrupt cities.

[@Zaire82]

Heating? What a luxury. I forgot what it feels like to not have numb toes. 5 years ago, I could have had it on all year and spent less than I do just to cover the standing cost now.

[@tobistraumfabrik333]

@@mrzabie0138 they fuck with us worldwide.. greetz from germany

[@LukeWarm05]

I'm watching this on my Computerized Communications Console as I wonder why I don't have a 30-hour work week and month-long vacations.

[@ByteMeCompletely]

The CCP decided you don't need a CCC.

[@spencerwilton5831]

LukeWarm05 Because you don't live in Europe? I'm guessing you also don't benefit from universal healthcare, paid maternity and paternity leave, statutory sick pay either?

[@stayathomegypsy5078]

Haha!

[@halasimov1362]

Because you don't know how to negotiate or you are not worth it.

[@MK-hh1vo]

In 2020 I have a 25 hour work week and a month long furlough, does that count?

[@CEOmagi]

That transition from 2001 to 21st was smooth bruh 💀💀

[@suiker1224]

People in 21st century: eating detergent and putting glue in their hair

[@gattifan609]

Thx for the laugh 👍

[@SK-pw9id]

People were probably doing that back then there was just no internet to put it on

[@lilRadRidinHood]

@@SK-pw9id Back then sniffing glue was an all too common pastime for teens who couldn't access alcohol.

[@lemonlion5668]

@@lilRadRidinHood 🤣

[@scoldedegg]

It seems like people get dumber as time passes

[@CanadianPrepper]

3:43 Imagine his head explode when he hears about google, facebook, twitter, the NSA, DHS, amazon and the tracking device youre reading this on

[@battery_wattage]

And self landing rockets.

[@warpey5632]

"We forgot in the 20th century the necessity for privacy." _Yes. P r i v a c y ._

[@ShawntiaKnott]

Had no idea I'd see you here. Here I am. 4:01 a.m. in the morning. Scrolling through the comments on random videos. And here I see you. Wow.

[@ShawntiaKnott]

@@LilJWolf007 I DRANK 3 CUPS OF DEATH WISH COFFEE 4 HOURS AGO. NOW IM HAVING CRAZY HEART PALPITATIONS.

[@freshafroman]

👁️👄👁️

[@KevinOndarza]

Every time I hear "second home" I die of laughter. I can't even afford a home! lol

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

I love you... Spent a whole good career as a teacher paying for a 113,000 dollar house. 22 years paying an average of 1500/month. Then sold it for 145,000. Nice investment eh?

[@strawberryme08]

Most can’t afford rent right now

[@josephcote6120]

Well, after all this was made before Reagan and the GOP started destroying the middle class.

[@happydays7035]

@@josephcote6120 no actually this was before Obamer and socialism took over

[@josephcote6120]

@@happydays7035 Aren't you at all embarrassed to be that ignorant?

[@GenRN]

I’m imagining what the future holds that we can’t imagine. When I was on the bus in 6th grade I remember thinking about being told that we would have book and newspapers on a handheld device that we could fold up and stick in our purses. I was blown away and could not fathom it. 😂 Now I have a 1 terabyte iPhone.

[@SWalkerTTU]

There’s the Samsung Galaxy Z series that can either fold or flip. Neither one is cheap.

[@GenRN]

@@SWalkerTTU I was imagining something that could be rolled up like a newspaper.

[@zms8092]

1960: “Sshhh...don’t say that out loud, the government will wiretap us and listen to what we’re saying.” 2020: “Hey wiretap, give me a recipe for enchiladas!”

[@davidk8457]

ehh ehh ehh :)

[@jipfluffy2143]

I talked about a little tiny turtle I used to have when I was a kid and on Facebook I got an ad for exotic pets and said are you looking for turtles?

[@csabo1725]

I Googled "internal temp for meatloaf" last night. This morning there were 30 recipes for meatloaf in my KZbin recommendations. This has to stop.

