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!
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!
I di dwel, but those extra ten points were always welcome...!
Didn't Sir Isaac Newton's brother, Fig, invent the cookie? -Dr. M
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.
30.Kevin Spacey is seen here quoting a line about an underage male’s genital. In 2017, it was alleged to have made unwelcome sexual advances and groped several young men.
9.Hertz discovered radio waves and believed them to be pointless. Radio waves are used daily in standard communications, toys, phones, and by emergency personnel, just to name a few. 10.Best Buy warns customers of dangers Y2K might have on personal/commercial computers. January 1, 2000 didn’t cause any devastation or computer malfunctions like predicted. 11.Stefani Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga, was privately bullied by some college peers on Facebook in the early 2000s claiming she would never be famous. Lady Gaga is now one of the most well-known singers/performers in 2019. 12.Ken Olsen said there was no reason for anyone to own a home computer in 1977. In 2019 nearly all homes have had or do have computers in them. If you count phones as computers, well… you see where I’m going. 13.Blockbuster poked fun at Netflix in 2011. In 2019 there are only 2 operating Blockbusters stores left in the world and Netflix is one of the most valuable brands in the world.
Most of them are the ones that I did understand lol. But thank you😊
24.The Guardian predicted in 2014 that Facebook would lose a majority of users by 2017. Facebook has continued to gain users steadily since. 25.Humble Oil claimed to produce enough energy to melt glaciers. It is thought that the use and manufacturing of oil and such products is causing Global Warming. 26.Throw away living was advertised as a time saver in this early ad. In 2019 there is a huge push to stop buying single-use items as it is believed to be killing our planet. 27.Apple claims the iPhone is safe and private for users. In 2019 a bug was found to be allowing callers to hear the conversations of the person on the other end before they picked up the line. 28.In 2009 McDonalds advertised that $4 was too expensive for a coffee. In 2019, they are selling McCafe coffees for nearly $4. 29.Hastily written article claimed all were saved from the Titanic when it sank. In reality, over 1500 people lost their lives in the event.
20.The Best of Bill Cosby peeping through a record case. In 2018 Bill Cosby was sent to prison for drugging and raping young women throughout his career. 21.Advertisement about Immigration to Canada through Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services. ISIS is a well know Muslim radicals terrorist group. 22.In 1949 Popular Mechanics predicted that computers of the future would weigh more than a modern car. In 2019 computers are smaller and more powerful than ever. 23.The Independent wrote an article and showed a picture of Osama Bin Laden as a peaceful Anti-Soviet soldier in 1993. In 2001, it is believed that Bin Laden was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City.
14.Milton Bradley Co claimed video games were a passing phase in 1977. In 2019 the video game industry rakes in about $40 billion globally each year. 15.Asbestos was being sold as a seasonal home decoration. In 2019 Asbestos is known to be a very dangerous cancer-causing material. 16.An old advertisement for lead-based paint which is now known to be extremely dangerous, even deadly, to children and adults that consume chips or inhale dust. 17.Article suggested what the late Michael Jackson might look like by the year 2000. By the 90s Jackson was obviously changing his facial structure and whitening his skin. 18.World Trade Center advertisement claiming the tall buildings would get some as close to heaven as they would get. In 2001, the buildings were brought down by hijackers by means of a jet full of innocent passengers. 19.Grumpy Cat calendar with “CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO END”. Grumpy Cat passed away in May 2019.
Lol thank u talor that was thorough :) I actually did get those, it was the rapper challenging Eminem thing and the guy talking about his video came console that I didn't get, as those are not internationally known stories. But I'm sure your list will help many lost peeps :)
Congratulations for your knowledge!
I feel the same, there were quite a few I didn’t understand.
If you ask under each meme, someone will most likely explain as they did in several already
I'm with yas on that! The internet explainers will help us I hope ^-^
I couldn't understand more than half.
Ms wesoff, why is it my fault I haven't spend my whole life watching every single local us news broadcast every day, when I don't live there? Some articles didn't have much info to research. And as well informed on America as you are, you lack any courtesy (lol it's the internet, silly me :p)
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Google is your friend. Although these are pretty obvious.
Some are stories obviously reported in USA but not worldwide. The internet is worldwide. Shock horror "the world" isn't just America. I'm sure you wouldn't get local references from many countries, just as we didn't get these. No need to be a hater, just use common sense
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.
