Do you drive a car?

[jblewis]

We've got three years to invent flying cars and hoverboards to remain consistent with Back to the Future II.

[Flareon350]

We've got three years to invent flying cars and hoverboards to remain consistent with Back to the Future II.

We were supposed to have flying cars and hyperdimensional teleporters back in 2001, according to the original Pink Panther cartoon. That obviously didn't happen

[jblewis]

Oh! And those automatically fitting shoes. Seriously, the idea of not tying my shoes ("No laces!" as Marty said) was my favorite thing ever in that entire movie as a kid.

[BitBuster]

That's an even better idea; apply much more sales tax to dangerous cigarettes so it simply isn't worth it anymore and they'll be forced to quit.

...yeah, but then how will the government be able to afford paying legislators ridiculous salaries?

[jblewis]

Yet another reason to require that the president's salary be that of the average working American.

[BitBuster]

I was going to be even more facetious and say "but then the government wouldn't be able to afford to wage unnecessary wars against third-world countries," but I perhaps unwisely chickened out. The government misuses its funds in far more problematic ways than just giving legislators health insurance packages that the rest of us can only dream about (this coming from someone who believes in government intervention in the economy...go figure).

[AdrenalinDragon]

I wish the gas prices would stop rising. Aren't we supposed to have mainstream hybrid running vehicles in this decade at least?

[BitBuster]

I'd settle for virtual reality, so that I could forget that things such as gasoline even exist.

[AdrenalinDragon]

I'd settle for virtual reality, so that I could forget that things such as gasoline even exist.

Teleportation would be nicer out of the two, I'd think.

[BitBuster]

The purposes I'd use it for are probably unprintable on this site. Suffice to say that I could approximate its benefits with virtual reality, methinks.