<img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="109" data-permalink="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/2021/04/18/03-keyboarding-abc-s1e1-blipverts/episodethree/" data-orig-file="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png" data-orig-size="1149,887" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="EpisodeThree" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=660" class="size-medium wp-image-109 alignright" src="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=300&#038;h=232" alt="" width="300" height="232" srcset="https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=300 300w, https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=600 600w, https://20minutesintothefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/episodethree.png?w=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><a href="https://ia801808.us.archive.org/13/items/03-keyboarding/03%20%5Bkeyboarding%5DFinal.mp3">03.) [keyboarding] (ABC S1E1, &#8220;Blipverts&#8221;)</a> 
(Recorded on 15 Oct. 2020)
In this episode we discuss the ABC TV Transmission from 31 March 1987, &#8220;Blipverts,&#8221; hiring children to work in tech offices, and how the few diverse and progressive elements in the show still managed to avoid naming characters, giving them dialog, or passing the Bechtel Test.
Heather experiences a strange sense of déjà vu&#8230; again.
Austin posits that cyberpunk is secretly a Christmas genre.
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