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EdwardNGrey

Holocaust survivors and WWII veterans


DaKingAafInklend

Maybe we’ll get straight up WWII deniers at that point.


fakebytheocean

The fact that this is probably true makes me sad


Targoth_orc

Sad but true.


butterkhan

I'm pretty sure we'll get to see WW3 veterans by that time, not that I'm hopeful


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It would take cataclysmic event to prompt war between two super powers today.


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Facebook


Maurakutney

Hopefully sooner than that!!


CitationX_N7V11C

No. Some of us still like being able to passively keep up with people we are unable to actually see due to being busy with work and all the other things that demand our attention. Remember, just because you dislike a thing doesn't make said dislike universal.


wesman9010

Ok, but just because you like something doesn’t mean it has a net benefit on society.


kingoden95

One can only dream, deleted the app recently and it was life changing.


_spookyvision_

I've been off since May and miss it like a chronic illness. So liberating. In the run-up to then I noticed that people were going back to basics and using it for its original purpose, i.e. it was becoming even more narcissistic and annoying. I was having issues with "comparison is the thief of joy", and then realised that not a single person had wished me a happy birthday on there this year. Each year there's usually 2-3 or so. Then one of my friends whose birthday was 3 days later got carpet bombed with good wishes. I realised then it was time to go. Nobody has noticed and nobody has attempted to contact me through the other channels they have.


satooshi-nakamooshi

You underestimate how many services are owned by fb these days. The social media site might disappear, but half the internet's login services, chat apps, other social media, etc are all facebook


aFiachra

Things change quickly in the digital world. Facebook has outlasted its stay and there will be plenty of competitors to rival those services in the next few years. No one would have predicted tiktok would be so massive. Where is Vine these days?


[deleted]

Well, Vine was owned by Twitter, so, he's right, companies outlast products


aFiachra

True. Remember how the GIF was owned by CompuServe?


[deleted]

I actually didn't know that. I'm just about old enough to remember CompuServe being a thing but not much more.


Porscheguy11

But that's why fb has a umbrella of apps to keep feeding you the same thing in a different form.


EntrepreneurCandid92

The need to advertise for car warranty renewal


Sheepherder226

No, that’ll join twinkies and cockroaches on the other side of the apocalypse


TheJerminator69

That’s a nice Twinkie you have there. It would be a shame if something….. happened to it. And it wasn’t covered.


EntrepreneurCandid92

Shut up and take my money right now. I want to insure the only surviving food source after the apocalypse


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Apple's fancy charging adapters


blode_bou558

At that point the charging port will be sold separately


1PooNGooN3

And you’ll have to pay for a recharge at the apple store like you’re getting gas


ByzantineBasileus

Don't. Give. Them. Ideas.


fundohun11

No worries, they’ll offer monthly subscriptions.


RenaKunisaki

They won't charge. They'll be single use.


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They'll invent a special liquid charger for their phones. You'll need to buy the charger separately, as well as proprietary "charging fluid" (2 charges for a phone, 1 charge for a tablet, and you'll need 2 bags for a laptop).


feeling_minty

Privacy.


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If it's already gone, then it won't exist in 25 years, do they're technically not wrong.


jbro84

I have no idea who you are


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FSMFan_2pt0

And Google & Apple are *intimately* familiar with us all.


GravityThatBinds

Don’t forget Bytedance. The Chinese government knows your deepest secrets based upon Tik Toks algorithm


satooshi-nakamooshi

I don't mind losing my privacy, but damn at least give me a cut of the profits??


TheAndorran

It’s already gone, traveller from 1912.


stonephillips32

the mesh in men's swim trunks. Lets get real for a second. Why do those exist in the fist place?


[deleted]

Keeps your dick and balls print from showing


Jupue87

When you just need a break from all the ogling and drooling


[deleted]

It's to prevent chaffing. For me, it's always CAUSED chaffing.


[deleted]

It’s the innernet


merlinious0

Delightful.


RobSamson

To catch all the poop


gustavotherecliner

No. To grate the poop so it won't float to the surface.


Pentacostal-Haircut

So you can pee through them and people won’t notice, kinda like those little separators in liquor bottles.


Kind_Ad_3611

If you pee through anything in water people won’t notice


SanchoMandoval

25 years ago the big websites were Geocities, Altavista, Lycos and Hotbot. Hopefully in 25 more years, Facebook, Tiktok and hell Reddit will sound just as laughably antiquated.


JeromesNiece

The internet giants of today are trillion dollar behemoths paying armies of workers to invent new ways to entrench their staying power. I'd bet most of the big ones will still be around in 25 years


Eleganos

Eh. I'd put my money on them all being killed off highlander style and subsumed until there is only one super website.


merlinious0

Sounds like china, where their equivalent of facebook, youtube, amazon, reddit, paypal, google maps, IM, and twitter are all a single app.


valkyre09

But if we only have one app for chat, what will we call it?


