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Audio: Animal Cannibal by Karen Skladany

Source:
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/11/en-lan-2000-is-a-series-of-visionary-illustrations-of-the-year-2000-from-paris-world-exhibition-in-1900.html

@helge5565

They did predict roombas and spotify, but whale buss was crazy

@SkyliNer765

They got it all correct!
1. Roomba 
2. Submarine/submersible 
3. Drone/heli/satellite 
4. Plane/public helicopter 
5. RV/caravan
6. Bandlab/other musical thingy's 
7. Firefighting plane/heli 
8. Police helicopter (yet again)
Edit: almost all of them is correct

@AnimeRunnerUp

I mean…a lot of this came true just not in the same sense they thought it would.
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Edit for those in the back who don’t understand what “not in the same sense” means:

Robots will clean our houses - Roombas

We will travel the oceans via whale buss - submarines and huge cruise liners 

Guards will patrol the skies using helicopters - helicopters are now used by most organizations including the police

There will be flying transportation - Commercial airliners 

We will be able to drive our houses - RVs and van life vehicles 

Instruments will be able to play themselves - we now have ai software that can create all kinds of art, including music

Flying firefighters - large scale blazes are put out via specialized airplanes 

High speed air chases - supersonic jets

@itsjustannajoy

it’s kind of crazy how those inventions seemed so unrealistic for the technology back then but now we have some of these inventions that we’ve become so accustomed to. imagine the things we think are unrealistic being a reality someday

@zilaxia

It’s creepy how a lot of these were right in some way. It’s scary how fast it happened.

@tydesturning

Bruh those flying firefighters go so hard

@IvanAlvarez-t3b

1: Roomba
2: Submarines
3: Drones / Satelites?
4: Planes
5: RVs
6: Spotify
7: Those planes used to put out fires
8: Police helicopters

@akarimizuki4382

They lived in a Ghibli movie

@veronicadoyle3235

1900s: we will have flying firefighters in the future! The future:Freakin skibidi toilet

@DM006

I always appreciate the optimism that people once had when talking about the future.
If now you say "I wonder what next month will be like?" for everyone it is only apocalypse and death.

@alexisjustexisting

We have all of these some way or another, its kinda creepy

@ONGCHENXIHCI

What surprises me the most is that they thought design and attire 100 years later would prrtty much stay the same

@Aquilanfanficaddict

I just realized I have a book with some of these pictures

@coneyisland.13

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST PICTURE-

@BirdyBob-x1h

Those flying firefighters turned on creative mode

@Rainybxt1

the whale bus 💀😭😭

@Snape-v9s

This just shows how different our current predictions will be from future reality!❤❤❤

@BanditFennec

the flying police and firemen are cool

@themaskedmandate3633

Its nice to see such imaginative predictions from people in the past 🥰