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In 20 Years, We'll Have Flying Cars

1923: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars 1943: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars 1963: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars 1983: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars 2003: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars me: uh... guys? 2008: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars me: We have flying cars... 2018: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars me: We still have flying cars... 2038: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars me: Forget this. I'm going for a drive in my flying car 2058: In 20 years, we'll have flying cars me: You tweeted this from your flying car!

Can't The News Be Better Entertainment?

You know, if news media is just going to be fiction for the sake of entertainment, views, and discussion, I wish it would do a little better with character development and worldbuilding. Also, if the writers aren't going to have strong enough characters to make them unique, I wish they would cut out a few of the more redundant characters. I'm just glad they only have one President character at a time.

God in the Wizarding World

In Book 6, Hagrid sings a Christmas carol: "God Rest Ye Merry Hippogriffs". Does this mean the English side Wizarding World had a concept of a God (at least as a mythological figure)? Was it just an expression? Is there some sort of God-worshipping religion in the English side of the Wizarding World?