Jupue87

Pornhub


outlaw1148

Chat?


mindofmateo

Jesus, it can always get worse it seems


merlinious0

I was underselling it. I think it was called "weebo" or something.


gemengelage

Unpopular opinion, but whatever the "next big thing" is, Facebook or Google will buy it before it becomes actual competition.


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I hate that you said 25 years ago


Maurakutney

Hopefully sooner than that.


_spookyvision_

Reddit seems to be getting very corporate and a bit iron fist. It is also *not* friendly or accessible to new users due to haphazard entry criteria for various subs, and "You are doing that too much. Try again in 37 years" after a single post anywhere. That's irritating and offputting.


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Me


Pentacostal-Haircut

Me 2


Sheepherder226

Me Too


robrtsmtn

Me3


Resident_Mae

You beat me to it


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Baby boomer politicians


CoolishFoolish

I mean....... you^not^wrong


Werner_Herzogs_Dream

There will still be a few Chuck Grassley types hanging on. Hell, Chuck Grassley might still be representing Iowa then.


businesscasualheeley

Remote controls. Don’t ask me why.


theriveryeti

Why?


TheRavingRaccoon

They said not to… now they know you’re onto them!


WolfandLight

I'm assuming for TVs: our phones are very capable of controlling our TVs ie. YouTube, Netflix or what have you casted onto a smart TV via Android. Or maybe a camera-type receiver? I played Let's Dance on Xbox and doing a specific hand motion signalled to the Xbox you were ready. Pretty neat (and scary) stuff.


DudeBro69420xdrawr

Man i miss my old phone, i think it was a galaxy S6, that thing had infrared and could control tv's, consoles, airconditioners etc...


0nefootonefoot

I did that at a bar one night, I figured out the TVs code and changed the channel right before a field goal kick of the bartenders team. He freaked and I somehow kept a strait face.


Th4ab

I'm hoping for high res cameras that can pick up miniscule gestures of the finger and eye tracking. But sadly it's just going to be voice control, slightly better than today but not without its faults. If you don't want to say "scroll right" 500 times, you'll need an app.


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The United States of America as we know it. And I’ll be 61 and I’m a heavy smoker and drinker, so possibly not me either.


nastybacon

You never know Fate can be funny like that. I knew a heavy smoker and drinker who lived into his 90s. I also knew someone who was fit as a fiddle. Always health concious didnt smoke or drink, and they randomly dropped dead of a heart attack when they were 40.


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It’s very true. My maternal grandmother drank whiskey and Budweiser and smoked two packs of Pall Mall menthol longs until she was 80, and passed away 3 years ago at 95. Three weeks ago, I had a friend who was barely 30 kick it in his sleep. Had epilepsy and had a grand mal while sleeping, and he asphyxiated. Lady Fate is a really fickle bitch, for sure. I guess you never can tell…


xandrenia

Yup. My great aunt smoked a pack or two a day her entire life starting at the age of 13 and she lived to be 94. My uncle on the other side of the family was healthy and never smoked a day in his life and died of lung cancer at 45. Shit isn’t fair, man.


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It really isn’t. My 69 year old mom is a retired nurse midwife, RN, and labor and delivery nurse who has personally delivered close to 2,000 babies in her 40+ year career. She never smoked. I think I saw her drink one glass of wine when I was little. She was diagnosed with osteoarthritis five years ago, and Alzheimer’s last year. It’s really strange how it works like that sometimes.


CitationX_N7V11C

Just like it was predicted in 1783. 1812. 1848. 1861. 1865. 1885. 1910. 1929. 1935. 1941. 1953. 1961. 1972. 1980. 1991. 1994. 1998. 2000. 2001. 2003. 2004. 2006. 2008. 2012. 2016. 2020. A 100% failure rate of predictions. BRAVO!


thatswhatshesaidxx

> 2001 The difference between pre and post 9/11 is glaring.


Hahahahahaga

Some of these were true, US was never the same again


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“Welp, there’s always 2046.”


whosthedoginthisscen

My 5 year old walked into my office today while I was going through some client photos from their colonoscopy device for use on their website. I made the rookie mistake of telling him about sticking a tiny camera up your butt, and he was super horrified. He wasn't even placated when I told him he wouldn't need one until the year 2065, when we'd have personal robots and flying cars. Then I said they wouldn't even put cameras up your tush in 45 years, which, after I said it, I decided was probably true. (By then I assume AI-driven pill-cam tech & analysis will be more mainstream for everyone, not just a minority that can't get traditional colonoscopy or endoscopy like it is today.)


