1.
This 1903 claim that “man won’t fly for a million years” (in reality, it happened just over a week later, which may be the fastest-aging claim in this post):
3.
This claim that the late Betty White, one of the most beloved, long-lasting figures in the comedy world, would “never be a ‘star'”:
4.
And this article that came out mere months before John Wick released, launching a franchise that made Keanu Reeves into even more of a legend:
6.
This unfortunate t-shirt that reminds me of the “first female president” cake I made with my friends on Election Day in 2016:
7.
This 2016 suggestion to make Cats a movie musical that made me want to scream at Watch Mojo “YOU DON’T KNOW THE DANGER IN WHAT YOU’RE SAYING”:
8.
This Vogue article about Tulsi Gabbard, who would later do a 180 and join the Republican party (and Donald Trump’s crew of hanging dingleberries — yes, I said dingleberries):
9.
This Buried review from 2010, which suggested Green Lantern was going to be a hit (spoiler alert: it was not). Also, Reynolds did not earn notable nominations for Buried, unless you count an MTV Movie + TV Awards nomination for “Best Scared-As-Shit Performance” as prestigious:
10.
This joke about the upcoming Sonic movie (before the franchise went on to make over $1 billion):
11.
This suggestion that Batman v Superman would surpass Star Wars‘ legacy (lmaooooooo):
12.
This pre-Avengers suggestion that “Joint superhero movies absolutely cannot be done right” before the MCU took over our lives for over a decade (I miss those days):
13.
This Harry Potter-themed pride and activism sticker from before JKR made hating trans people her entire identity:
14.
And this tidbit of info about JKR’s social media presence…which, again, has become a festering cesspool of trans hate:
15.
This person, who was overly optimistic about the prospects of upcoming DC films…which would basically all end up either being failures or cancelled (RIP Batgirl):
16.
This comment that I deeply wish was true (instead, check out the newly announced Trump-branded golden toilets, being distributed to billionaires ahead of his 2028 campaign!):
17.
This 2017 article claiming John Krasinski failed as a movie star…just a year before A Quiet Place:
18.
This article, which made me sigh heavily, and think again of my sad, sad cake (see #4):
21.
This quote from Star Trek: Discovery that included Elon Musk with other greats:
22.
Along with this claim about Musk:
23.
This article from 2007 that massively underestimated the iPhone:
25.
The delulu quote on this movie poster for The Mouse and His Child, claiming the film would be as popular as Pinocchio and The Wizard of Oz:
26.
This question from a 2001 book, before we all constantly carried trackable cell phones that are potentially listening to us:
28.
These advertisements in an old Aussie telephone book, apparently before “STD” was a widely recognized term:
30.
This 1989 Samsung ad that thought we’d still be using VCRs in 2007 (though, to be fair, the Chicken Run VHS tape went platinum at my house a few years earlier):
31.
This article slamming Michael Keaton’s casting as Batman (Keaton is sometimes referred to as the best actor to don the cape):
33.
This tweet casting doubt that Oppenheimer would do well (it later won the Best Picture Oscar, along with being successful at the box office):
34.
This Richard Nixon poster pre-Watergate scandal:
35.
This claim about The Witcher (Cavill would exit the show after Season 3 in a HUGE fumble for the show — sorry, Liam):
36.
This claim about plastic…on a cardboard box of plastic bags (if plastic is so smart environmentally, how come they didn’t use a box made of plastic, huh? Huh???):
38.
This kid’s assignment on Bill Cosby, saying he was “born to make people happy” (oof):
39.
Along with this article about protecting children from predators by Bill Cosby, whose later sexual assault accusations included some minors:
40.
Also, this poster about Cosby:
41.
This 1979 ad for Pakistan International Airlines:
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And this scene from the Super Mario Bros. movie, released in 1993:
43.
This headline, which I think was possibly caused by the creators trolling the outlet, considering they started the show’s return with an episode about Trump:
44.
And this much older (1997) claim about South Park doubting its longevity:
45.
This card from a 2008 game, before Ben Affleck played Batman (though TBH, as the worst Batman listed, he still doesn’t belong among the others):
46.
This old poster, which suggested higher education would get you a house and five cars, rather than no house, no cars, and possibly no job…along with mountains of debt:
47.
This article about Jennette McCurdy from when she first began starring on iCarly (McCurdy later revealed the lengths of her mother’s abuse and the fact that she was the one to push McCurdy into an acting career in her book I’m Glad My Mom Died):
48.
This 1979 Mr. Men book that gave major predator vibes (seriously, how did anyone not find this massively creepy at the time?):
50.
This book about “Stranger Danger” with an introduction by Jimmy Saville, who, it turned out, sexually abused hundreds of women and children:
51.
And finally, this 1975 book that claimed that “America is going metric” (which still hasn’t occurred):
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