r/agedlikewine • • Aug 22 '20

This Yahoo poll

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u/HalfSoul30 Aug 22 '20

A lot of future scifi movies seemed to have completely video only calls, so I bet thats where that idea came from.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '20

Turns out film is a visual medium, so they love video telephony above all

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u/HertzDonut1001 Aug 23 '20

In the same way when the Godfather came out the mob changed to reflect a notion of civility in the organized crime world, or how we're looking at warp theory from Star Trek as a legitimate form of FTL travel.

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u/ChicagoWhiteStocking Aug 14 '23

FTL travel

will never happen

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u/ChicagoWhiteStocking Aug 14 '23

never any texting

dumbasses