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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!

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.

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

"Was this answer helpful?" Answer NO cause the truth would be more helpful thank you very much.

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

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

I knew people who bulk stored food and water before that y2k new years eve. Haha.

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

Well she sure showed them. Lady Gaga is likely more famous and richer than all them bitches bullying her.

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

I can think of a few reasons someone might want a computer in their home

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

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

When I was in mid. school and obsessed with video games, I was told "video games will give you no bread". Guess where I work now? And they give me both bread and brioche and even more! ♥

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

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

To be fair, Isis is also the name of an Egyptian Goddess, so the radical Muslims didn't come up with the name

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

From the author of "Asteroid collided with earth: all dinosaurs accounted for"

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

How the times have changed! Everyone, even a woman can join the army. As long as she or he is not gay- yay!

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

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

He was kinda of right, that console didnt go anywhere. Especially not to customers or stores

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

BHAHAHAHAA! Reminds me of the amazing memes Pewdiepie reviewed on his Youtube channel!

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

They're delusional if they think the GOT ending is a good as the Breaking Bad ending

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

Does boner mean the same thing as it does in Australia? If it does that is ummmm awkward and highly inappropriate but funny none the less lol.

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

Are there really honest politicians, like really really? I don’t think they know the truth even if it smacked them in the face.

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

Ahaaaa ! They were making pancakes, that's how it caught fire ! Case closed

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Subway ad? Are they saying we don’t like subway employees anymore?

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