# Which of these do you think will still be around in 10 Years? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302 "2007-05-24T01:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/41 "2007-05-24T22:33:28Z")
Paris Hilton - will kill someone while driving drunk and get sent to jail. STAR TREK (any incarnation) - will never die. It will always have its hard-core fans and new fans. Sanjaya - a non-entity to me. Rosie O’Donnell - still around in some fashion. Donald Trump - dead maybe. Harry Potter - will never go away because the books (and movies) will keep entrancing new fans. Regarding the books, this time in history is the zenith though, and those who discover the books years/decades from now will mourn that they didn’t get in on the excitement at the time (I say that with my just-in-time experience, since I didn’t get into the books until after the 6th one was published. I would certainly be kicking myself if I had waited until all the movies were out to read the books). Justin Timberlake - I can’t believe I’m defending Justin Timberlake. I never would have guessed I’d be in this position. I have never followed his music career and probably never will (it’s just not my kind of music and I’m more interested in female vocals anyway). I only know him from cultural osmosis and seeing his two most recent movies, where he surprised me to the core of my being. I’m convinced now that the people who are slagging him off are not moviegoers and haven’t followed his acting career. He’s a really REALLY good actor, much better than “serviceable,” and I would not be surprised in the slightest if he were one day to win an Oscar, maybe in his 30’s or 40’s. At the very least, if he keeps going at this pace and quality, he’ll get nominated a few times. It will surprise the hell out of people who only follow movies in the most shallow fashion (nothing wrong with that), and there will be jokes aplenty, wherein people like me will pop up and say, “hey, I take it you didn’t see **Alpha Dog** or **Black Snake Moan** back in 2007, did you? I knew back then that he was destined for a great acting career if he kept it up.” Angelina Jolie - will still be around and beautiful and making movies. Even if she faded from public view, she’ll always be a mover and shaker behind-the scenes with her humanitarian efforts. Reality Television - still around and killing brain cells. CNN - still around and still irrelevant (as usual). Fundamentalist Islam - Always. Nothing will kill the desire to rule the world. Christian Right as a major political influence - Always. No scandal will kill the desire to rule the world. Hillary Clinton - still around and in politics, though not ever as president. The Amish - still around. The Phelps Clan - still around and as looney as ever. Tom Cruise - still around, still a good actor, still whacko, but happily married, Katie having come to her senses and left him, leaving him free to finally marry someone already brainwashed in the “church” of $cientology. Gay Marriage (as a debate or as an institution) - Closer, but not there yet. Too many more old farts have to die off before it can become a reality. Microsoft Windows - still around. Nothing will kill the desire to rule the world. Ipods - still around though maybe not quite as stupid (let me change my own freaking batteries, willya?). ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/42 "2007-05-25T08:17:11Z")
**Paris Hilton** I have no frickin’ idea, and neither does anyone else. Here’s someone who got famous for NOTHING (dirty video on the Internet, remember?), continued to be famous for nothing (big parties, reality TV time, rumors of this or that boyfriend), then became _more_ famous by loudmouths realizing how ridiculous it was that she was famous for nothing and basically a whore…and _repeating it over and over AND OVER_. She’s become The Simpsons; there’s just no damn point in debating anymore. She’ll still be around in a decade. Or not. Whatever. **Star Trek** Doubtful. It was never enormously popular to begin with, and given how badly Enterprise or whatever tanked, it’s time is most likely past. In fact, sci-fi on the whole will probably be in a lull for quite a while (especially with the Star Wars saga over). **Sanjaya Malakar** Like I said on a previous thread, his problem is that he’s not ready. If he does the smart thing, i.e. graduate from high school, develop his singing abilities, and find friends who have his best interest in mind, and _relax_, he’ll most likely do fine. Other than that, it’s anyone’s guess. **Rosie O’Donnell** She’s already been around for a while, but I doubt she’ll go quietly. Just not that kind of woman. And she made a _lot_ of noise before that Trump nonsense. **Donald Trump** He’s getting up there in years too, and safe to say that most of America is completely disgusted with him by now (myself included). Still, he’s an attention hog, and there’s no reason to believe he won’t go out kicking and screaming. Not unlike Mike Tyson. **Harry Potter** Dunno, dun’care. Find him overrated myself, but I’m not a kid into magical fantasy. **Justin Timberlake** The folks at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) may love him…well, some, anyway…but unfortunately, it looks like his ship has sailed. Ah, boy bands was just a fad anyway… **Angelina Jolie** Haven’t a clue. **Reality Television** It’s here to stay. Take that to the bank. When there’s a template with just a fraction of the requirements and costs of a fictional program and an essentially limitless pool of willing “actors”, the