Don't forget:
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Out of control sea level rise due to climate change, which is why they all live up in the sky
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Mutants in the lower levels
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This I do not remember. Is this true?
Nah, I'm just outjerking the jerk.
I mean, is Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law considered canon? If so, then yep, 100% true.
Harvey Birdman: Mr. Boo Boo, would you consider yourself a revolutionary?
Boo Boo: Well, no. But I believe corporations rob us of our dignity and independence, and that these systems must be ripped down, or levelled by any force necessary... But that's just one little bear's opinion.
Harvey Birdman: A cute, fuzzy little bear. (smiles at jury) The defense rests
IIRC the canon reason they are above the clouds is because of smog.
Just searched, and it looks like you're correct.
Also, apparently there's an episode where Spacely and Cogswell are arguing about real estate and they discuss a rule of Orbit City which requires all buildings to be at least 2200 feet off the ground (I assume from their "bottom"), which would make their homes roughly the top floors of the Burj Khalifa
I still like the theory that the "mutants" below are just the Flintstones. The Jetson society hoarded all the technology and moved into the sky to get away from the peasants...
Which still absolutely checks out for the current timeline.
Robots that dress up in a maids uniform, but are actually only used to fuck: Check
God Bless Cherry 2000.
And getting spare parts is an adventure!
George was still commuting to the office, remember.
Also still accurate for a lot of people, sadly.
Hush now, you're interrupting the circlejerk.
Teleporting will never happen, because car industry doesn't allow it.
Yep, it's definitely the car industry and not physics.
You got the joke.
TBH, I had it at 50/50 whether it was a joke or just somebody trying to make a political point.
A family of 4 living in an apartment with the dad having absolutely no job security? They really did predict the future.
George still had to commute to work, didn't he?
Are you saying that, post pandemic, people don't commute to have meetings online?
No, I'm referring specifically to the show The Jetsons: George did not work from home despite what the meme says.
I am one of the people who commute to have meetings online btw, dumb as hell.
Not the boss, just like in real life.
That's the whole theme song. I don't understand this meme.
It happened regularly throughout the series too. I'd guess whoever made the meme hasn't watched the show or hasn't watched it in 30 years and were hazy on the details.
And we used to want them all. But capitalism prevails, and we hate it.
Tbh the Jetsons was always a capitalist dystopia we were just seeing a white upper class family that benefitted from it
Yup. Even if you ignore the theory that Earths surface is the post-apocalyptic "stone-age" setting of The Flintstones, it's still reasonable to conclude that the people in The Jetsons live in the sky because they trashed the planet.
…the theory that Earths surface is the post-apocalyptic "stone-age" setting of The Flintstones…
I am going to have to do some research on this. So, did the rich go all Jurassic park with their infinity money to distract the masses, then when the flood waters rose, they forgot to keep the power to the containment on? Wasn’t there an episode where the Jetsons meet the Flinstones?
Where's my damn flying car?
Fuck that, I'd rather have Penny's Computer Book.
*puts hand in pocket
Oh wait.
They exist but are stupid expensive.
"The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed."
-William Gibson
I told you to remember where you parked it.
I'm sure someone's walked their dog on a treadmill
I think that's actually a service, somewhere. They bring the treadmill to the dogs.
Their sprocket based economy next?
I think we call them "widgets."