USSR
East Germany
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Amiga (oh, I hate Commodore eternally...)
Rotary phones
Incandescent light bulbs
I could do this all day ;)
edit: yeah, these are not things that were just "around the corner", but it is amazing how much world changes actually and we are so used to it
So far, you have managed to involve slavery and holocaust into (apparently) a conversation about abortion.
Do you think you can top it off?
Day is young...