[@guerillakiller24]

😂😂😂😂

[@guerillakiller24]

@@csabo1725 I looked up the song “money” by Pink Floyd and now am getting investment ads and ads for TurboTax and money management. KZbin and google gotta stop😂😂

[@spekky6248]

1960: “Robots doing housework in 21st Century“ Robots in 21st Century : Are you a robot? 😂

[@lisakhoza8385]

😂😂😂

[@alexthegreat1395]

Indeed i am a robot

[@richardedwards3429]

That's why my house work never gets done!!!

[@xPOWERx-ne1jr]

?? This is a confusing statement

[@NovaRanger007]

@@xPOWERx-ne1jr He means that we as humans encounter "btos" every day on internet which ask us "are you a robot" and ask us to do crazy 'captchka' to prove that we are not robot.

[@cfaz6763]

"Our tables, chairs made of paper" Foreshadowing Ikea? 😆 🤣

[@fredjohnson5458]

Hello C faz how are you doing

[@aldovirooo]

FYI Ikea was founded in the 40's. Was just in Sweden back then though.

[@fredjohnson5458]

So if I may ask where are you located

[@runewolf77]

We're get'n there. Someone made a chair out of paper that u open up like a book.

[@silver.sorner2059]

@@fredjohnson5458 bruh this isn't tinder

[@Bloombubble7]

"Computerized communication console" You mean smartphone

[@thisiswhathappenslarry]

Thats exactly it

[@jasonbishop678]

They thought we’d have a walk in machine to remove lint electrostatically..nope 54 years later we’d still be rolling tape on our clothes.

[@Karaitika]

I wanna know if they planned for what happens when you walk *out* of the electrostacally charged room. Like do pets not shed in the future?? You'd still have a charge

[@reesells1617]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@xXbaker1025Xx]

yet at the same time we would be carrying around inflatable bags

[@titanramfan]

😂

[@deboraholsen2504]

You have no idea how much I wish it were true that we could electrostatically get rid of dust mites forever! Or just get rid of them some how! I hate when I dust an area that hasn’t been dusted in a while and suddenly I’m not only sneezing, but worse, I’m ITCHING and even being pricked by tiny, unseen but ugly creatures that eat my hair and skin! They are so primitive that they don’t even have eyes! But oh, the damage they cause! Their diameter is only 1/3 of the width of a human hair, so no matter how hard you look, you’ll never see the micro monsters with your naked eye!!!! (Maybe it’s good that we can’t see them!)

[@velshock]

Aww, it’s so sweet that they didn’t think that corporate greed would ruin everything.

[@CamaroAmx]

And it was their own corporate greed that did it. It was this generation and the next that killed the middle class.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

30-hour work weeks, month-long vacations, inflatable chairs, and furniture made of paper. In actuality, we have 80-hour work weeks, vacations destroyed by Covid, inflatable sex dolls, and KZbin videos on pimple squeezing.

[@trashcan2088]

Dam that was funny. LMAOROF!

[@nmac3718]

Well the furniture made from paper concept is a pretty close truth just shop at IKEA!!! ---junk

[@Egilhelmson]

And KZbin videos from Russians telling us that we are not pooping properly. And Russians not necessarily being bad guys looking to nuke us to defeat the Capitalist West, but instead join it and leave the ex-USSR behind, like Putin’s old boss’s boss at the Museum that puts out the Spycast podcast. Remember, this describes 2001, not 2021. The iPhone is still in the future, and the Blackberry screenless.

[@bathombre9739]

Soon you can ditch the inflatable doll, there are better options, soon can have your own AI doll companion

[@natheria4933]

some of what they predicted came true. sadly most of what they predicted that came true was the worst case scenario, but one has to still admire our technology has most definitely made life far more simplified for certain things at home.

[@Unwovenn]

"Look at these people living in beautiful large homes, aren't they so sad?" - everyone in 2021: "They have homes?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

[@fyr3st0rm65]

Affordable housing hasn't been invented yet, I suppose.

[@detectivepatchouli8266]

@@fyr3st0rm65 come to malaysia lol affordable houses is so easy to get here and the houses is pretty compact yet comfortable 2 room 2 bathroom 1 kitchen and 1 living room and a garage

[@mzmadmike]

It's about 65% home ownership now, vs 63% when this was made.

