'45 year mortgages': 20+ Wild predictions for the future that sound pretty plausible

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Apr 25, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Nobody has a crystal ball (except maybe the creators of The Simpsons). But it sure is fun to make guesses about what might come to pass. I remember doing that a lot when I was graduating high school- trying to guess what would become of myself and my classmates. Would Josh grow up to be a Senator or would he toil away forever in middle management? Would Sarah make it on Broadway or come back to our high school to teach theater? The future was a vast emptiness, and anything was possible. 

Though it's fun to ruminate on your future, it's even wilder to think about what will happen to the world at large. Everything is changing so much (and has already changed in our lifetimes) that it's not so far out to imagine that the future will be radically different. And ok, while I'm here, I'll add my prediction: Mr. Beast will make a bid for president once he's old enough. One day I will say I told you so!

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  • 01
    "Starbucks will be selling bubble tea by The EMPRESS 2027" II. The HIGH PRIESTES VIII. The STRENGTH
    via petr sidorov
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    r/AskReddit u/_forum_mod • 22h What is your "I'm calling it now" prediction?
    via u/_forum_mod
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    elheber 20h We've only just begun to see what small drone warfare looks like. These war flying tech breakthroughs always start with simple recon and dropping bombs. Soon they'll have guns and fly in coordinated swarms.
    via u/elheber
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    BlueSpotBingo • 19h Al responses to all questions will be sponsored and yield responses that favor the advertiser rather than objective responses based on available evidence.
    via u/BlueSpotBingo
  • 05
    ConditionLife1710 • 18h we're going to see an influx of people avoiding social media/phone culture as a lifestyle choice. people are tired of the algorithms, manipulation and
    via u/ConditionLife1710
  • 06
    ShortOneSausage • 19h The company store will become a thing again in our lifetime.
    via u/ShortOneSausage
  • 07
    storm_walkers • 18h Grown up children of Youtube family vloggers will start dropping Mommy Dearest style exposés about their horrible childhoods and laws will be imposed against the whole practice.
    via u/storm_walkers
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    Trip420x 20h 45 year mortgages will be the standard like we're starting to see with 8 year car loans
    via u/Trip420x
  • 09
    Appropriate-Divide64 • 20h In the coming years companies will start ditching call center staff in favour of Al systems. It will be awful.
    via u/Appropriate-Divide64
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    BoneDaddyChill • 18h Starbucks will be selling bubble tea by 2027.
    via u/BoneDaddyChill
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    jdub42090 20h Someone will compare the cicadas this summer (US) to locust of the biblical end of the world.
    via u/jdub42090
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    Vic_Hedges.⚫ 21h A Jenner will get a cybernetic implant by 2030.
    via u/Vic_Hedges
  • 13
    DerpyDrago 22h Whenever Biden and Trump kick it, it will be in very quick succession.
    via u/DerpyDrago
  • 14
    Adhbimbo 22h • Blue bell ice cream will be contaminated again in the next 3 to 5 years. Hopefully no one dies
    via u/Adhbimbo
  • 15
    blazingjellyfish • 18h We're going to wait until the last minute to address the incoming doom of our antibiotics becoming obsolete.
    via u/blazingjellyfish
  • 16
    RakielKanan • 21h George RR Martin will never finish A Song of Ice and Fire. We'll be lucky to ever see The Winds of Winter.
    via u/RakielKanan
  • 17
    flipmaneaterbug • 21h in the near future, TV, movies, music, and Art will legally be required to state whether it contains Al or is Al-Free. But big companies will lie anyway.
    via u/flipmaneaterbug
  • 18
    raincntry • 20h We're going to see a sharp increase in the number of sports related gambling scandals now that it's legal in virtually every state.
    via u/raincntry
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    samsquanch6462 • 20h All streaming services will be in a "bundle" like how satelite or cable TV are now. You can have the sports bundle or the movie bundle or the reality tv bundle, ect.
    via u/samsquanch6462
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    clevelandrocks14 • 19h Co-living will be a thing. Like two families joining to purchase a house and living together. Not in a Iway, just to afford housing.
    via u/clevelandrocks14
  • 21
    spitfireramrum • 20h Video game shows/movies are the next superhero movie/show boom
    via u/spitfireramrum
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    SwampThing72 • 19h We will see a large resurgence in people becoming tinkerers, fixers, and going into the trades. This will be a combo of stuff being expensive so people will want to fix and keep it as long as possible paired with the rising cost of education.
    via u/SwampThing72
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    Fireball_Lore • 22h You will hand your phone to an older relative to look at a picture and they'll accidentally back out of it. Edit: Bonus points if they say "Whoops! I don't know what I did."
    via u/Fireball_Lore
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    themightytouch • 19h . You, the person reading this, will attain happiness in some form. ;)
    via u/themightytouch

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