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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

I completely blame the parents for his death. They should have been keeping a much better eye on their three year old (who could have been badly injured). Instead, they didn’t, the boy was injured, and an innocent animal is dead.

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

Seriously! I have a 3 and 4 year old and even walking down the street I have a hand on them at all times. That whole thing was so sad and totally preventable.

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

It's a shame that this completely innocent Gorilla had to die because some parents were too stupid to pay attention to what their child's doing.

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

Ouch. Don't have crotch goblins if you are too preoccupied to watch them in a f*****g zoo!

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

Harambe didn't even hurt the boy! He was trying to help him, and was even holding his hand. But I guess when he came near him, everyone lost their heads and decided to shoot an innocent silverback.

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I mean, think about it, Gorillas are incredibly dangerous. It could easily kill the kid. They had a good reason to lose their heads. I do feel bad for Harambe though.

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

The only "good" wild animal is a wild animal free in the wilderness ..

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

This one is awful, makes me so very sad. I live about 20 minutes from the Cincinnati Zoo, everybody was in moring and very upset

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

Ok so I def remember this but just looked it up for details I may have forgotten. GUYS. Did u know he died the day after his birthday??? 😫😢🥺

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

Oh gods, I thought I'd seen the last of him when 2016 ended...

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

Would love to know what kind of consequences the negligent parents of that kid had to face?

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

Ok so I know a bit of this story... He advanced on a kid and was shot? Can someone tell me the story?

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

Some person drped therre kid in the gorilla cage so they killed the gorilla despite it’s non hostile just investigative way of looking at it and sniffing it

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

D***s out for Harambe, never forgotten mate, sorry you were let down by idiots, RIP Harambe.

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

This just makes me so sad. Someone here at the SD Zoo took his 2 y/o daughter and hopped into the elephant enclosure all for a selfie.

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

It’s sad when we morn the death of a gorilla more than we morn a black man killed by the police.

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

Didn't the entire world kneel as a sign of respect for a murdered black man recently?

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

He would have made a great Potus! Way better than Trump anyway..

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When a small child fell into the Gorilla enclosure @ Jersey Zoo (in the Channel Islands), the Silverback protected him and the zoo keepers were able to rescue the child without hurting any innocent animals. In the US there seems to be a culture of shoot first....

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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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