Wine, cheese and Anderson Cooper - are all things that get better with age - however with the immortalization of our words on the internet have shown, some things are far from aging gracefully. The Facebook page Posts that did not age well is dedicated to reposting quotes, news, social media posts, and comments shared on the internet that, as we can see now, did not stand the test of time and might make you cringe.
Our list is filled with newspaper headlines whose future predictions went wrong, to companies that couldn't anticipate what tomorrow would hold. Scroll down below to check out the best selections from this page that will make you say, "man that post did not age well." And don't forget to upvote your favorite fake news!
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While it's hard to predict the future, some people are exceptionally good at it. The so-called "super-forecasters" can predict the likelihood of future events with astonishing accuracy, often with no particular prior expertise. Historically, evidence suggests that they are mostly generalists who dabble in all sorts of fields. They're simply less beholden to their own biases. The same applies when reversed, people who have built up an impressive but narrowly-focused expertise are usually less-accurate with their future predictions because they're limited by their own worldviews more.
Surprisingly, this is also true with people who have dedicated their lives to one field of study when they're trying to guess where that field is going. And we have data on that, emerging after a 20-year experiment that began in 1984 at a meeting of a National Research Council committee on American-Soviet relations. At the time, the psychologist and political scientist Philip E. Tetlock was 30. After listening to other members discuss Soviet intentions and American policies, he was interested in the authoritative predictions delivered by renowned experts because many of them contradicted one another.
Soon after, he decided to put expert political and economic predictions to the test. Tetlock collected forecasts from 284 well-educated experts who averaged more than 12 years of experience in their fields. Ensuring that the predictions were concrete, experts had to give specific probabilities of future events. Tetlock wanted to collect enough predictions that he could separate lucky and unlucky streaks from true skill. The project lasted 20 years and comprised of 82,361 probability estimates about the future.
The result: the experts were, by and large, terrible at predicting the future. Surprisingly, their areas of specialty, years of experience, and (for some) access to classified information made no difference either. They were bad at both short-term forecasting and at long-term forecasting. They were simply bad at this.
"Was this answer helpful?" Answer NO cause the truth would be more helpful thank you very much.
"Virtual unknowns"? That was just in the US. In Australia and the UK, respectively, both were bankable actors at this point in their careers.
This is so sad... I lost a cousin I never even got to meet to this... I was named after her
Physicist Heinrich Hertz, upon proving the existence of radio waves, stated that “It’s of no use whatsoever.” When asked about the applications of his discovery: “Nothing, I guess.”
In their defense....WHO ON EARTH could have predicted the reality of MJ?! No one!
Makes you wonder how many things we use today will be looked at like this and lead paint in the future.
I wonder what products we're using now that they're going to look back on in 100 years and say, "What were they thinking?"
Why not add a bit of plutonium and anthrax to the ingredients? Go all the way.
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This would be a popular infomercial! So funny!
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they used this s**t in the original Wizard of Oz -- also in It's a Wonderful Life, and Holiday Inn. Discontinued at the start of WW II as asbestos was needed in ship manufacture
My grandfather passed away November 2, 2002 due to mesothelioma related lung cancer. He was a ww2 vet and worked for the city of Cleveland and he was exposed to asbestos through one of them. Seeing this just blows my mind
Thedford mines in Canada always had every rooftop covered in white dust year round because of it. Amazing anybody ( including my relatives ) lived through it !
my family is from that area -- growing up we had a souvenir paperweight from the place, which was a hunk of raw asbestos ore mounted on a wooden base. used to pick all the lovely fibres off it.
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Asbestos is a serious carcinogen. It breaks down into tiny particles too small for the eye and collects in the lungs through inhalation. It was a popular building material in the latter half of the 20th century. AFAIK nowadays when those old buildings are demolished, any material containing asbestos has to be removed and transported by specialists with appropriate gear to prevent contaminating the air. So kids playing in it is a really sad image...
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One of my relatives remembers having asbestos "snowball" fights with the other apprentices in the locomotive repair depot they were working in. The CPR didn't have great safety regulations in those days.
Oooo I remember this stuff. It cut the fingers of little kids, me included. Then lick my fingers to get the blood off. Huh...wonder why I'm still walking around.
So frightening all the stuff we put into the environment before we knew it was horrible for it and for us.
Good grief. How to get that asbestosis in there good and quick for all the family.
Asbestos is a mineral, so it's inherently fireproof, and it can be spun into a flexible, wool-like fiber. It was used extensively as insulation for that reason. You would have used this product to create a winter wonderland around your model train setup, or Christmas display, and not worry about it catching fire from sparks or an open flame. Ignorance truly was bliss!
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After many unfortunate events brought a bad reputation to the name ISIS, the Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services (ISIS) has become the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
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FOr the record, Sir Isaac Newton didn't say that about walls and bridges. It's a paraphrase from a book by Joseph F. Newton, and the person at the Nobels who said Newton wrote it forgot to amend, "But not Sir Isaac". Just sayin'. We got 10 bonus points on an exam for knowing this in physics...
Nice! I tried entry level physics as I was interested in bio anth, and it was a requisite. Omg I passed but hardly Lol, physics makes my brain overload. So many variables and formulae!