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!
I di dwel, but those extra ten points were always welcome...!
Didn't Sir Isaac Newton's brother, Fig, invent the cookie? -Dr. M
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.
30.Kevin Spacey is seen here quoting a line about an underage male’s genital. In 2017, it was alleged to have made unwelcome sexual advances and groped several young men.
9.Hertz discovered radio waves and believed them to be pointless. Radio waves are used daily in standard communications, toys, phones, and by emergency personnel, just to name a few. 10.Best Buy warns customers of dangers Y2K might have on personal/commercial computers. January 1, 2000 didn’t cause any devastation or computer malfunctions like predicted. 11.Stefani Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga, was privately bullied by some college peers on Facebook in the early 2000s claiming she would never be famous. Lady Gaga is now one of the most well-known singers/performers in 2019. 12.Ken Olsen said there was no reason for anyone to own a home computer in 1977. In 2019 nearly all homes have had or do have computers in them. If you count phones as computers, well… you see where I’m going. 13.Blockbuster poked fun at Netflix in 2011. In 2019 there are only 2 operating Blockbusters stores left in the world and Netflix is one of the most valuable brands in the world.
Most of them are the ones that I did understand lol. But thank you😊
24.The Guardian predicted in 2014 that Facebook would lose a majority of users by 2017. Facebook has continued to gain users steadily since. 25.Humble Oil claimed to produce enough energy to melt glaciers. It is thought that the use and manufacturing of oil and such products is causing Global Warming. 26.Throw away living was advertised as a time saver in this early ad. In 2019 there is a huge push to stop buying single-use items as it is believed to be killing our planet. 27.Apple claims the iPhone is safe and private for users. In 2019 a bug was found to be allowing callers to hear the conversations of the person on the other end before they picked up the line. 28.In 2009 McDonalds advertised that $4 was too expensive for a coffee. In 2019, they are selling McCafe coffees for nearly $4. 29.Hastily written article claimed all were saved from the Titanic when it sank. In reality, over 1500 people lost their lives in the event.
20.The Best of Bill Cosby peeping through a record case. In 2018 Bill Cosby was sent to prison for drugging and raping young women throughout his career. 21.Advertisement about Immigration to Canada through Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services. ISIS is a well know Muslim radicals terrorist group. 22.In 1949 Popular Mechanics predicted that computers of the future would weigh more than a modern car. In 2019 computers are smaller and more powerful than ever. 23.The Independent wrote an article and showed a picture of Osama Bin Laden as a peaceful Anti-Soviet soldier in 1993. In 2001, it is believed that Bin Laden was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City.
14.Milton Bradley Co claimed video games were a passing phase in 1977. In 2019 the video game industry rakes in about $40 billion globally each year. 15.Asbestos was being sold as a seasonal home decoration. In 2019 Asbestos is known to be a very dangerous cancer-causing material. 16.An old advertisement for lead-based paint which is now known to be extremely dangerous, even deadly, to children and adults that consume chips or inhale dust. 17.Article suggested what the late Michael Jackson might look like by the year 2000. By the 90s Jackson was obviously changing his facial structure and whitening his skin. 18.World Trade Center advertisement claiming the tall buildings would get some as close to heaven as they would get. In 2001, the buildings were brought down by hijackers by means of a jet full of innocent passengers. 19.Grumpy Cat calendar with “CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO END”. Grumpy Cat passed away in May 2019.
Lol thank u talor that was thorough :) I actually did get those, it was the rapper challenging Eminem thing and the guy talking about his video came console that I didn't get, as those are not internationally known stories. But I'm sure your list will help many lost peeps :)
Congratulations for your knowledge!
I feel the same, there were quite a few I didn’t understand.
If you ask under each meme, someone will most likely explain as they did in several already
I'm with yas on that! The internet explainers will help us I hope ^-^
I couldn't understand more than half.
Ms wesoff, why is it my fault I haven't spend my whole life watching every single local us news broadcast every day, when I don't live there? Some articles didn't have much info to research. And as well informed on America as you are, you lack any courtesy (lol it's the internet, silly me :p)
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Google is your friend. Although these are pretty obvious.
Some are stories obviously reported in USA but not worldwide. The internet is worldwide. Shock horror "the world" isn't just America. I'm sure you wouldn't get local references from many countries, just as we didn't get these. No need to be a hater, just use common sense
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.