# Do you live in the future? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407 "2011-12-16T13:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/1 "2011-12-16T13:18:43Z")
I do… at least a little bit. What I mean is- having grown up in the 80s and 90s, I still sort of feel like I’m an 80s and 90s guy- a lot of the movies, tv, music, and books I like a lot are from the 80s and 90s. I sort of feel like I approach a lot of things with an 80s and 90s mindset. Closing in on 2012- it really seems like 2012 is “the future”, if merely the near-future. I imagine 2030 will really feel like the future to me. What’s it like for those of you who grew up in the 60s and 70s- does it “feel like the future” to you? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/2 "2011-12-16T17:14:08Z")
I dint live in the future, but it’s an entertaining place to visit sometimes ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/3 "2011-12-16T17:37:36Z")
Some things, like the ubiquitousness of computers, cell phones, and tiny digital cameras certainly does feel like “the future” to me. Medical imaging tech is out of _Star Trek_. Seeing disasters unfold in real-time on my TV. Other things haven’t really changed that much. Given that I’m now working in a trade where machinery commonly dates back to the 1940’s, or even the 19th Century, I’m also simultaneously living in the past. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/4 "2011-12-16T17:44:11Z")
Yep. I remember reading in an SF novel decades ago about somebody taking a small box out of a cabinet and putting it into some device and a few minutes later taking out a fully-cooked dinner. Medical procedures that are routine now would have been magical in the '50s. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/5 "2011-12-16T18:02:54Z")
I try not to. I use the internet, but I still don’t use cell phones, let alone smart phones. I still buy all of my music on CD or vinyl. The TV in my living room is about 20 years old. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/6 "2011-12-16T18:12:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Given that I’m now working in a trade where machinery commonly dates back to the 1940’s, or even the 19th Century Now I’m curious. Fishing? Prostitution? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/7 "2011-12-16T18:41:55Z")
Just the fact that I’m surfing the web (futuristic by itself) on my phone makes it futury to me. I still drive a car to work, but teleportation and personal flying craft don’t seem realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-future/606407/8 "2011-12-16T20:18:53Z")
> [@ReticulatingSplines](#): > > Now I’m curious. Fishing? Prostitution? Shoe repair. Most of our powered equipment/tools date back to 1940-1950. The industrial sewing machine I use most often is a treadle-powered Adler built in the late 1800’s.