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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Found this antique prediction from around 2012. How did it pan out?

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Found this antique prediction from around 2012. How did it pan out?

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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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    Why I prefer this prediction:

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      How have I never seen this lol

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        It is a 13 year old meme!

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          …but it checks out, sir!

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        if you include the Vision Pro then the viewport has gotten even bigger than this

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      They couldn’t predict that he wouldn’t be around any more by 2012.

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        I guess people thought “the genius Steve Jobs” wouldn’t go a homeopathic route to treat his actually treatable pancreatic cancer

        It’s so incredibly rare to have a treatable version of pancreatic cancer, normally it’s a guaranteed death sentence.

        Also he got a liver transplant because having access to a private plane meant he could be on all the lists. Only bought him like another year though.

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      2016: iFloor
      2018: iPiazza
      2020: iField
      2022: iPrairie
      2024: iVeldt

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      The Iboard is just a touchscreen Mac.

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      Reality is disappointing.

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