Why does everyone envision a future where we wear jumpsuits?
Because that sort of futurism was mainly written in the 70's.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2010 7:37:10 am PST #1231 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Jan 13, 2010 7:40:14 am PST #1232 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
"The best thing since pay at the pump."
No such thing.
Wait.
Heated mattress pad. Okay, THAT is better than pay at the pump.
At least until June. Then pay-at-the-pump regains its title.
Gudanov - Jan 13, 2010 7:40:46 am PST #1233 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
In the 80s (the Reagan Years) futurism seemed less jumpsuits and more post-nuclear-apocalypse hellscape, when really it should have been less nuclear apocalypse and more financial apocalypse since it seemed to herald in the age of massive deficit spending and financial institution collapse.
tommyrot - Jan 13, 2010 7:45:49 am PST #1234 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A website devoted to future fashion discusses the jumpsuit:
Union suits, long underwear, jammies-- call them what you will; the uniform of Future Past is the jumpsuit and its near kith and kin. For men, at least. For women, really, really short skirts are always an option.
Why this love of jumpsuits is so strong remains a mystery. Certainly they have an air of simplicity and efficiency that implies a go-ahead world of tomorrow, but they also tend to lack pockets, are extremely unflattering on spacemen beyond a certain age and girth, tend to ride up in unfortunate places and, in some cases, makes going to the toilet a matter of disrobing completely.
Forbidden Planet had jumpsuits before Trek did....
Tom Scola - Jan 13, 2010 7:47:57 am PST #1235 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Haiti's Prime Minister: Hundreds Of Thousands Dead
The prime minister of Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, told CNN today that hundreds of thousands of people have died following the catastrophic earthquake that struck near the capitol of Port-au-Prince yesterday.
Jeez.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2010 7:49:23 am PST #1236 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy shit.
Fred Pete - Jan 13, 2010 7:50:23 am PST #1237 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
There are only nine million people in the entire country. Which makes the percentage -- just staggering.
Dana - Jan 13, 2010 7:50:24 am PST #1238 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, god.
Gudanov - Jan 13, 2010 7:50:50 am PST #1239 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Forbidden Planet had jumpsuits before Trek did....
Great movie.
Edit: Awkward cross posting there.
Tom Scola - Jan 13, 2010 7:51:38 am PST #1240 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The Haitian president, René Préval, told The Miami Herald that the toll was “unimaginable” and estimated that thousands had died.