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Time is not just relative, it gives a whole new perspective of things that wasn't there. Think of it as an ultimate test to determine whether stuff is legit or not. And while some things remain unchanged, like the world still hailing Keanu Reeves, others turn sour, like an acidic vinegar you’d never, ever dare to call wine.

This phenomenon is known as poorly aged things, which means they not only didn’t get better over time, they got way worse to the point of passing cringe or meeting regrets. So in order to see some of the best of the worst real-life examples, we took a visit to the “Poorly Aged Things” Twitter account that does precisely what it says: “showcases poorly-aged things and blinx.”

With 719.9K followers and counting, it offers some of the most remarkable examples of feeling remorse over something you were honestly proud of before. How did this 180° change happen? I told you, it’s all time’s fault.

Part of the beauty (and the horror!) of the world we live in is that things are for the most part unforeseeable. I mean, nobody would have believed you if, back in 2018, you told us there was the greatest pandemic in modern history right around the corner that would forever change our lives as we were used to. But on 31 December 2019 (it’s hard to believe it was two years ago!) the coronavirus was first reported from Wuhan, China, from which it rapidly spread around the globe.

But what if we could have known it prior to the outbreak actually happening? Could we have changed the debilitating course of events that followed? The question may never have answers, but we can have a look at what it takes to make predictions about the future, and how accurate they actually are.

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

but a new disease apeared out of nowhere and destroyed world peace

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If you've never heard of superforecasting, it’s the practice of prediction that covers everything from whether a currency will become stronger, one country will invade another, or there will be civil unrest in a city. Superforecasters calculate the probability of something happening and then adjust that as circumstances change. In this way, they’re able to come up with consistent predictions.

But it’s much more complex than that. According to Bloomberg, superforecasters did not accurately predict Brexit, putting the chances of a Leave vote at 23% in June 2016—the month of the referendum. Their predicted figure had been higher a few months previously but they had adjusted the likelihood downwards, reports the BBC.

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Being a superforecaster entails one quintessential personality trait, which is superior analytic ability. Philip Tetlock, the Leonore Annenberg University Professor in Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Pennsylvania, identified many people who could be turned into “superforecasters”—people whose analytic ability is considerably better than random people (or who, in financial analyst terms, “beat the market”).

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It doesn’t mean trusting your gut is all there is, since analysts have to do many other things besides just forecast, but it surely helps, Philip argues. Other personality traits for a superforecaster include being intelligent, playing games and solving puzzles, being able to pragmatically use other people’s ideas, and being open-minded to new data which shows up.

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

Same things have been always said for disruptive innovations in history.

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

It almost sounds like the badly translated Engrish seen in product manuals.

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Gracie Jay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So true! And true for most of his tweets, they are always weirdly put together sentences😕

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

Didn't he say he doesn't really want to be president before the election?

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

The man that cared more about the stock market than actual Americans.

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Bender Bending Rodríguez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's reTHUGlican'ts in general. For reTHUGlicon's it's always money first people can go to hell.

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David Blake
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That guy is a moron. I'll never understand how he was President

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

The "Average" American is an uneducated mouth-breather...so it makes total sense...

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

Nothing he said aged well because it usually was wrong from the first second onwards.

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Intrigued Panda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine ignoring a pandemic and being partially responsible for over 500K deaths

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

And I bet he doesn't lose a wink of sleep over it. He's horrible through and through

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

It's a small thing compared to the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives over the past 18 months due to this f***-head, but I LOVE that T***p gave all these dire warnings about how the stock market would crash under a Biden administration and it's doing better than ever. And even more, I love that T***p can't tweet about it.

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Corey Brown
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing and nobody mattered to him except the stock market. What a f*****g loser!

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Liam Farranree
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"We are in contact with everyone"- yes, that's how it's spreading

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Luna Lovegood!
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"we are in contact with everyone" ...........do you even see how that might be wrong, or bad in someway? because, y'know. NO contact?

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

Can you imagine what the Repugs would have done if Hillary had been president and 50K people died?

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Grant Barke
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stock Market starting to look very good to me! Bleach will skyrocket soon, great investment.

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

He has such infantile language, it reminds me of when kids are first learning basic grammar.

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

It's telling that he mentioned the stock market in the same tweet -- as if stock prices are as important as a global pandemic that ended up killing half a million people in the USA alone.

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

Ah Yes, Isn't it so great to have a Narcissist leader that shows his stupidity of science?

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Queen T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it just me or is this man texting like a middle schooler in the last two sentences?

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

392,428 COVID victims are unavailable for comment. https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/coronavirus-case-numbers-in-the-united-states-january-20-2021-update

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Hugo A-niro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing this s**t head said or says means anything he is mentally ill and a pathological LIAR who is followed by idiots

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

Welcome back to social coverups that no one believes

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Nicole Weymann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't help but feel that the stock market as an indicator on how well your country and your people are doing is vastly overrated.

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

I have never hated anyone more than this buffoon. What an absolute f*****g embarrassment. Buh bye.

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Kelly Hartle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He cared more about the stock market going up than the fact that people were dying.

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Kim Bush
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was never coherent when he spoke in public. The only time he ever made any sense was when he read what his speech writers gave him, and even then he couldn't keep on script.

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

Replace "coronavirus" with "zombie-alien-robot shark" and you're got your Syfy movie of the week.

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

It is part of the Presidents duty to calm the public and avoid public panic.

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

“Relevant countries” like hey japan you’re not relevant anymore

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Trump is better than the mumbling idiot now!

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As funny as the Democrats reversing his travel ban and letting it come here.

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

As funny as Trump dismantling Obamas pandemic team as soon as he got into office. Look at how much money he saved! *eyeroll*

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Trump believes in America Biden hates it

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It was until Biden took over - Trump got the vaccines started and Biden blew it. The Red states are doing just fine, but the Blue states continue to have problems - why is that?

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

it'll topple over if there are no intervention. They heavily stabilized it starting from 90s

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

Technically true - he didn’t say “not one s**t-smeared government building”.

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