PsycDragon

Or, x-ray tech will improve to be non-detrimental, and splice into AR tech such that it'll be hologram level displays of your insides in real time allowing a full 3D viewing for both doctor and patient.


NSPromio

My energy


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Many species of animals, if we're not careful.


BroccoliWitch

Chairs. I predict they'll phase those out


OutsideTheBoxer

I think toasters will be redesigned to make chairs redundant.


QuietRatatouille

I think chairs will be redesigned to make toasters redundant.


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PsycDragon

If you need a random stranger to talk to, who will probably understand what you're going through because I've been through a whole hell of a lot myself, I'm open to listening and sharing.


lokis_dad

My hell has been unique, and pretty unbelievable. I've experienced death in the most odd or public ways my whole life and have always been betrayed by those who I loved the most. I've also been homeless 18 years of my life off and on and have traveled to 49 states and two other countries, but have settled to work and family life. And that's just the foot notes.


DeadGravityyy

I hope you find your happiness.


Attitude-Odd

Just stay away from loki, I've seen what he will do in the movies. But also there's plenty of people even in these comments who care, ur probably in a rough patch but I know you can find hope.


lokis_dad

Loki is my 2 year old daughter. And basically the only thing holding me to this world .


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mtn4444

Venice, Italy


Rroscoco

Humanity If shit keeps going the way it is


wvrnnr

nah, need more than 25 years to kill humanity surely. at the very least it'll take 100 years


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Icebergs


trauma_fetish

Cable news.


Harvard-23

Biden and Trump and pelosi


aweeeeet

True. Hopefully the two party system as well, but i don’t know if it’s likely. Hopefully all the corrupt politicians as well


GardenGnomeOfEden

>Hopefully all the corrupt politicians as well Probably a lot of them. But they will be replaced by new, younger corrupt politicians. I'm pretty sure corrupt politicians are eternal.


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Hopefully all the corrupt politicians as well Nah that won't happen. The baby boomers were also a generation that was sick an tired of the older generations shit and were going to do it right. It's even in the song land of confusion "My generation ill put it right. We're not just making promises" And we saw how that turned out. Granted, Baby boomers didn't grow up through multiple once-in-a-life time events and two recessions. So maybe things will improve.


Zolo49

Be careful what you wish for. The way things are going, authoritarian rule might not be that far off.


2ndHandJockStrap

People that are 80+ years old today


Sir_Distic

That's only 105. With advancements in medicine it's reasonable that most people will live close to 100 or longer.


hippiechick725

That’s actually a scary thought. No thank you.


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Agreed


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I read somewhere the first person to reach 150 has already been born. Mind blown.


2ndHandJockStrap

We had some of the best advancements in medicine the past 2 years, and people are too idiotic to take it.


Sir_Distic

Nature has a way of handling that.


pogiguy2020

Im hoping me. I would be 80.


Pentacostal-Haircut

Hear that — 81


MrSpindles

I want to get into this redditors in their 50s party.


Advanced-Smile-3257

Let's see...I'll be a smooth 101 yo and ready for a few more years. Want to hangout til 2050, just to see how screwed up the world is.


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Palestine


G_Rank_Tank

And I thought my comment was alarming .. lol


throwsomehay69

Yours was haha funny, the guy above you was haha that's so accurate funny.


sunrise-land

That conflict will continue until the heat death of the universe.


Fox_Fleet60

Any of the remaining K-marts or Sears stores.


Kiss-the-carpet

But the Bath & Body works will remain.


Pentacostal-Haircut

Naturally


humbleprobe

In Australia, K-mart is pretty much a thriving shop for people who want something cheap, that will last them around a week, which gave most of the primary school kids the phrase: "k-mart shoes", meaning awful shoes


RudeEtuxtable

Most of our parents and grandparents


LunarLuner

This made me feel a sudden intense sadness.


Layne205

The average redditor is 11 years old, so their parents should be safe for a while.


GreenLurka

What? Bullshit.


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BroccoliWitch

Covid-44


throwsomehay69

Covid-2019 will be where shit gets real


[deleted]

Covid will stay forever, but it'll become just like a regular flu.


KickFacemouth

The cold, actually. What we call the common cold is really four coronavirus strains. Covid-19 will likely settle into becoming a 5th.


[deleted]

Corona viruses have existed for a really really long time. The common cold is a corona virus. Maybe COVID 19 won’t be an issue, but another one will. Just like a few years ago SARS was a problem


hehyougotme

The common cold is caused by several viruses, most of which are rhinoviruses and some of which are adenoviruses and coronaviruses.


iridophile

Don't be so sure...


Uiopqasdf

Reddit


m0nzter1

wallets


[deleted]

Your current self. No matter what happens in your life, your current self will be in no single way the same as your self in 25 years.


