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Oh… irony, how sweet you are sometimes. You know how the things we say can come back to haunt us? The test of time is a tough nut to crack, and this time, it’s all about failing. The Facebook page Posts That Did Not Age Well is a hell on earth, showing embarrassing moments when quotes, comments, and everything else you saw online some time ago contradicts itself or completely misses the mark.

There’s aging like fine wine and then there’s aging like milk, and the posts here definitely fall into the latter. Some of these future predictions look so utterly ridiculous today, it may make you wonder what the heck they were thinkin’. From astounding Trump tweets to people who jinxed everything for the rest of us, there’s plenty here that’ll make you feel like dying inside.

So, let’s go down this memory lane together and take a look at everything that has gone wrong lately. If you don’t die from cringe in the meantime, be sure to check out part 1 after. 

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is how science works, people. Preliminary findings are overruled when new, better evidence come out. This just shows scientists aren't coerced to toe the official line, as some claim.

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If humans could see the future, this post would probably have not existed. Because there’s nothing quite like failing the test of time. All the things you believed and said look more or less absurd in retrospect. Unless your job is predicting the future for a living.

Mysterious as it sounds, seeing what comes next is complex, critical, and quite a different job than the myths suggest. Paul Saffo, a technology forecaster in Silicon Valley, wrote in a piece for Harvard Business Review that “prediction is concerned with future certainty.” And that alone sounds quite paradoxical.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It appears that Paula Swanson (further down this thread) is of the "stop hitting yourself!" school of humour.

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Kerri Russ
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had no idea Donnie-boy was a so prescient. Even HE knew he'd suck at this.

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Alan Green
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So this tweet made the cut . . . they must have been spoiled for choice which tweet to use. **Just seen there's more below!!

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Wow you so smart you should be a president ph wait no you cant you are an idiot, and Trump is a president and he will be again this year

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He would deny this as 'Fake News' being spread by the 'Lame Stream' media to undermine his presidency!! He's a fkn looney tune!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is always that chance the risk would be substantially less if all leaders knew they would be the front line from beginning to end

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DT Oltman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2013..already showing what an ignorant dumb a*s he was/is

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Cheryl Fontaine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you're operating with two brain cells you make pronouncements exactly like tRump's.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"unknowingly" should be "on purpose to improve my poll numbers"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

he didn't realize that was his face in the mirror as he spoke\typed.

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Linda Robinett
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump is a curious combination of warmonger and dove. He did pull us out of most of the commitment started by George W. Bush but he seems to really want to punish Iran.

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Marti Wheat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except he's doing it knowingly and there's a better than small chance...

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Catherine Todd
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without a doubt, this will come to pass. Along with the Civil War when the monster-in-chief refuses to accept the election results. CORONAVIRUS, DO YOUR JOB and SAVE US ALL!

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Jodie Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He knew he was going to run for president and there was a small chance he would win ...

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Sarah Ryan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't wait to see how many times this goof appears in this Bored Panda thread?

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Aleksey Elfstrom
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's hilarious how he describes his future plans like he's critecising other people

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But...DJT actually has gotten the USA out of wars...and didn't have to bow to do it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But, in his defense, DJT has gotten us out of more wars than Obama put us into. The guy is keeping his word even if multi-syllabic words are tricky for him.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah about hillary, obama, biden and many more idiots on the congress like pelosi and there soabs

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..thank God the horrendous potus' term ended in 2016

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, the horrendous POTUS’ last term will end when he’s voted out this November

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He isn't leading us to war... If anyone is its the EU or China. Plus Hilary would have has us in a war by now if she won, most likely with her favourite frenemy Russia.

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Thank God Hillary lost the elections...

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Paul explains further: “forecasting looks at how hidden currents in the present signal possible changes in direction for companies, societies, or the world at large.” Thus the goal of forecasting is to “identify the full range of possibilities.”

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Plus, “unlike a prediction, a forecast must have a logic to it,” says Paul. That means that the forecaster must always be able to articulate, explain, and defend this logic. “That’s what lifts forecasting out of the dark realm of superstition,” argues Paul. In the end, forecasting is “nothing more (nor less) than the systematic and disciplined application of common sense.” And that common sense is something we all have.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

. . . he should have 2 wishes left. Wish for it all to go back to normal ASAP then throw the lamp away.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just love how the internet never forgets. (so far it hasn't bitten me yet, so I might be biased...)

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Probably One Of The Worst Future Predictions

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump couldn't bear that Obama was better than him at anything, so rose to the occasion and proved himself wrong.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

basically the more your locked up the more we want out then if its the other way we want in and i want to stay in for now

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It has been 19 years, and my heart still aches every time I see the NYC skyline. For me it has been gone longer than it existed (I was born in the 80s), but the Twin Towers will always be iconic, quintessentially New York.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well- theoretically yes but what can you expect when you have buffoons in charge...

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Quite An Experience To Live In Fear, Isn't It?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why? Shouldn't you be living your life? F**k the click bate don't worry about a test.

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Trivial Pursuit Gone Wrong

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh man, they would hate to go through my cards, I have first edition cards from the original release of the game in '79....dude you have no idea how many of those make me laugh today.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i watched this episode a month ago and said the same to my best friend :D it was quite cringy :D

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read an interview sometime in the recent years with the son of the man who invented plastic bags. He said that, if his father knew that people use a plastic bag once and then immediately throw it away, he would have been horrified and saddened. The reason the man invented plastic bags was specifically so they could be reused over and over again

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why on eath would you think a man (or anybody) with a sh*tload of money would look like that in future?!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of people underestimated and still underestimate the dangers of Corona and they think that the media are lying to them. ( Wonder who gave them that idea??). If history repeats itself and people behave like they behaved during the Spanish Flu, there are going to be plenty mass graves all over the world.

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Rewriting The Rules

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have a huge (legit) DVD collection. It's one of the most infuriating things having to sit through these 'anti-pirate' adverts that can't be fast-forwarded. That didn't do their cause any good at all, just made me want to buy pirated films instead, which don't have the adverts! Grr...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who the hell tweets there's suspicious noises in their house and then waits 5 hours to investigate?

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Go Nuts. Show Nuts

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, what's the new Tumblr, now they've neutered themselves? Where is everyone migrating to? (Legit question).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Need more. Was the player only mentioning he supported Hong Kong, or did he hold up a tournament somehow on a rant? Was online or offline? What was exactly said?

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