9 People Who Were Embarrassingly Wrong, And 9 More Who Turned Out To Be 100% Right
1. This poll nailed it on every front:
But this person admitted they were a tad wrong about FaceTime:
2. This Bell telephone ad from the 1950s correctly predicted dialing telephones and even voice commands:
But this article was ~just slightly~ off about the timeline for human flight:
3. This illustration from the 1930s basically predicted video calls:
But this renowned economist made a prediction about the internet that wasn't quite right:
4.This person on Twitter called Idris Elba's casting in the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie a year early:
@KaiserNeko @ChibiJanus Wait, wtf. How did I do this?!
But this video game tournament gave out a prize for 5th-8th place that is now worth approximately $1.1 million:
A StarCraft gaming tournament took place 10 years ago and these were the prizes teams could win from agedlikemilk
5. This article from 1953 predicted not only cellphones, but also smart watches:
But this old tip from a magazine is most definitely not recommended anymore (seriously, don't burn batteries):
6. This person predicted the re-(re-re-)release of Skyrim:
I called it! I predicted the Skyrim 10 year anniversary 12 hours before it was announced from agedlikewine
But this article predicted that the internet would cease to exist shortly after the year 2000:
7. This Kim Possible dialogue turned out to be eerily prescient:
But this tweet from Elon Musk about the pandemic was...not:
@PPathole Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April
8. Tom Holland manifested his role as Spider-Man years before it happened:
He’s back from agedlikewine