industry will find a way to make it work. Survivor, in particular, will last at least several more seasons before it’s even threatened with cancellation, American Idol has become an institution, and Dancing With The Stars is headed to that same exalted ground. And The Amazing Race is the WWE of reality TV; no matter how many bad ideas it has, no matter how many things to wrong, no matter how many participants get shafted, _no matter how many hits it takes_, it just will not die. There will be reality TV failures in the future just as there are in the past, but the concept is not going away in 10 years or 20. **CNN** Far from perfect, but just the fact that it’s more newsworthy than Fox News should keep it afloat. **Fundamentalist Islam** A far bigger issue than anyone with my meager world experience can tackle. The current Iraq adventure certainly is _not_ helping, however. **Christian Right as a major political influence** Man, for me, this can’t end soon enough. Fortunately, it seems to be happening, but reactionaries don’t go quietly. The '08 campaigns should tell a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/43 "2007-05-25T08:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Ipods - or something like it, smaller even, with tonnes of storage [/QUOTE] I can’t see how the iPod could get any smaller and still be ergonomic. My friend has the smallest available version and I find it too small to get a good grip on and manipulate. I have a SanDisk Sansa and it’s much bulkier, which I prefer. Unless we evolve smaller and thinner fingers to use our smaller iPods better (it’s not out of the question - natural selection has come to favor those with the sweeter gadgets!) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/44 "2007-05-26T02:14:18Z")
Not that I expect her soon disappearance, but apparently, Rosie has decided not to return for her last three weeks on THE VIEW. Guess she couldn’t take the little dumb blond daring to defy her. Awww. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/45 "2007-05-26T13:08:38Z")
Paris Hilton will die before she’s thirty. Sanjaya will fade away into oblivion. Rosie O’Donnell is a smart, shrewd woman. I do not always agree with her, and she can be rather crude at times, but she is a survivor. She will be in the spotlight for a long, long time. Donald Trump- Geez, just die. Harry Potter- never read one of the books or watched any of the movies but he has his place in cult fiction. At least he got kids reading again. I don’t know enough about Justin Timberlake. I guess the teens like him. Angelina Jolie will become Mia Farrow and Woody Allen will kill both of them. If I could have one wish come true it would be that reality television die a hasty death. Fundamentalist Islam will continue to be in the forefront, sad to say. Christian Right as Political Influence- I wish I could say people will be smart enough to not let their religion rule their politics, but we all know it’s not true. It will be the same 20 years from now. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/46 "2017-06-02T22:29:24Z")
This is quite deliberately a bump from a decade ago, and a fair few of the posters are still around, so let’s examine the predictions. Here’s the most relevant of mine: > [@](#): > > Donald Trump - retired to a golf course with his seventh wife. The Trump will be mourned when he goes Well, I got that one right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/47 "2017-06-02T22:43:38Z")
Not predicted but Weird Al is still around. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/48 "2017-06-02T22:48:24Z")
\*\*Added appraisal in Red. \*\* > [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Paris Hilton** : Gone just like Jade Barrymore or Jessica Hahn. CORRECT > > **STAR TREK (any incarnation)** Still part of geekdom, but probably aging geekdom. The Original series hasn’t lost much Cache yet, I do not see 10 years killing the franchise. (I still love TOS, I am 40) CORRECT and new series starting up! > > **Sanjaya** : Who? Seriously, give him a few months. Over half of the US does not watch that show. Wasn’t there some freak from the first season that was popular for about 2 years and is now gone from the popular conscious. CORRECT can’t remember who this is? > > **Rosie O’Donnell** : She will probably be fading but not gone. CORRECT > > **Donald Trump** : He might be dead; otherwise, he will still be in the news and the public conscious. Kind of CORRECT but more than just in the news. > > **Harry Potter** : Fading but still popular, I do not believe this series will have the staying power of Tolkien or Lewis, but they should become a permanent part of childhood reading for those that like to read. It largely depends on where the Hogwarts Universe goes after Book 7. If she adds to the Universe with more books, it might be very popular still. WRONG, still very popular, more than I thought. Though the extra movie helped. > > **Justin Timberlake** : I can’t tell if he will be a Jon Bon Jovi or a Steve Perry. He seems like he has a chance to keep a career going fairly strong. I didn’t really make a prediction. I weaseled. > > **Angelina Jolie** : She will be around; 10 years will only make her 42. She will be fading; I would think she would be the equivalent of whatever Sharon Stone is today. CORRECT > > **Reality Television** : I hope it is dead and buried. I think it will be around and more outrageous to try to keep people’s interest. CORRECT > > **CNN** : It will be fine, no more or less popular than today. CORRECT > > **Fundamentalist