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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.
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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.
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Ashley Say Whaat?!? 6 years ago
"Was this answer helpful?" Answer NO cause the truth would be more helpful thank you very much.
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CultOfBambi 6 years ago
"Virtual unknowns"? That was just in the US. In Australia and the UK, respectively, both were bankable actors at this point in their careers.
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Val/Malibu/Dante/Bob 6 years ago
This is so sad... I lost a cousin I never even got to meet to this... I was named after her
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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.”
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Alan Wilkening 6 years ago (edited)
Actually, it was used in our gasoline as tetra ethyl lead, to reduce engine "knocking." The inventor of leaded gasoline was Thomas Midgley, who also invented chlorflourocarbons. Because of that, he is sometimes known as the world's deadliest inventor. He contracted polio later in life, and invented a rope-and-pulley system to help move his limbs, but became entangled in it and strangled himself to death. True story.
Alan Wilkening 6 years ago (edited)
No, instant brain damage. "Pica" as it is known, was an extremely serious problem decades ago when leaded paint was commonly used on the interiors of apartment walls. As the paint on the walls peeled, small children would pick at the chips and eat them because lead imparts a mildly sweet taste, very much like Necco wafers to a toddler. It was disaster and a lot of money was spent to educate the public and try and get the lead paint removed. It is still a problem, but not as extreme these days.
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4 years ago
this has got to be a joke. I mean that companies marketing team needs to be fired if they thought that was a good poster.
Larry Buchanan 6 years ago
Stop viewing the past with the modern self righteous view of 21st century entitlement!
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Susanna Vesna 6 years ago
In their defense....WHO ON EARTH could have predicted the reality of MJ?! No one!
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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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Amar Bayt Fawaz 6 years ago
Way back in the cave era, when spousal abuse was legal and normal...
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Ohio Hands 6 years ago
The most ridiculous and immature statement ever uttered by any adult is "I'm bored". You live in a time with the most information about ANY AND EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT is at your fingertips 24/7; a time where access to thousands of hobbies, crafts, activities is within a super-store's driving distance; a time where you can easily travel to any place you desire and speak to another human someone who lives a half-a-world away and YOU ARE BORED. Get the f**k out of here, you're not bored, you are BORING.
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Susanna Vesna 6 years ago
BHAHAHAHAA! Reminds me of the amazing memes Pewdiepie reviewed on his Youtube channel!
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Chyppa Homer 6 years ago
Ahaaaa ! They were making pancakes, that's how it caught fire ! Case closed
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Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
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...
Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
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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Pamela24 6 years ago
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.
Talor McPherson 6 years ago
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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LuckyL 6 years ago
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.
Lillukka79 6 years ago
Agreed! Then again, they could just stop cutting these and those who are happy with best 30 can stop there.
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Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
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.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
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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Janine Randall 6 years ago
What about Ayds? The weight reducing "chocolate candy"? ayds-5d02f...6799ea.jpg 
Terri Lee 6 years ago
The best part for me: realizing that doomsday prognosticators, particularly "experts" are as clueless as the rest of us.
María Hermida 6 years ago
Do you remember all the gurus that preached about the world ending in 2012 because the Mayas calendar said so? 😄😄😄😄
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Liam Walsh 6 years ago (edited)
You can access them all via the link at the end.
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Renard Bansale 6 years ago
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
Kaisu 6 years ago
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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Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
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...
Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
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... Pamela24 6 years ago
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.
Talor McPherson 6 years ago
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... LuckyL 6 years ago
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.
Lillukka79 6 years ago
Agreed! Then again, they could just stop cutting these and those who are happy with best 30 can stop there.
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
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.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
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... Janine Randall 6 years ago
What about Ayds? The weight reducing "chocolate candy"? ayds-5d02f...6799ea.jpg
Terri Lee 6 years ago
The best part for me: realizing that doomsday prognosticators, particularly "experts" are as clueless as the rest of us.
María Hermida 6 years ago
Do you remember all the gurus that preached about the world ending in 2012 because the Mayas calendar said so? 😄😄😄😄
Load More Replies... Liam Walsh 6 years ago (edited)
You can access them all via the link at the end.
Load More Replies... Renard Bansale 6 years ago
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
Kaisu 6 years ago
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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