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

I'm not a Harry Potter fan, but even I think this is a bit cruel.

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

They’re talking about her popularity - she could have still had a good reputation but she had to run her mouth about trans people when nobody asked her.

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

I really don't care if I get down voted, but I know I will. Jk Rowling is not transphobic. I've seen her tweets. I'm not saying that all trans people are like this, and most trans people are wonderful and inspiring people. Sometimes, but very, very rarely men say that they are woman to get into woman's mental hospitals and refugee camps and do horrible things to them. I'm a massive supporter of trans people, but I believe that Jk Rowling is not homophobic. Down vote me because I don't care. Have an amazing day to whoever is reading this 🤩

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

I agree with you. Also, I am a gay man and I do not think Rowling deserves this much hatred by the LGBT community.

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

Nah, f**k off with this. She had a valid point but was completely obliterated by obnoxious LGBTQ+ extremists who only have one narrative and when your opinion doesn't fit perfectly with that, you're automatically labeled a trans phobe

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

I agree. It's sad how we cannot have a differing opinion without being crucified. Rowling does not hate trans people at all.

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max martin (they/them)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is really difficult for me. i grew up on her books when i was younger but identifying as trans i won't let myself support her and her comments. i love the books but just because she wrote good books doesn't mean she can use her platform to spread hate

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

She's a smart woman who knows she shouldn't share her horrible thoughts if she wants to stay popular. Her fans are the first generation to come out so freely as trans

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

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Cis women have different life experiences to trans women and vice versa. Trans men have different life experiences to cis men and vice versa. And that's OK, because people's life journeys are different. No one's experience is more "valid" or "authentic" than anyone else's. There is no gatekeeper of "womanhood" or "manhood". I don't understand why this has to be a fight. Let love rule.

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

She makes a few comments about a controversial topic, and suddenly, everyone goes berserk. I will not say whether I support trans or not, because that is not the point. People are mad at her for expressing an opinion, and they always will be because people are always desperate for a reason for anger, drama, and pettiness. However, refusing to read a book because the author has different views is foolish. The books are great, whether the author is popular or not. We can't just cancel culture because we don't like it.

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

We can, because we can all choose which values are important to us. For some it's not a big deal, but for others it's a dealbreaker, and they have the right to their feelings - and subsequent actions. I'm in my 30s so I don't particularly care about Harry Potter anymore, but I've stopped watching things with known sexual predators on cast because I don't feel comfortable. I can't get immersed and I don't take any joy from it anymore - so why should I keep watching? Because I would be called "foolish" otherwise?

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

She didn't say anything wrong. And she wrote a wonderful book series. Aged fine as per me.

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I agree, she wrote a wonderful book series. But she definitely DID say something wrong. Also, let me restate, this is NOT about her looks.

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

Yeah, when she was saying (but not writing in books) about Dumbledore being gay everyone was so Happy about her speaking up. But as soon as she started protecting women from men-who-think-are-women she's bad. Fortunatly for her, she's rich enough so she does not care in either case and she's just true to herself, not popular opinion

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

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Cis women have different life experiences to trans women and vice versa. Trans men have different life experiences to cis men and vice versa. And that's OK, because people's life journeys are different. No one's experience is more "valid" or "authentic" than anyone else's. There is no gatekeeper of "womanhood" or "manhood". I don't understand why this has to be a fight. Let love rule.

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Alex, they are specifically referring to the very questionable comments and Tweets that J.K Rowling made about trans women. You can read more about it online.

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

It's her politics they're referring to, not her age. She's a TERF.

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

Yeah because threatening women with rape and death because they don't want to be called menstruators is going to age well, right?

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

Ffsake.live and let live people.we are all Jock Tamsons bairns! xxx

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

This is true. I love Harry Potter, I grew up on it, but J.K. Rowling? No.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol and? still said awful and disappointing things about trans people with her very large and influential platform

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

I love her books. A very talented writer, who has given millions to charity.

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

She, like everyone else who is racist, has to take her lumps if she wants to speak out.

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

I still support her and she is just a victim of oversensitive people on Twitter.

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

I still stand with her. It’s really stupid to hate all over her.

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

Trans women are women. JK needs to stop using her harry potter fortune to persecute them.

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

Give it a f*****g rest. Do you get paid to be offended? She's allowed an opinion and a very valid one. Biological women's history mustn't be erased because trans women exists.

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

Her view was so forward thinking that most didn’t get it it went right over everyone’s heads and became a pile on of hatred mistaking her comments as anti LGBTQ …back up the bus and reread her actual comments all people “types” are valid and deserve a voice..pretty disgusting treatment of her

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

Totally false apart from some idiots who think your sex can be changed physically but it can only be changed mentally. I think having £500,000,000 will cushion any problems she has.

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

She´s probably worth more money than all the people who disagree with her put together

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

Loving JK Rowling! I don’t get this one. Her sales are still skyrocketing through the roof.

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

this is why the world is how it is today all soft and this cancel culture bullshit .. yall dont know what freedom of speech means .. YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT WHEN YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK .. but you WILL be held accountable for watchu say ..

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

"but you WILL be held accountable for watchu say" of course you will be held accountable. What if someone came up to you and said your mother is a whore are you not going to held that person accountable? Or are you going to chalk it up to other person using freedom of speech?

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

So, to summarize the general opinion of the Pandas here: If people feel insecure because they are very tall, with freckles, red haired, grey haired, old, fat, have a missing limb or are born with both genitals, we’re all pro body positivity: embrace your body and accept it as a part of who you are. But if people feel insecure about their sex (or in rare cases even their species) most Panda’s are suddenly pro body change. This doesn’t sound very consistent to me.

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

is it bad that i had to read the comments to figure out who this person was?

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Shut the f**k up. Harry potter is better than you and j.k. Rowling is an amazing writer.

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This thread is excellent clickbait, that will yield the website a goodly amount of ad revenue! AND raise your blood cortisol levels! Bonus!

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Going by comments from retarded brainless uneducated people who dont know jack s**t about biology it's now made aware to me what a saint the woman is in certain ways

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this isn't nice and tends towards the misconception that only young women are beautiful.

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

For the last time, it's not about her bloody age! Read the blimming comments before jumping to conclusions

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It's mean. Also, all people eventually suffer from age.

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Are you just saying she didn't age well? That's f#*%ed.

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Are they saying she's looks haggard now?

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

No, they are saying she is a hateful transphobe and has been denounced by half the Harry Potter cat for her TERF views. Her later book is a vile piece of anti-trans propaganda.

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