Article created by: Viktorija Ošikaitė
Ah, the 90's. As with any decade in the past, the 1990's can be an extremely nostalgic time for many to reminisce on. From the classic sitcoms of Friends and Seinfeld to the catchy bops of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys, the 90's gave us so many gifts. But aside from being an excellent era for pop culture, not everything from this decade could withstand the test of time. Along with the piles of ginormous JNCO jeans sent off to local thrift stores as they faded out of style, some predictions made in the 90's can be funny to look back on as well.
Inspired by a newspaper article from 2000 titled "Internet May Be Just A Passing Fad As Millions Give Up On It" going viral on Twitter, we began digging up other hilariously inaccurate predictions from the past. Although these claims about the future did not ring true, they certainly are amusing to read today. Below you'll also find an exclusive interview featuring Dan Gardner, author of "Future Babble : Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway" and "Superforecasting - The Art and Science of Prediction".
Enjoy this comical list we've compiled at Bored Panda, and keep in mind what Forrest Gump so wisely told us in 1994, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
