54 Photos That Unfortunately Aged Really, Really, Really, REALLY Poorly

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This tweet about Diddy (who was cleared of his most serious charges) and Epstein (whose files still largely haven’t been released):

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This premature claim that Superman was flopping:

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This post about Ian Watkins, who would later become a convicted child predator:

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And this Reddit post from 2019:

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This prediction, before the meeting went weirdly well, with Trump seeming like Zohran’s #1 fan:

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This 2013 article, which named Kanye as an artist who would stand the test of time:

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And this article about Kanye:

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This joke from 2019, when JKR was being gently mocked for continuing to add in canon information after the books were done (like that Dumbledore was gay)…before she decided to start despising trans people:

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And this 2009 tweet from JKR, which doesn’t hold up these days — her X account is one of the main places where she spews anti-trans hate:

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This 1939 book that claimed Hitler’s “last year of power” would be 1940:

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Relatedly, this 1924 newspaper article:

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This magazine cover naming RFK Jr. “The Kennedy Who Matters”:

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This ad featuring The Ultimate Warrior AKA James Hellwig, who used steroids:

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This scene from The Simpsons, where Mel Gibson says this (he’d later famously be caught in an antisemitic rant…which was not his first or last time using offensive language):

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This quote from David Koechner’s character in The Office (he’d later be arrested for a DUI):

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This article (the team would go on to win the Superbowl in 2021):

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The existence of this book:

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This quote about Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher (he’d notably leave the show after Season 3 and be recast with Liam Hemsworth) from the writer of the books:

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This quote from Bill Cosby:

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This 1967 political cartoon, which slammed MLK Jr.’s protests:

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This LinkedIn post about Google:

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This tweet about Josh Duggar, who was later convicted of possession of child sex abuse images:

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This ad from disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was later convicted of fraud:

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This book about athletes to look up to with Mark McGwire, who used performance enhancing drugs, on the cover:

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This tweet from Jussie Smollett, who was later accused of falsifying a hate crime against himself (Smollett maintains his innocence; he was initially convicted but it was overturned, and he reached a settlement with the city earlier this year):

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This ad for the movie Airplane! (released in 1980, two decades before 9/11):

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And this Jagger quote:

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This 2019 quote from Succession (Trump would later use his mugshot to compaign):

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This feedback on Amazon:

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This Reddit comment from 2017:

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This Christian book calling O.J. Simpson a hero and ideal man (and also Caitlyn Jenner, who is a woman):

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Just…everything about this ’60s yearbook photo:

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This joke from ’98, just a few months before Columbine began an era of mass shootings in the US (which conservatives would partially blame on violent TV and video games):

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These ads about JKR and Elon:

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This 1943 poster(😬):

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This quote from James Gunn:

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This page…followed by its deletion, and this headline:

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This 2015 prediction:

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This joke about Jurassic World: Rebirth, which was a massive success:

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The lyrics to the Scooby-Doo theme song, considering that the Velma spinoff doesn’t feature the iconic dog:

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This line in an article about the Fantastic Beasts series, before all the Ezra Miller allegations and mess (Kratiz has also gotten some flak in the last few years, but not at the same level):

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This quote from Luis Rubiales, who did end up resigning:

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This post about The Wheel of Time, which was hated by fans:

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This post about Elon Musk:

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And this Musk claim from over a decade ago:

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Aaaand this promise from Elon (yep, bots are still around):

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And finally…this 2002 Donald Trump quote about Epstein: