So, r/agedlikewine is 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.
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—redonkulously wrong—gets thrown into r/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.
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 that Netflix will crack down on shared accounts. Someone predicted that Chris Rock will get a handful of Will Smith. Someone predicted that video games will cost $70. That last one was actually from The Simpsons, which is a whole other story when it comes to predictions.
#12 1979 Advertisement 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.
It predicted at 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.
#13 Popular Mechanics Magazine In March 1912 Hypothesizing That Raising Atmospheric Co2 May Considerably Increase Temperature "In A Few Centuries"
Some might argue that The Simpsons predictions are more likely off-hand gags that 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.
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.
#20 U/Digitaldesign17 Predicted Fyre Festival Would Be A S**t Show 2 Weeks Before It Started
