• @khannie
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    1411 months ago

    We went from first powered flight to landing on the moon in just 66 years. Bananas!

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      411 months ago

      Speaking of Bananas, the artificial Banana flavoring that tastes nothing like the bananas you get in the store actually tastes like Gros Michel bananas, which are functionally extinct. You can order a bunch from some special greenhouses, but they’re something like $20 a pound.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿
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      11 months ago

      Yeah but then what? All we did was make the mhz smaller and more efficient and all we got were Teslas the self-driving suicide machines.

      • @WoahWoah
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        611 months ago

        You’re right, there have been no technological or scientific advances since the moon landing other than Tesla cars.

        • @joostjakob
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          111 months ago

          Oh come on, projections from the sixties had us having huge space colonies by now. Growth in the exploration sector has been anything but exponential.

          • @WoahWoah
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            311 months ago

            I find it humorous that you’re sitting around being irritated that we don’t live in the future imaginings of the boomer generation from 60 years ago.

            • @joostjakob
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              111 months ago

              Don’t judge me for wanting a nuclear flying car!

              • @WoahWoah
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                11 months ago

                I’m judging you for not dreaming your own future and instead relying on dreams of the future that are 60 years old.

                60 years old. That’s how old your idea of the future is.

                • @joostjakob
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                  111 months ago

                  Heh, I get it. I don’t really want flying cars. I want walkable cities and cycling highways. But I do feel a bit nostalgic for a future we didn’t have where at the very least we would have some serious exploration of Europa by now (and some other likely candidates for alien life).