# The 21st century makes the Jetsons look like the freaking Flintstones!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 21, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695 "2012-11-21T07:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/1 "2012-11-21T07:11:06Z")

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But you already knew that.

Check [THIS](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVidhEI8XQ&feature=autoplay&list=PLBDDCE1F017E5FF59&playnext=3) out, especially after the 5 minute mark.

Dig the freaking brick he sticks in his shirt pocket as a pager. Hilarious by today’s standards!

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/2 "2012-11-21T07:14:17Z")

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Wake me up when I get can a sassy robot maid.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/3 "2012-11-21T09:10:44Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Dig the freaking brick he sticks in his shirt pocket as a pager. Hilarious by today’s standards!

Don’t be dissing Bell Labs around here or you and me gonna have words.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/4 "2012-11-21T09:16:18Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Wake me up when I get can a sassy robot maid.

I can hot glue a voice chip onto a Roomba for you…

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/5 "2012-11-21T09:40:47Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Dig the freaking brick he sticks in his shirt pocket as a pager. Hilarious by today’s standards!

But you have to admit that it is one hell of a personal nipple massage unit.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/6 "2012-11-21T11:39:05Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Dig the freaking brick he sticks in his shirt pocket as a pager. Hilarious by today’s standards!

One day the iPad will look antiquated.

My Dad had a hearing aid that looked something like [this](http://img.inkfrog.com/click_enlarge1.php?image=hear5.JPG&username=retrovault&aid=918592596). Then eventually he got [this](http://www.hearingaidsandprotection.com/assets/haid.jpg). My Mum currently has one like [this](http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/sebin/j/d/itc_small_new.jpg). That progression happened within 15 years.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-21st-century-makes-the-jetsons-look-like-the-freaking-flintstones/641695/7 "2012-11-21T15:18:57Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> Wake me up when I get can a sassy robot maid.

[I want my jetpack.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWantMyJetpack)