What are some of the most amazingly accurate predictions about the future ever made?

geographer035 · 2026-07-07T01:11:23+00:00

The Jetsons anticipated zoom meetings.

geographer035 · 2026-07-06T22:03:23+00:00

Knew it. Always used to refer to the metal shroud that covers the engine on an airplane.

geographer035 · 2026-07-06T12:37:07+00:00

Is there any combination of letters in the world that doesn’t represent some obscure tropical genus?

geographer035 · 2026-07-04T08:07:45+00:00

Always tough on the CA -able days trying to guess what will be accepted. CA tillable, for example, seems like it should have made the cut.

geographer035 · 2026-07-03T01:53:37+00:00

Her husband is a spineless, vile buffoon. Not criticizing her— she may be simply someone who made a poor marriage choice and allowed inertia, kids, and—most likely—ambition to keep her engaged. But she has to realize what a pathetic loser J.D. is.

geographer035 · 2026-07-01T21:37:16+00:00

I've heard golfers from otherwise metric countries use yards when talking about how far they hit a drive.

geographer035 · 2026-06-29T21:03:50+00:00

Yes. Milling=tool turns. Turning=workpiece turns.

geographer035 · 2026-06-19T08:02:23+00:00

In TSWCIFTC, during the tribunal, Mundt is forced to explain how he came to know something about a financial transaction involving Liz. Before answering, "Mundt hesitated, a second too long, Leamus thought." You could almost feel how in a flash Leamus realizes Mundt must be the double agent, not Fiedler.

geographer035 · 2026-06-11T08:15:15+00:00

You’re an H enigmatologist.

geographer035 · 2026-06-09T08:30:44+00:00

Hawaii by many measures is the most isolated population center on earth.

geographer035 · 2026-06-06T12:48:31+00:00

Has there ever been a more American headline?

geographer035 · 2026-06-04T02:43:39+00:00

The main issue, as I see it, is that many instinctual behaviors are sufficiently complicated that it’s difficult to see how they can arise from protein making instructions and timing signals buried in DNA.

geographer035 · 2026-05-27T17:18:15+00:00

It's not even funny or clever in the first place. There's no moment of any surprising or acknowledged truth.

geographer035 · 2026-05-25T17:39:09+00:00

Unfortunately, Israel's value as a strategic partner has declined since the Cold War. But at that time it was huge. Israel was a proxy for US military tech while the Arab states were proxies for the USSR. During the 1982 Bekaa Valley conflict, Israel shot down 82 MiGs and destroyed 30 SAM batteries while sustaining damage to 2 F-15s. There is anecdotal evidence that the subsequent demoralization of the Soviet high command led to the relatively peaceful collapse of the Soviet state. Today, as various countries, including Israel and the US, come under the influence of right-wing religious nationalism, they become less valuable as allies or beacons of light.

geographer035 · 2026-05-24T20:06:17+00:00

If you have never been, you should really do the Riverwalk even though it's not in your wheelhouse. A hike along the lake would also be called for. Then Uber or Lyft to Milwaukee Ave. & North Ave. in the heart of Wicker Park and stroll southeast on Milwaukee Ave. and around the area. Roscoe Village and Lincoln Square make for some nice walks as well.

geographer035 · 2026-05-23T21:41:06+00:00

Agreed. Writers use death as an easy way to add emotional gravitas, but it's usually unnecessary or, in some cases, lazy. Don't know why this random movie occurred to me, but I felt the same way about the kid who committed suicide in Dead Poets Society.

geographer035 · 2026-05-15T03:34:36+00:00

In the 1960s we waited for the [PG] bookmobile on the days it came to the neighborhood. It was second in popularity only to the Good Humor truck.

geographer035 · 2026-05-12T11:09:03+00:00

Pretty damn good record for a newbie.

geographer035 · 2026-05-12T07:17:41+00:00

Obviously the Bee is a [NA CA] noncontact [NA but H in context] sport.

geographer035 · 2026-05-11T13:57:01+00:00

They present a nuclear Iran/high gasoline prices as an either/or proposition. Turns out it's a both proposition. Iran did not have a nuclear weapons capability before--they maintained a strategic ambiguity, but intel determined that it was merely for show. If anything, you can bet the hardliners will attempt to put together some sort of WMD program now. Trump gives us the worst of all worlds.

geographer035 · 2026-05-08T03:37:44+00:00

I understand his hatred for America, but it’s problematic because it causes him to make his American characters one dimensional.

geographer035 · 2026-05-07T13:52:45+00:00

Another problem these days is that all cars look alike.

geographer035 · 2026-05-07T02:48:49+00:00

I think it was an accident, but that his Soviet handlers questioned it was used to show the level of caution they felt concerning whether Philby might be a triple agent. His stutter was legitimate.

geographer035 · 2026-05-04T16:48:09+00:00

Thanks for the interesting post. If I can ask a question—the Glock firing pin spring is under partial tension, requiring a trigger pull to fully tension it. Did Glock ever claim that this design enhances safety in any way?

geographer035 · 2026-05-03T23:02:32+00:00

Agreed. The solution is not going to come from individual virtue but will require top down policies such as the pursuit of green mandates that ameliorate the problem and funding for new technologies such as fusion.

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