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I would have appreciated some simple explanations for many of these. :/ Not everything is general knowledge (and nobody knows all general knowledge). I'll wait for all the lovely Panda Captain Obivouses.
1.Made fun of Walmart employees in 2013. Became Walmart employee in 2016 2.Donald Trump said the US needed a president that was not a laughing stock in 2014. Many feel he is a laughing stock as President in 2019. 3.Economist said the internet would have no impact on economy by 2005. Internet is how nearly everyone trades, shops, communicates in 2019. 4.Apple claimed their products cost less but do more. Apple released a $1000 display stand in 2019 and most of their other products cost much more than comparable products of other brands. 5. Bayer claimed Heroin was non-addictive. 6.Donald Trump tweeted quote about building too many walls and not enough bridges in 2013. Is attempting to build wall in US in 2019 7.Marvel cast two “unknown” actors in a big movie in 2009. Actors are some of the most well-known actors in 2019. 8.Facebook claimed it would never sell user’s information. In 2018 Facebook was caught selling personal data for political purposes.
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I wish this link was above this post and a little bit more visible. This way you scroll through the short list and have to scroll through the same list again toget to the new ones or even better, show the long list directly on bored panda and just give the short list to facebook under another link.
Agreed! Then again, they could just stop cutting these and those who are happy with best 30 can stop there.
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To be fair some of these are only ridiculous in hindsight. (Excluding the Trump c**p.) Most of us would have bought into it at the time. Which makes you wonder about the things we're believing now. Healthy skepticism is not a bad idea.
NOBODY with a brain bought into Trump's garbage, even at the time. Seriously. Everyone knew he was a lightweight from the instant he came on the scene.
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The best part for me: realizing that doomsday prognosticators, particularly "experts" are as clueless as the rest of us.
Do you remember all the gurus that preached about the world ending in 2012 because the Mayas calendar said so? 😄😄😄😄
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You can access them all via the link at the end.
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I sincerely hope that everyone who voted #1 up and everyone who commented in #1's thread will have as much fun during the next five years as I've had during these past two-and-a-half years. ^_^ Man oh man, I can't WAIT for next November! The liberal tears will FLOW. XD
Why wouldn't someone be allowed to do that? If it's your birthday then wish yourself a happy birthday, who cares. I buy myself a birthday present every year!
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FOr the record, Sir Isaac Newton didn't say that about walls and bridges. It's a paraphrase from a book by Joseph F. Newton, and the person at the Nobels who said Newton wrote it forgot to amend, "But not Sir Isaac". Just sayin'. We got 10 bonus points on an exam for knowing this in physics...
Nice! I tried entry level physics as I was interested in bio anth, and it was a requisite. Omg I passed but hardly Lol, physics makes my brain overload. So many variables and formulae!
Load More Replies... I would have appreciated some simple explanations for many of these. :/ Not everything is general knowledge (and nobody knows all general knowledge). I'll wait for all the lovely Panda Captain Obivouses.
1.Made fun of Walmart employees in 2013. Became Walmart employee in 2016 2.Donald Trump said the US needed a president that was not a laughing stock in 2014. Many feel he is a laughing stock as President in 2019. 3.Economist said the internet would have no impact on economy by 2005. Internet is how nearly everyone trades, shops, communicates in 2019. 4.Apple claimed their products cost less but do more. Apple released a $1000 display stand in 2019 and most of their other products cost much more than comparable products of other brands. 5. Bayer claimed Heroin was non-addictive. 6.Donald Trump tweeted quote about building too many walls and not enough bridges in 2013. Is attempting to build wall in US in 2019 7.Marvel cast two “unknown” actors in a big movie in 2009. Actors are some of the most well-known actors in 2019. 8.Facebook claimed it would never sell user’s information. In 2018 Facebook was caught selling personal data for political purposes.
Load More Replies... I wish this link was above this post and a little bit more visible. This way you scroll through the short list and have to scroll through the same list again toget to the new ones or even better, show the long list directly on bored panda and just give the short list to facebook under another link.
Agreed! Then again, they could just stop cutting these and those who are happy with best 30 can stop there.
Load More Replies... To be fair some of these are only ridiculous in hindsight. (Excluding the Trump c**p.) Most of us would have bought into it at the time. Which makes you wonder about the things we're believing now. Healthy skepticism is not a bad idea.
NOBODY with a brain bought into Trump's garbage, even at the time. Seriously. Everyone knew he was a lightweight from the instant he came on the scene.
Load More Replies... What about Ayds? The weight reducing "chocolate candy"? ayds-5d02f...6799ea.jpg
The best part for me: realizing that doomsday prognosticators, particularly "experts" are as clueless as the rest of us.
Do you remember all the gurus that preached about the world ending in 2012 because the Mayas calendar said so? 😄😄😄😄
Load More Replies... You can access them all via the link at the end.
Load More Replies... I sincerely hope that everyone who voted #1 up and everyone who commented in #1's thread will have as much fun during the next five years as I've had during these past two-and-a-half years. ^_^ Man oh man, I can't WAIT for next November! The liberal tears will FLOW. XD
Why wouldn't someone be allowed to do that? If it's your birthday then wish yourself a happy birthday, who cares. I buy myself a birthday present every year!
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