Islam** : Still scary, still causing problems. CORRECT > > **Christian Right as a major political influence** : Less powerful, its power is beginning to fade. Falwell is gone and Robertson should follow him in the next 10 years. WRONG, dammit, wrong. Maybe a little less powerful but much stronger than I expected. > > Jim **Part 2** > [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Hillary Clinton** : I do not think she will be President, but she will probably still be a Senator. CORRECT though no longer a Senator. > > **The Amish** : They aren’t going nowhere, no time soon! CORRECT > > **The Phelps Clan** He is barely known now, there is a disproportionate awareness of his clan on the dope than in the general public. I suspect these evil nut jobs will still be around, but within 10 years someone grieving for their love one will at least put him in the hospital. CORRECT & WRONG on the last sentence. > > **Tom Cruise** _(think he’ll be a Sean Connery senior stud or a Burt “You were big once…” Reynolds?)_ He will be much closer to Burt. WRONG, closer to Sean. > > **Gay Marriage** (as a debate or as an institution) Still a debate, still only legal in some states. I would guess the North East, the Left Coast and a few other states. CORRECT > > **Microsoft Windows** : They will still have a large market share, I suspect it will be smaller that now though. CORRECT > > **Ipods** Relics of the past, seemingly slow and pathetic technology as 3 things greater will have surpassed them in 10 years. 10 years is a long time for technology. CORRECT ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/49 "2017-06-02T23:21:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > \*\*Added appraisal in Red. \*\* Good idea. Here’s mine. > [@](#): > > Paris Hilton - an extremely rich recluse, forgotten by most Maybe this has happened, certainly not heard anything about Paris for years > > STAR TREK (any incarnation) - Oh yes. There will be a BSG-style re-imagining of the original series in production by 2010 Would like to see this, but the franchise is clearly still rumbling on > > Sanjaya - don’t know them Still don’t > > Rosie O’Donnell - don’t know her Still don’t > > Donald Trump - retired to a golf course with his seventh wife. The Trump will be mourned when he goes WELL! > > Harry Potter - I’d imagine so, there’s still a few movies to make Branched out in a lot of ways, JKR is a good person > > Justin Timberlake - an interesting actor, makes the odd album covering classic '90s R’n’B with hip, underground producers Justin’s done OK > > Angelina Jolie - hard to say - the flakiness could go either way. I’ll predict a Brigit Bardot-style path for Angelina Nothing to really say about Angelina, > a lot has happened > > Reality Television - too cheap to make to ever die off Probably got worse > > CNN - don’t see why it shouldn’t still be around, maybe web-based Still there, I guess > > Fundamentalist Islam - Oh yes Oh yes > > Christian Right as a major political influence - Probably Fucking hell > > Hillary Clinton - She’ll be a respected senior Senator Jings > > The Amish - they’ll be around in a hundred years time Restart the clock > > The Phelps Clan - One of the family will snap and take out Fred in a hilariously bloody fashion, then obscurity Real life rather overtook these morons > > Tom Cruise - He’ll be living happily with his husband, and making quirky films for European directors Tom has made a fair few films I’ve enjoyed these last ten years > > Gay Marriage (as a debate or as an institution) - Don’t know the US situation A proper tipping point going on here all over the western liberal democracies > > Microsoft Windows - Of course. Their internal development roadmap for the Windows family probably extends to ten years in the future (at least tentatively) Keeps on keeping on > > Ipods - Might well be looked back on like we do currently with the Sony Walkman Smartphones, and decent wireless network connectivity, have been the biggest change in the last ten years ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/50 "2017-06-03T00:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Gay Marriage (as a debate or as an institution) Still a debate, still only legal in some states. I would guess the North East, the Left Coast and a few other states. CORRECT Um. I don’t think this could be more wrong. Same Sex Marriage is legal - though controversial - is all states based on SCOTUS ruling. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/51 "2017-06-03T01:47:28Z")
I’m still here, and I see that not only did I do better than 50-50, but that I never could spell millennium. I’m willing to take my lumps for Donald Trump and pleased to be wrong about Justin Timberlake. Rosie O’Donnell is still working, but I underestimated the stamina of the religious right. > [@kunilou](#): > > Gone > Still a beloved part of the geek universe > Gone > Retired > Business executive, yes – media titan, no > Small but steady sales > Gone > The Mia Farrow of the new millenium > Thriving > Still around > Thriving > Not major, but still an influence ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/52 "2017-06-03T01:55:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not predicted but Weird Al is still around. Weird Al will be around as long as we have a new daily crop of 12-year-olds. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/53 "2017-06-03T04:46:29Z")
