That out of context quote takes a lot of shit for something that was supposed to represent a futuristic socialist utopia.

The idea was that 14 years after that article was published, mankind would have such immediate access to services and those services would be free, that people would just sorta stop caring about owning things. For example, since food and necessities would be free, you could go home and print your dinner. If you wanted someone else to cook, you’d get something delivered. But, if you wanted to try something truly novel that most people don’t do anymore in this society, you could rent kitchen equipment and it’d be ready as soon as you need it, and you’d use socialized appliances and utensils. Why? Because your home doesn’t need that clutter. If you wanna cook all the time, you can own whatever you want. But most people will want to use that space for something else, so they’ll just print their meals.

You would have quick and easy access to transport, so why waste the money and space to own a car? You wanna drive? Push a button in your app and a car arrives for free. Or take the free train or bus.

The essay isn’t about “you won’t be able to own anything,” it’s about “you won’t want to own anything, but you’ll have everything you could ever want or need.”

And we’re really headed in the right direction for this amazing future. Except, you know… Corporations are bleeding us dry instead of supporting us…

I’ll have what I’m having!

RIP door

♥️

Goodest. Dog. Ever.

Excuse me, but I’m gonna need to see that snoot booped.

Well, they actually skirt the rules to stay out of the record books. They say it’s good strategy, but I think they’re all cheetahs.

Even better if you can use it to power a humanoid robot for a real world plant golem.

They did fix that pretty quickly, but what a classic mad scientist blunder that would turn a well meaning researcher into a villain in any action hero film.

Republicans throw their dog the invisible bone

What’s the conversion rate on Venezuelans to Austrian Archdukes?

It’s gonna blow out like my pants after gas station sushi

Ho-la friend-o! <3

Everything is a test to see if they can push things further. Hocking a vocal ass-sniffing donor’s wares in an absurd and awkward showcase to troll the left while showing he was in on the joke was all part of a grift and a test.

If you can do something so seemingly incompetent and bizarre, then you’ve cleared an opening to inject something more malignant next time.

Horse goes in. Brisket comes out.
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Horse comes back out clacking metal tongs together, shouting, “yeah, well that dumb cow was an asshole!”

I got the knockoff version that had an understaffed team of mostly complacent fairies using thrift shop keyboards. I tried playing Hocus Pocus by Focus and they burned down my house and flew off with my neighbor’s cat.

Quit laying blame on my fart

My fart…

My fart.

I should have known I did shart

What didn’t Microsoft steal?

Democrats are going to come

He’s going to blow them away!

21 gun salute straight into that cursed grave

You’re a psycho wiener