‘Aged Like Wine’: 35 Times Folks Ended Up Being 100% Right About Things (New Pics)

While nobody can accurately predict the future, that never stops folks from trying. Making a calculated guess—the more calculated, the better—increases the chances, but there’s still a non-zero chance of it being wrong. But, boy, is it particularly satisfying to hit the bull’s eye with a prediction!Online, this phenomenon is appropriately calledaging like wine. It pertains to posting something about the future and turning out to be right about it. In fact, there’s a whole group dedicated to celebrating this phenomenon calledr/agedlikewine.This post may includeaffiliate links.

Online, this phenomenon is appropriately calledaging like wine. It pertains to posting something about the future and turning out to be right about it. In fact, there’s a whole group dedicated to celebrating this phenomenon calledr/agedlikewine.

This post may includeaffiliate links.

The Real Eternals

Well, He Ain’t Wrong

Is It Wine Or Milk? Can’t Quite Tell

So,r/agedlikewineis a subreddit that’s all about “things that have stood the test of time”. This includes everything from social media posts to newspaper excerpts to news headlines to videos speculating about stuff.The subreddit was created at the end of 2018, and as of this listicle, the subreddit has nearly 195,000 members.

The subreddit was created at the end of 2018, and as of this listicle, the subreddit has nearly 195,000 members.

Hunter S. Thompson One Week After 9/11

I Downloaded This On 1/1/2020… Not Thrilled It Came True

This Sadly Aged Well

Everything that ends up being true in the end—one, two, five, whatever—years later, ends up on this subreddit. And everything that turns out to be false or worse—redonkulouslywrong—gets thrown intor/agedlikemilk.This subreddit is the genetic antithesis of r/agedlikewine. And, it seems, it’s celebrated even more as it’s home to 1.2 million members, despite being created just three months before its wine counterpart.

This subreddit is the genetic antithesis of r/agedlikewine. And, it seems, it’s celebrated even more as it’s home to 1.2 million members, despite being created just three months before its wine counterpart.

They’re Not Too Far Off Tbh

Not Fully Aged Yet, But Relevant To The News

Guess I Got What I Asked For

To give you a taste of what sort of content constitutes as quality wine-grade post, try some of these on for size:Someone predicted thatNetflix will crack down on shared accounts. Someone predicted thatChris Rock will get a handful of Will Smith. Someone predicted thatvideo games will cost $70. That last one was actually from The Simpsons, which is a whole other story when it comes to predictions.

To give you a taste of what sort of content constitutes as quality wine-grade post, try some of these on for size:

Someone predicted thatNetflix will crack down on shared accounts. Someone predicted thatChris Rock will get a handful of Will Smith. Someone predicted thatvideo games will cost $70. That last one was actually from The Simpsons, which is a whole other story when it comes to predictions.

I Saw This Meme At The Start Of The Pandemic

Mobile Phones Predicted In 1963

1979 For London Transit Showing How The City Would Look If Built By American Planners

The most hilariously notorious example of aging like wine is more or less the entirety of The Simpsons. If you’ve been a fan of the show for long enough, you’ll know just how many things it has managed to predict across its 34 (as of this article) seasons.Itpredictedat least two US presidents, The Higgs boson, murder hornets, the horse meat scandal, smart watches, the Capitol riots, and a bunch more. Either that, or someone was taking notes.

Itpredictedat least two US presidents, The Higgs boson, murder hornets, the horse meat scandal, smart watches, the Capitol riots, and a bunch more. Either that, or someone was taking notes.

Popular Mechanics Magazine In March 1912 Hypothesizing That Raising Atmospheric Co2 May Considerably Increase Temperature “In A Few Centuries”

When Your Old Funny Tweet Turns Out To Be Prophecy…

How Right You Were, Marge

Some might argue that The Simpsons predictions are morelikely off-hand gagsthat coincidentally came true, or examples of human nature patterns that were referenced as a joke.Some of these examples might just be designed to feel like predictions, but in reality rely on people’s confirmation bias rather than what the show’s writers actually meant.

Some might argue that The Simpsons predictions are morelikely off-hand gagsthat coincidentally came true, or examples of human nature patterns that were referenced as a joke.

Some of these examples might just be designed to feel like predictions, but in reality rely on people’s confirmation bias rather than what the show’s writers actually meant.

Aged Like Italian Wine?

A Couple Years Later And Here We Are, Like A Fine Bourbon

This Pandemic Xbox Review From 2019

Collider discussed this, providing the example taken from a Simpsons episode from 1995—the one with Lisa’s wedding. It’s said to have predicted smart watches. However, if we go back 30 years prior, we see wrist communicators being used in the Get Smart comedy series. Same goes with a video telephone featured in Back To The Future Part II from 1989, just 6 years prior.

1950’s Ad Accurately Predicts Voice Commands

U/Digitaldesign17 Predicted Fyre Festival Would Be A S**t Show 2 Weeks Before It Started

Touché, Past Self

The whole future predictionkinda sortaties in with the chemistry ofbeing right.Asbeing right about stuff can be addictive. The reason why we enjoy it is because the brain rewards us for doing that. Hence, some people flat out refuse to accept reality.Whenever a person argues with someone, the brain floods the body with the good stuff—adrenaline, dopamine, all that jazz—which makes them feel great, dominant, nearly invincible. And the desire to replicate this feeling pushes folks to fight more next time.

Whenever a person argues with someone, the brain floods the body with the good stuff—adrenaline, dopamine, all that jazz—which makes them feel great, dominant, nearly invincible. And the desire to replicate this feeling pushes folks to fight more next time.

I Made A Prediction For Climbing In The Olympics Several Years Ago That Finally Came True

Damnit Apollo

Well

Amidst all the discussions of the two extremes—wine and milk, aging in their own way—there’s also another take on it: aging like anything else that’s more appropriate.There’s a humorous New Yorker Daily Shout titledThings I Am Actually Aging Like, Instead of a Fine Wine, which gives wittily spot-on explanations of what the authors Lana Schwartz and Karl Spurzem age like that I find all too relatable.

Amidst all the discussions of the two extremes—wine and milk, aging in their own way—there’s also another take on it: aging like anything else that’s more appropriate.

There’s a humorous New Yorker Daily Shout titledThings I Am Actually Aging Like, Instead of a Fine Wine, which gives wittily spot-on explanations of what the authors Lana Schwartz and Karl Spurzem age like that I find all too relatable.

Maybe One Day

It Sure Does