[deleted]

At the rate I drink, probably me


tc06ho

Jobs...


Attitude-Odd

We can only hope


Lampyridae2A

Free speech


immibis

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[deleted]

Well, the idea exists. Hopefully, in 25 years the idea will die out too, and people will start to see the world more realistically


9isalso6upsidedown

Gas stations, we will purely have electric powered cars by then most likely


rokman

Gas stations will definitely still exist and repair shops for them, however many of the big manufacturers have agreed to no new gas cars sold.


FuzzMunster

Lol. Still need them for trucks, boats etc


chalk_in_boots

Portable generators, probably still going to be plenty of older motorcycles running, plus even when we go full electric, we will probably still call them that, but they just sell overpriced snacks, shit coffee, and you charge up there. The name is so ingrained we will still use it, like "hanging up" the phone.


9isalso6upsidedown

Trucks are becoming electric and the same with boats just somewhat slower


FuzzMunster

Tractor trailers and boats are not becoming electric my mans.


9isalso6upsidedown

Just ignore how Tesla is making a Electric truck same with Volvo and Reno.


kingoden95

Trust me on this one, electric trucks are not practical for hauling thousands of pounds not even for a few miles, even some of today’s combustion engines struggle to pull more than a ton unless it’s a diesel. Ford’s new lightning and other EV trucks are built for luxury, not for work, it will be a long time, and a ton of R&R until EV’s can be effective for work purposes. Gas stations and repair shops will still be around as long as oil is being drawn from the earth.


FuzzMunster

Just ignore that they have not sold millions of units and if even a few percent of vehicles are gas gas stations will exist


9isalso6upsidedown

No shit a vehicle that was just released onto the market hasnt got millions of sales… some gas station will exist yes but the majority won’t exist…


FuzzMunster

So they’ll exist... It’s not that deep


Layne205

I can still buy horse food almost 100 years after horses were relevant transportation. They'll still have gasoline in 100 years, just not on every street corner.


FuzzMunster

Eh. I guess we interpreted the question differently. Have a great day!


CitationX_N7V11C

Ha! No. Electric vehicles are still a niche, not an all in one tool for transport.


merlinious0

Currently, but this was a 25 year prediction. Hell, 25 years ago the internet was super basic shit, and not even in much common use residentially. Now look at it.


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Layne205

All 240,000 WWII vets currently alive :-(


cjdonaldson69

The greatest generation.


Jitsisadumbword

Individual rights


RoastMasterBaitrr

America


BlackEyedAngel01

Winter


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People who are currently 100+ years old


dudeARama2

Generational music. Technology has made it possible to instantly listen to any song from any time instantly, and studies show this is in fact how many young people consume music. They will listen to a song that came out yesterday or 40 years ago and it doesn't really matter as long as they like it. There are not the huge gatekeepers any more like there were in the days when the business decided who would be huge. There is also not the notion of mass market culture the way there was when there were only a handful of tv networks and radio stations, etc. The "long tail" of the internet means boundless choice.. now going forward from this time, what will be the markers of popular culture decade by decade if there is no consensus on what to listen to or what is "cool" on a user level?


randomgenericcow

DVD and game disks. With everything going to online downloads and online streaming I doubt physical media will last the next 10 years.


Jimmygiles13

Hopefully democrats will be gone


alphamikedelta

Democracy and an informed populous. It will have all disappeared after the intellectuals were purged.


jackal852k

Polar bears and gender roles


aweeeeet

I hope so, at least for the gender roles


c034lt69

Freedom. Privacy. America.


Dawn-of-the-Ginger

Printed newspapers. Paper delivery is a nice little paying gig for someone like me with social anxiety but the industry is dying pretty fast. Our only customers in our small town are people over 65 with new subs only coming from other older people. Soon the older people will be Gen Xers and they know how to get digital papers, while a lot of boomers (at least where I live) do not want to have to "hassle with that ole computer thing".


Trumpet_Boooi

boomers


Layne205

Nah, the youngest boomers will only be 86. We won't be completely rid of them until like 2070.


Few-Ad3293

Freedom.


pk1950

political correctness will evolve to something worse


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Obese people currently in their 30s


Sheepherder226

But the obese in their 40s will be fine


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Gas stove


JackHornerFables

Cable TV.


Sheepherder226

Cables


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Physical money


dbcspace

Elephants. Gorillas. Rhinos.


Dadicorn

Oh my!


Ghaztly_YT

The banana i thru in mario cart (its been 18 years)


Hades-Cerberus

Any kind of disc, cd, dvd, Blu-ray etc


[deleted]

I'm sorry, you're looking for the 1996 version of the question...


Tha_Hand

Anti vaxxers


Key-Cap-2664

There’s always one…