[@jontaylor4511]

im sitting in one of those 60s houses watching

[@Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha]

home ownership rates have stayed relatively the same since this was made

[@spynorbays]

It's hard to forget we're living in the future, their future

[@arjunarun9147]

and in primitive times for an advanced civilization of tomorrow

[@S.O.N.E]

We are also living in the past, the future's past.

[@userbunny]

@@S.O.N.E that's somehow deep, interesting to think about

[@shibolinemress8913]

It's always fun to watch these things and see what has come true, what hasn't and what sort of did, just in a different way than predicted. I'd love to try out a model of one of those retro-futuristic homes, just as they invisioned it back then.

[@Zenith_V]

Imagine you’re having a good sleep and all of a sudden your extremely loud stomping robot begins to clean your house

[@julienielsen3746]

Cool robot video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIvFmamXlshpbrs

[@megakaren2160]

That's why roomba doesn't have legs

[@Lizzypoohxo]

Well, if I wake up to a clean house I may not mind too much lol.

[@futavadumnezo]

@@megakaren2160 still noisy

[@yinchuun]

Imagine something got wrong with the robot, the robot thought you are the garbage, you might be taken out to be thrown into bin.

[@BulletProofCat]

"This is where a man might spend most of his time" men : triple monitor gaming setup

[@rangerfurby]

I read this on my triple monitor gaming setup

[@Skateordie193]

I like he said for business when its really now for gaming, streaming and watching videos

[@jessedover6175]

Looking for the porn site.

[@animateddepression]

Tinder?

[@Vikanuck]

Haha this is a pretty underrated comment 😂 I L’d right OL.

[@1964DB]

"Our favorite easy chair may be inflatable". I take that to mean they thought house cats would be extinct.

[@mrwilly41]

You must have missed the part where Walter explained, that the cats of the future will have their own computers with images of your furniture so they can digitally sharpen their claws.....geez, pay attention😃 Besides, most of the cats would be crushed by the tiny feet of the robots.

[@GFI888]

And also fat people.

[@AtomicSquirrelHunter]

@@GFI888 Belted Radials.

[@domrobinson1245]

And that kids would stop jumping on furniture and not bite it

[@williammay2332]

Or that you would have to sit on them in Florida in the summer.

[@Just_a_lamb]

So they kinda predicted microwaves, suround sound speakers, wide screen TV, working from home via computer, video calls, in-home security cameras, digital learning, and instant food like microwavable dinners

[@beastslayer3228]

Nah, not really. There already were microwave ovens, stereo, and frozen dinners when they made that.

[@CamaroAmx]

A lot of that stuff existed back then. Not exactly the same as today and far more expensive than today. Computers existed (though they were massive). The internet was in its infancy (mostly used as communication between college campuses and between military bases similar to a text message or email today and some limited information).

[@rio985]

“By the year 20000 the US will have a 30 hr work week and a month-long vacation” LMAOOOOOOOO

[@comson68]

By the year '20000', the US will have been fossilized, the Earth will have turned into a wasteland , and humans will have colonized tens of thousands of star systems in the Milky Way :).

[@comson68]

@KraB Please don't! I can't guarantee those things will happen.. They were merely speculations based on some probable scientific scenarios as to what the year twenty thousand CE might be. Earth could be buried in an Ice Age or humans, having exhausted all earthly resources, could be forced to abandon Earth and seek new planets to settle on. It could happen or, then again, it couldn't. Just, don't hold my word for it.

[@dooder6755]

I work that part time

[@dystopiaisutopia]

@KraB that's not physically possible.

[@justindelicious3308]

Welcome to Europe! 😉. This as been normal here for years.

[@Nick-be5hh]

"The pitter patter of little feet. Little robot feet" *CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG*

[@cameronlikesbugs]

i was looking for this comment, thank u

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

@@cameronlikesbugs Same!

[@siddharthbhoyar9737]

@@Wingedshadowwolf emas

[@foreststroble748]

*tink *tink *tink *tink

[@VileSyndicxte]

"Ro-but".

