# Posts that aged well **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532 "2026-04-24T13:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/1 "2026-04-24T13:53:31Z")
I don’t have an actual example to kick things off, but I thought we could use a counterpoint to the ‘[Posts that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503)’ thread. I know I’ve seen several posts over time where someone said “I totally called [X] in my [previous post from ‘Y’ date in the past]”. So here’s a chance to toot your own horn! Or toot it for someone else. Have you been a ‘Nostra-Dope-us’, or know a post where another Doper was one? I think posts such as those in which someone predicted a negative outcome that got push-back, but then the prediction turned out to not only be correct, but the actual outcome was even worse, would count (the iconic example of which might be the Dopers who predicted early on in trump’s Presidency how bad things might get, and others said things like “no, he’ll be normalized or restrained by the checks and balances of the office”. And then…). As with the ‘aged poorly’ thread, I’m keeping this in the Pit since, despite the more positive slant of the premise, the correct predictions or discussions thereof may likely still involve much anger and invective. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/2 "2026-04-24T15:09:33Z")
Why would you make a thread you predict will cause “anger and invective”? Isn’t there enough of that already? Better suited for M&P. IMO ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/3 "2026-04-24T15:41:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why would you make a thread you predict will cause “anger and invective”? I’m not predicting, hoping or intending that it will. Just that the subject of any predictive post that aged well may be angry and profanity-laden, so I decided to put it in the Pit, just in case. But I’m hoping, as I stated in the OP, that this will be a more positive counterpoint to the ’ [Posts that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503)’ thread. There’s a lot of very smart Dopers here fighting ignorance every day, and I’m sure there are a lot of posts that did age well. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Better suited for M&P. IMO Please don’t junior-mod me. If you don’t think this is in the right forum, flag a real mod. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/4 "2026-04-24T16:02:11Z")
Good idea for a thread. Thanks for creating it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/5 "2026-04-24T16:13:30Z")
Okay, here’s one of mine: > [@How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164/84): > > Good luck. And hell, I read your later post. Good luck with all that, too. You are reading the numbers wrong. This is still in the “exponential growth” stage. So most of the infected haven’t had it long enough to either die OR recover. And the numbers coming out of China are out-dated, both because China is not a reliable provider of information in general, and also because there’s a long backlog to get tested in China. From his obit in the WSJ: The “whistle blower”, a 33 year old opthamologi… Especially the last part: > [@How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164/84): > > I think this is pretty bad. I’m still hopeful we will contain it, as SARS and MERS have been contained. But I don’t think worry is silly. That was from February 2020. I think i had an earlier post about it, but I’m failing to find it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/6 "2026-04-24T16:16:45Z")
Oh, here’s an earlier one: > [@How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164/8): > > I was extremely worried about SARS, and I still have part of the case of face masks I bought in case it came to my city. I’m only slightly worried about this one. I still have the face masks, after all. wink Mostly I’m less worried because the China and the international medical community seem to have successfully contained SARS and MERS. I’m shocked that they did that, but the evidence is pretty compelling. But I’m still a little worried. Something as communicable as the common cold that ki… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/7 "2026-04-24T17:12:56Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Okay, here’s one of mine: > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Oh, here’s an earlier one: Great examples of what I was hoping for, and very prescient. At the time of your later post, dating from Feb. 7 2020, I don’t think the Coronavirus was even on my radar yet at that point. It wasn’t until late Feb, beginning of March, that I started to develop a mindset of 'better disinfect hands after touching doorhandles at work", and not until mid-March that we were told to work from home ‘for the next six weeks’. It wasn’t until then that it got really real for me. Fortunately none of my friends or loved ones got very sick or died from Covid, though I don’t think I know anyone personally who never contracted it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/8 "2026-04-24T17:16:26Z")
Yeah, reading back in that thread, I see that in January I had absolutely zero concern about it (hey, I did write “right now” 🙂 ) Well, that certainly changed as the months went on, but that’s the other thread … ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/9 "2026-04-24T21:34:57Z")
In the TV series thread, I was watching _Game of Thrones_ and I accurately predicted who would win in the beginning of season four of my watch. Unfortunately, this was years after the show actually ended, but I still claim it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/10 "2026-04-24T22:16:52Z")
Oh I wasn’t junior modding. I was just saying. If it’s a cromulent thread it’ll carry on whether I care or not. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/11 "2026-04-25T00:15:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If it’s a cromulent thread it’ll carry on whether I care or not. I’m a Simpsons fan, so I appreciate your use of the word ‘cromulent’. It’s a perfectly chosen…what’s a good recently invented word for the right adjective? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/12 "2026-04-25T05:28:43Z")
Working from memory. [Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadarene) penned **Gadarene’s Law** : any post with a grammatical correction will include a grammatical error. @Scylla had a memorable thread about blimps, as well as a thread about his adventures with auto-waterboarding, which received some attention beyond this message board. @Diogenes_the_Cynic commented that the speaker of the 2004 Democratic Convention (Barack Obama) would one day be President. @Polycarp’s consistent thoughtfulness is missed. @Stranger_On_A_Train’s clarity and comprehensive subject area mastery is an addition to the board. @manhattan: :I AM the hall monitor!" ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/13 "2026-04-25T07:04:55Z")
It’s Gauderes law. Ain’t it funny you got his name wrong talking about the rule about typos? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/14 "2026-04-25T10:21:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > in’t it funny you got **his** name wrong Irony #2: Her. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/15 "2026-04-25T10:41:15Z")
Too many to mention on this topic, but during early 2022 when Russia quite obviously was mobilized to invade Ukraine, there were lots of people who felt Russia’s massive preparation wasn’t a prelude to an invasion (wrong). Once it did commence, others predicted that all of Ukraine (or at least all of east Ukraine, including Kiev), would fall to the Russians, but it hasn’t. It’s hard to blame folks when even the CIA got it wrong. Few people understood that Russia truly was reckless enough to try something like this, and weak enough to fail. Few understood how strong Ukraine is, nor that they could hold off Russia for even 1 year, let alone 4, and that Russia would be dumb enough to keep throwing its young men into this meatgrinder. Anyway, hats off mainly to those who predicted Ukraine’s astonishing will and ability to push Russia back. I don’t think that was easily seen at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/16 "2026-04-25T14:14:55Z")
nm not as slam dunk as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/17 "2026-04-25T17:01:25Z")
Well. I never knew the poster Gaudere. Before my time here. Just heard about it in Dope lore. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/18 "2026-04-26T19:07:21Z")
Wishing there were a timestamp on this one: > [@Trump is dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2447): > > Between the corset and the bullet-proof suit jacket he is packed in so tight I doubt he could fully bend that far. He might just slip down inside the suit though. . . Because later that evening, when he tried to hide under the table, it was indeed clear that he couldn’t bend over very far at all. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1TV-hvQzTkk/maxresdefault.jpg "Shooting near White House Correspondents' Dinner; President Trump evacuated") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TV-hvQzTkk) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532/19 "2026-04-26T19:10:57Z")
I should have said behind the table. They were trying to get him to bend on the way out, but he couldn’t. If I try to edit, it messes up the link for some reason.