>hey guys, affordable flying cars are right around the corner
>january 1991
how come most of "science" involves continuously reselling the same tired old vaporware to gullible children? they've been doing this flying car stuff since the 1950s
>hey guys, immortality is right around the corner
>hey guys, living on mars right around the corner
>hey guys, robotic sex toys that seamlessly simulate having an actual human partner are right around the corner
and of course all that sadly adds up to
>hey guys, i'm gonna be able to fly off to a remote part of the universe where nobody will ever see me so i can spend eternity masturbating alone while imagining that my companionship is desirable