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minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·4 months agoRight! I think the only thing they missed is airplanes just not being necessary for delivery (unless you count in-flight wi-fi). And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months ago And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon These phone services were the current tech when the strip was printed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_newspaper
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoWe do have small aircraft (drones) being used for deliveries now though, so not completely wrong
Right! I think the only thing they missed is airplanes just not being necessary for delivery (unless you count in-flight wi-fi). And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
These phone services were the current tech when the strip was printed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_newspaper
We do have small aircraft (drones) being used for deliveries now though, so not completely wrong