[@josephalfonsoamantia7028]

They have this work week thing backward. When I was a child in the 1960's and 1970's, my dad was an engineer at Lockheed and he worked 7:00am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday. He never worked overtime. He received 8 weeks vacation a year and paid two weeks off for the Christmas holiday. That is unheard of today.

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

It has gone in reverse. Funny thing is 20/hr has been the standard for nearly my whole life yet every thing else keeps going up in price.

[@squirrelcovers6340]

Lockheed still has great pay, hours and benefits. I retired from the Marietta GA plant in 2015 at 49 yo.

[@josephalfonsoamantia7028]

@Veronica A. My dad retired at Lockheed in 1991 after 35 years. He worked at Lockheed in Burbank, CA. I am glad you were able to retire so young. It is a great company.

[@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703]

Lockheed at that time, probably unionized and they had some sweet government contracts.

[@viktordickinson7844]

@@16mmEducationalFilms 20 bucks an hour? I wish!

[@donmadden7413]

This is up there with some the funniest things I have ever seen. They got so many things right in such an awkward way, and so many things wrong also in an awkward way. Personally, no one can predict future things precisely. But I just love the "dot matrix" printers of the 21st century.

[@jessedover6175]

It's funny how all of that stuff used to look so unbelievably futuristic, high-tech, & amazing. But, now it just looks ancient, low-tech, & out dated.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

60's tru the 80's of how they thought the future would look like was pretty cool though. I mean 80's alone had both dystopian mad max future and cyberpunk bladerunner future.

[@michaelvandyne6480]

lol the microwave is funny.

[@mangot589]

@@gjergjaurelius9798 No we didn’t 🤦‍♀️🤣

[@ferociousgumby]

Retrofuturism. It's very cool.

[@Dropla]

what's weird too, is thinking of how the things we think look high tech or futuristic, will look old and a little dumb to the upcoming generations, just like this does to us lol

[@VioletWillowTree]

I grew up in the 90s, small black box tv, no phone until I was 13 (with no internet). Just in 20 years the world has changed completely. Mine was likely the last generation of kids who didn't have constant access to the internet etc. Crazy to realize this.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

I grew up without internet one decade later but times were very boring, I'm happy I can get entertainment and especially knowledge whenever feel like being interested, but if I have the will I can go out in the woods and enjoy the "old lifestyle" while also being able to decide to take millions of pictures of that time without the fear of a full film.

[@petitcactusamer]

@Stella Aster speak for yourself some of us were introverts.

[@ikigai47]

@@petitcactusamer and now you're an introvert... behind a computer

[@bencepandi3568]

Yes, there was this mystery and unknown danger and excitement about life, about the future.

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

Last generation who got a taste of complete privacy too.

[@dena81]

They predicted chairs you would find in a 90's teen room with that inflatable chair....

[@Katie-t1b]

I love how we epitomize and love their design style from the 1960s and they thought they were being futuristic and now we look back and love it as historical inspiration. Mid century modern, atomic, etc.

[@phoebexxlouise]

Yeah it's very much back in style and still feels fresh

[@detectivepatchouli8266]

little robbit feet *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM*

[@MysteriousAsteria]

We are doing the same thing now. "Futuristic" and modern art, architecture and media of today will be tomorrow's retrofuturism that people will reference in their own interpretations of what is futuristic and modern.

[@2111jade]

Many of these things he's describing are surprisingly accurate. Be able to watch a football game with a push of a button, check the weather on a computer screen...

[@CornDogGamer55]

this was very obvious because they already had screens and cameras

[@Sly-Moose]

Yo even the 3 monitor set-up and video chat screen surprised me.

[@14onyx]

And the wife can now use the "domesticated computer for chores around the kitchen". Classic

[@jacksprat467]

Of course it's going to be pretty accurate if you are part of the NWO.

[@larab2323]

it's interesting how pretty much all of these are easily possible today, but lots of them are too expensive or too complicated to integrate into every citizens home.

[@CyberwizardProductions]

and most people wouldn't want them anyway

[@stranger8444]

Yeah, a lot of the examples are just unnecessary

[@chrisgraham2904]

and futurists never seem to think about the lack of resources required, the environmental effects or the effects on mental health.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@chrisgraham2904 How can a lack of resources be required?

