Is this the future?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/27/2020 at 12:18 • Filed to: None

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While this Italian illustration from 1962 seems to imply a viral future of people protected from contagion in rolling test tubes, it’s actually a suggestion of tiny, stand-up cars as a means of limiting the space taken up by vehicles on roads.

The Ghost of Oppo > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 12:24

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This was the future. Now everything is just a simulation.  

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 12:26

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T ha t reminds me of the palanquins from Revelation Space. They were people who were hermetically sealed within a robotic capsule which they controlled from within. 

dogisbadob > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 12:28

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There was that bubble boy in the 80s

user314 > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 12:28

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Segways under glass.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 12:31

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They look like they’d be easy to topple over. Not that I’d do something like that......

user314 > user314 03/27/2020 at 12:42

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Wait no, Clarkson’s P45:

facw > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 13:48

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Some people were there over a month ago:

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 14:02

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Maybe this would work. Everyone can install a decontamination chamber outside their front door, and just wear a biohazard suit every time they go outside. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > facw 03/27/2020 at 16:23

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Those people in plastic bags... how have they not suffocated?!

SmugAardvark > ttyymmnn 03/27/2020 at 18:30

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I’m just thinking, “Damn, my life is over if I fart in this thing.”

Jayvincent > ttyymmnn 03/28/2020 at 12:20

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There’s always the Top Gear P45 solution... I thi nk I’d rather work remotely