Your worst non-sports predictions

[The Reverend]

Double post

[troutman]

I used to predict which debut artists would become huge.

Correct = Radiohead
Incorrect = Living Colour

[lazypucker]

Nortel stock price

and later on...

RIM stock price

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by troutman

I used to predict which debut artists would become huge.

Correct = Radiohead
Incorrect = Living Colour

My dad called Garth Brooks a flash in the pan after his debut album came out.

[Dion]

Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Komskies

My dad called Garth Brooks a flash in the pan after his debut album came out.

My boss did the same thing with Michael Jackson...

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Definitely predicted that tablets would be at best a niche product when the first iPad came out. "Who wants a product that is essentially the same as a smartphone, but bigger, and doesn't actually perform the "phone" function?" Right, good call there.

I don't know if that prediction is really so far off. Sure, they became popular for a while, but most people I know don't really use theirs any more and definitely won't replace them ever. I think that big phones basically made tablets redundant. They really seem to be just for kids who aren't old enough to get a phone yet now.

[FlamingHomer]

I didn't think MMA and the UFC would stay popular. Too much boring motionless hugging when on the mat.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Alberta will never have an NDP government.

[polak]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

I don't know if that prediction is really so far off. Sure, they became popular for a while, but most people I know don't really use theirs any more and definitely won't replace them ever. I think that big phones basically made tablets redundant. They really seem to be just for kids who aren't old enough to get a phone yet now.

Laptops will go away and these new powerful tablets with all of the features of a laptop (like the Surface) will take over.

I want a laptop where I can take off the screen and walk around with it for casual use, but can plug it back into the keyboard and mouse when I need work done and I want all of the normal laptop outputs (Not Apple outputs, you no HDMI out POS)

[Itse]

"This time will be different."

(To be specific: Just because I've crashed my studies four times previously, THIS time I can totally just ace it despite my untreated ADD, because THIS time I really LOVE my subject.

Turns out fifth time was not actually any different. Who would have thought.)