# Predict The Unpredictable 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688 "2019-12-31T19:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/21 "2020-01-01T16:42:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > We are far closer to the opposite situation due to a [liquidity trap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidity_trap). Much more similar to what happened in Japan for the (poorly named) “lost decade” there. (More like 20+ years.) There interest rates actually went negative near the end. 6% inflation would have been better for them than what happened. That’s why I asked for the country. In the USA, there’s no way there will be any inflation in 2020. It’s stunning that there has been almost no wage push inflation with such low unemployment for so long. I wish I was back in my Advanced Macroeconomics class, would be a fascinating topic for a paper. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/22 "2020-05-30T23:26:47Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > 2020 will be remembered for an Olympics Oooooor, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/23 "2020-05-31T00:51:19Z")
Black Lives Matter will overplay their hand due to the Twitter echo chamber and declare that Hispanics and Asians are now considered white people. They will then try banning Cinco De Mayo which many on the left already believe is a fake holiday invented by Donald Trump. This leads to horrible backlash on Twitter and now Hispanics break out of the “people of color” barrier they’re currently in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/24 "2020-05-31T00:58:09Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The Raptors won’t repeat. > > The Nationals won’t repeat. > > The Patriots won’t repeat. You’re two for three so far. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/25 "2020-06-02T18:36:38Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Oooooor, maybe not. Damn I couldn’t even get that right! ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/26 "2020-06-02T19:45:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Things will end very, very badly for the Hong Kong protestors. You win. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/27 "2020-06-05T22:13:08Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I think we’ll see something interesting happen in China domestically. Maybe not an uprising per-se, but something may happen. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/28 "2020-06-05T22:51:17Z")
I still think mine > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The Earth is destroyed by a passing [strangelet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelet#Dangers). is the closest. Not in actual details, but in general feel. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688/29 "2020-12-05T01:17:36Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The Raptors won’t repeat. > > The Nationals won’t repeat. > > The Patriots won’t repeat. > > Trump won’t repeat. @Hari_Seldon got it all right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-unpredictable-2020/845688.md?page=1)