Holy Fucking Shit. By the way, I posted recently about meeting Weird Al at the Porno Awards. And that was long before this thread was started. Somebody was in disbelief. Time. The Ultimate Unknown. Well, _going forward._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/54 "2017-06-03T05:18:36Z")
hopefully all in the op… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/55 "2017-06-03T05:54:18Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Um. I don’t think this could be more wrong. Same Sex Marriage is legal - though controversial - is all states based on SCOTUS ruling. I predict that in ten years, people will still count misses as hits in the most blatant, context-denying ways possible. In this case, the context is the plain meaning of the words on the screen, and the blatant-ness comes from reading them, promptly forgetting what you just read, and proclaiming it a total hit. Hey, if we can say that visionaries from the 1960s got Home Computers right when they predicted our homes would literally have computer butlers to help manage the household, we can say that gay marriage jurisprudence hasn’t progressed one whit from the Dubya era. Similarly, I don’t see how reality TV has gotten any worse since 2007. I just don’t. Is it still around? Yeah, probably, sure. I’ll grant the predictors that much. Does it still have The Walking Uterus and the Magical Christian Rape Cult? No. Does it still have Here Comes Type-II Diabetes? Don’t think so. Different question: Is it still as relevant as it was? [Just from _2011_, traditional TV viewership among The People Advertisers Care About (18-24-year-olds) dropped from 25 hours a week to about 15.](http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/are-young-people-watching-less-tv-24817/attachment/nielsen-traditional-tv-weekly-viewing-trends-among-18-24-q12011-q42016-apr2017/) That includes DVR-shifted TV, so be sure to cleverly bring up how they ignored DVRs and that’s skewing the numbers. [“In sum, between 2011 and 2016, Q4 traditional TV viewing by 18-24-year-olds dropped by almost 10 hours a week, or by roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes per day. In percentage terms, Q4 traditional TV viewing by 18-24-year-olds was down by 7.1% year-over-year and has now fallen by 39% since 2011. In other words, in the space of 5 years, almost 40% of this age group’s traditional TV viewing time has migrated to other activities[.]”](http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/are-young-people-watching-less-tv-24817/) Yes, some people watched more TV over the same time frame: Boomers. Are you surprised? Are you _really_ surprised to find out who’s responsible for the Real House Wives Of The White House? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/56 "2017-06-03T13:38:04Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Weird Al will be around as long as we have a new daily crop of 12-year-olds. 😛 Then I will let my inner 12-year-old freak flag fly. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/57 "2017-06-03T13:57:09Z")
Can I please give a Mea Culpa on the gay marriage issue. With apologies, I did not realize it was legal in all states now. Just egregious ignorance of an important decision. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/58 "2017-06-03T19:31:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Holy Fucking Shit. > > By the way, I posted recently about meeting Weird Al at the Porno Awards. And that was long before this thread was started. Somebody was in disbelief. > > Time. The Ultimate Unknown. Well, _going forward._ 😃 That was probably me. :o ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/59 "2017-06-03T22:45:51Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Paris Hilton - How long do most Famous For Being Famous people last in the public eye? She should be a was by that time. Unsure > > STAR TREK (any incarnation) - Alive and well. Internet, books, new movie, continuing fan interest… what’s not to love? :dubious: Correct > > Sanjaya - DEAD! Don’t know > > Rosie O’Donnell - DEAD! Don’t care > > Donald Trump - DEAD! (after serving in some public office) Half Right > > Harry Potter - Will be the new Star Trek for today’s geeks and kids. Perhaps a new generation at Hogwarts? Correct > > Justin Timberlake - He actually has a little talent. I see a morphing, but still around Correct > > Angelina Jolie - Around but irrelevant Unsure > > Reality Television - Alive and well. Look for even more intrusion into popular entertainment, perhaps with sex! Correct > > CNN - Reorganized and non mainstream, but flourishing. Never watch it, so: unsure > > Fundamentalist Islam - Will supplant the Communist Block as the real rival to America. (Not that the Communist Block even really exists anymore, but you get the point) Correct, I guess > > Christian Right as a major political influence - Either killed off completely or even more influence. hard to tell. Magic 8-Ball says: “UNCLEAR” Hmmm… Unsure :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302/60 "2017-06-03T22:57:31Z")
Sanjaya has an album coming out later this month. > **[Sanjaya Malakar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar)** > > Sanjaya Joseph Malakar (born September 10, 1989) is an American singer, who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes, despite being poorly received by the show's judges, particularly Simon Cowell, as well as through Howard Stern, who asked his listeners to vote to keep Sanjaya on the show. > After Idol, Malakar made many television guest appearances and has been commonly parodied in p... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-think-will-still-be-around-in-10-years/405302.md?page=4)