The past held some pretty crazy predictions for the future, some of which society has actually lived up to. Stuff like Skype, mobile phones, personal computers, and hang gliders were all drawn up in a hilarious sci-fi manner different from reality only in its style. Many other predictions, however, are just plain absurd. According to the past, we should now all be living on various planets throughout the solar system, flying our own personal planes/ufos/jet packs, and doing little to no physical activity whatsoever since even a task as simple as brushing your hair is now the responsibility of machines. The last part isn’t too far off the mark after all. Here are 32 vintage predictions of the future that will have you wishing you lived in a parallel dimension.

Not quite yet. Someday, we will be able to ship all our ‘illegals’ to the moon, just like we did with the Indians (now moon Indians)!