[@RainbowLayer92]

The inflatable chairs though!

[@asono11]

It would be cool and fun to recreate a home how it was supposed to look like according to this video!

[@100samanthamarie]

I’m convinced the KZbin algorithm is just a group of marijuana-baked men and women who search for the most random things and recommend it to all of us. Whoever they are, I love them! 😂

[@aidanwoods1845]

Its way creepier and more sinister than that. Check out "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix

[@KevinBourque]

They definitely in control of our change and frame of mind and changing the vibes and bending us to there will with out noticing it. But why is KZbin making us reflect the past?

[@The10021k-guy]

@@KevinBourque probably to make us sad and want to make us want to live back then lol

[@cap10zomb]

@@aidanwoods1845 thanks for the suggestion I'll watch that video

[@jackyloudoble808]

😂😂😂

[@motheryackle8859]

Gah, their *hope* was that by now we'd have a month vacation and 30 hr work week, and live a fulfilling, pleasurable life. We need to grab that hope back

[@elultimo102]

Try Germany--6 weeks vacay.

[@Yyyyyy5]

It’s not for the lack of people working hard it’s every time we go to the gas pump or to the grocery store or pay the bills we get fuked over by the big man at the top of the chain who thinks he still doesn’t get enough.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@Yyyyyy5 Most things you can say "no" to. Jmo. I drive big cars, but don't usually drive in summer unless I have to move something. I haven't gassed up in a good 4 months. Went grocery shopping yesterday. Spent 20 at Trader Joe's (3 bags Nutritional yeast at 3.00 each) and free range eggs and 22.00 at Aldi. I bought olives (green pimento), baby cukes, baby carrots, and such. Mostly fresh stuff. Vinegar. Normally, I buy large boxes of things at Costco: butter (2 pounds), olive oil, Laird's creamer powder. Lots can be frozen, too, like hard cheese. Butter can be frozen. Burgers and bean burgers can last quite some time if you cut in half or a 3rd. I've been big on dried beans and tuna lately, too. I want to conserve and save some $$$. But that was pretty much the only time I was at the store since July 3rd, when I spent 90.00. That was at Jewel's. I had a 10.00 off for 2 45.00 trips. They're not the cheapest.

[@Skooozle]

Just wait for the 22nd Century.

[@elysiadawn]

We can. I don't even really have to barely work at all. People just have to start thinking a little smarter and outside the box a bit more. Hive minded type of thinking has really bad results when everyone's doing the exact same thing and that thing is the wrong way to go about something. I live an extremely fulfilling life. But I had to basically reject every conventional way that most people think and do everything to get to this place. lol

[@mchoffner8497]

I can't wait for the 21st century- I'm so tired of lugging my Lazy Boy everytime I visit someone.

[@Ellzy1]

Hahahaha. Actually laughed. Usually comments just get a wry smirk.

[@mchoffner8497]

@@Ellzy1 isn't just too funny how prominently blow-up chairs were featured as such a significant "technological" advancement, then the additional layer of actually needing to bring your own chair when visiting? But, then again, who knows, perhaps we'll all be made of plastic in the coming years, "like a balloon". Currently we are already all John Travolta in "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble", from the 'Vid.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

You are in the 21st century.

[@mchoffner8497]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xtquite a Sherlock

[@sandrasmith9617]

😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@coleengoodell7523]

LMAO, the pitter patter of little feet, as the robot clunks around like stomping bricks. And that ever so calming sound of the printer clanking in the kitchen. They did get quite a few things correct, yet thankfully improved from the original concepts.

[@a.evelyn5498]

Wow they really thought we’d have a smart house and that we’d still want to entertain houseguests

[@ameliegauvreau1067]

i wish i could entertain guests .....or just have guests

[@randyhaimila6476]

1960: Enjoy your houseguests. 2021: What's a houseguest?

[@l3o867]

We do have smart houses.😭

[@level5railgun729]

nowadays Neighbour: Who are you? His neighbour: Im your neighbour don't you know? Neighbour: Wait, I have neighbour?

[@alliec.6543]

Jump jump the house is jumping??