I was hoping that the future would be like Star Trek, a beautiful high tech paradise where we worked our problems out and live in a post-scarcity world. Instead we're getting Deus Ex, minus the shades and trench coats.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Remember that the star trek era was preceded by a nuclear ww3, and the eugenics wars. We still seem to be on track.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How did we fix the climate crisis and the plastic crisis in Star Trek?

I bet it's tech developed by environmental conservation labs in the not-defunct Soviet Union.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well we're do for the Bell Riots and Irish Reunification this year!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Whelp. North Ireland was Brexited while Ireland is still EU, and that remains still a vector of EU influence on GB (and smuggling goods into EU) so either the borders close and the troubles start all over again or the Irelands reunify.

From the lack of news, I've assumed everyone not near the border has been choosing to not look at it too hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Plastic crisis looks to be possible to fix with bacteria. How disruptive those bacteria end up being is another matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

climate crisis

Nuclear winter in the wake of the Eugenics Wars. Cooled us right down. Even in Star Trek, our immediate future is... bleak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes. Nuclear winter trades global warming for a tuckfun of even bigger problems.

Volcanic winter is such a pain in the butt, I call shenanigans on the many-years winters allegedly in Westros, which would force them to migrate (or have decades of grain stores, which they totally don't). With modern freight, volcanic winter is less of a problem for industrialized nations, but we still feel it.

[–] samus12345 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It is like Star Trek, but we're the Ferengi.

[–] NikkiDimes 6 points 5 months ago

Quiet, woman.

[–] SkippingRelax 3 points 5 months ago

Came here to say this. Or at least the ferengi are in charge of marketing and product development.

[–] TerrificTadpole 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're Rom

[–] samus12345 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That wouldn't be a bad thing, he's a pretty nice guy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Also an engineering genius!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it's any consolation, you can still get shades and trench coats, they look pretty cool.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf 2 points 5 months ago

I don't think I could ever bring myself to dress like that in public x3 Trench coats just aren't a thing here thanks to Columbine.