Back To The Future Now Takes Place Entirely In The Past, And My Childhood Is Ruined
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Back To The Future Now Takes Place Entirely In The Past, And My Childhood Is Ruined

Great Scott, this is too heavy.

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Back To The Future Now Takes Place Entirely In The Past, And My Childhood Is Ruined

On Wednesday, October 21st, millions of nerds fans celebrated the arrival (return) of Doc Brown and Marty McFly, who traveled to the future on that day in the classic sci-fi flick "Back to the Future II." While everyone in America celebrated the event by drinking Pepsi Perfect (where they can find it), cheering on the Cubs (who lost), and making obvious, nay, mandatory, Biff Tannen/Donald Trump comparisons, I was in mourning; my childhood had officially died.

Let me explain: My parents first showed me "Back to the Future" when I was eight years old. Ten years ago, I was amazed by all the things that were to happen in the coming decade. I always imagined my future would be exactly like Marty McFly's; all the kids at school would be jealous of my new hoverboard and self-tying sneakers, while they were still trying to figure out how roller skates worked. I'd eat a hydrated pizza for lunch while everyone else brought sandwiches in brown bags. And now that we're here, in a future where we still only have four "Jaws" movies, I think it's safe to say I'm a little disappointed. The predictions that came true are outweighed by the ones that didn't.

My feelings can be better described by Marty McFly himself, Michael J. Fox, who, along with Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), traveled "back" to 2015 for a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live. After Doc Brown explaining to Marty all the discrepancies between this future and the future they visited before, McFly says, "The future kinda sucks." That's exactly right, Marty! The future sucks! We still have roads, for God's sake! We as a race are still bound by the laws of gravity! We still can't control the weather! We still haven't banished all lawyers.

There's a bright side to this, however: We don't have to worry about missing a deadline anymore. We can now be free to science all these predictions into existence at any time in the foreseeable future. Those hoverboards we've been working on? We can make them even better and more accessible now! Fax machines? Bring them back and make them better! Hell, we could even try making peace in the world for a change! Let's make everyone's inner 8-year-old beam with pride and bring our childhoods to life! Let's make the future as great as we thought it would be!

As long as we get 13 more "Jaws" movies, I don't care when they get here.

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