He pointed out that nobody in their right mind wants to grab a bag of chips from the same place their boss orders office supplies, and three years later they announced they were shutting down half the locations - has anyone else stumbled on an old prediction that turned out dead accurate?
I always laughed off the NOAA warnings about severe storms, figured they were just covering their bases. But last April I was running a big wiring job at a farm outside Waco and ignored a flash flood warning. Water came up fast, trapped my van in a low spot, and I had to call a buddy with a truck to pull me out at 2am. Now I actually check the radar before every outdoor job, has anyone else had a close call that made them change their mind about something they ignored before?
I was digging through old forums last night looking for info on my neighborhood and stumbled on a comment from some guy named "AZ_Steve" back in February 2010. He was posting on a local real estate board saying he thought the market was still overvalued by at least 25 percent and people were dumb to buy then. Everyone in the thread laughed at him and called him a doomer. I remember reading it as a kid and not thinking much of it. Fast forward to 2024 and I just paid $420k for a 3 bed 2 bath that went for $180k in 2011. That guy was basically spot on and nobody listened. Has anyone else found old predictions that turned out way more accurate than people gave them credit for?
Was cleaning out my saved posts last night and stumbled on a comment from r/realestate where some guy named u/landlordkiller69 said the bubble in Austin would pop by March 2023. He pointed to the absurd rent hikes on East 6th and said investors were dumping flipped houses like hot potatoes. Sure enough, I checked Zillow and prices dropped 12% that exact month after peaking in February. Anyone else dig up old threads that called a local market shift way ahead of time?
Back in fall 2019 my friend who works in logistics said paper supply chains were about to crack from some tariff stuff. I laughed at him but threw $200 on a pallet of TP from a restaurant supplier. Best $200 I ever spent while everyone else was fighting over single rolls.
My buddy linked me a deleted tweet from some random account back in 2006 that said "subprime loans gonna crash the whole market by 2008." Everyone laughed at the time, but then the recession hit and they were spot on. Now some people say it was just a obvious prediction given the data, but I'm leaning more toward they had inside info from a banking source. What do you all think, was it a lucky guess or did they actually see it coming?
I was sitting in my basement in Overland Park around 3 PM last June watching the sky turn this weird green color. My grandpa who farmed in Oklahoma his whole life told me once that green sky plus sudden stillness means trouble within a few hours. I posted on a local forum about it and people laughed until the sirens went off at 7:15 PM. Has anyone else picked up on a weird local weather sign that felt like prediction?
Bought into the hype for RankRocket Pro last month after seeing it promoted everywhere. It supposedly finds 'hidden keywords' and 'gap opportunities.' Turns out it just scrapes the same data GSC gives me, but with a prettier dashboard. I could've spent that cash on a nice dinner instead. Anyone else fall for one of these overpriced SEO gizmos?
Guy named u/PartyTimePaul called it an 'overhyped influencer scam with no toilet plan' and got downvoted into oblivion... anyone else got a favorite pre-blowup prediction that aged like fine wine?
I was cleaning out old bookmarks and found a Reddit thread from 2014 where a local realtor in Austin warned that too many flips were happening on 30 year mortgages with no down payment. Back then everyone called him a pessimist. Fast forward to now, and three of those specific neighborhoods on his list went under within 6 months of each other in 2023. Anyone else dig up old local predictions that turned out spot on?
I remember scrolling through r/logistics back in October 2019 and seeing this guy rant about how one port shutdown in California would ripple for 6 months. Everyone called him a conspiracy nut. I even laughed at it myself. Then spring 2020 hit and I couldn't get a simple brake rotor for my 2012 F150 for 14 weeks. Made me dig up that thread and realize I was the one who was wrong for dismissing real expertise just because it sounded dramatic. Anyone else got a moment where you totally dismissed a prediction that turned out dead on?
I saw this guy named Dave from Austin post back in June 2019 that he was selling his rental properties because he had a hunch the market would peak around March 2020 and tons of people laughed at him but then March 2020 hit and everything went sideways, has anybody else stumbled across an old prediction that turned out scarily accurate like that?
I remember scrolling through r/wallstreetbets three years before it all happened. Some random user posted a thread saying 'If you aren't long on GME by Feb 2021 you're gonna miss the boat.' I laughed and scrolled past. Then January 2021 hit and I remembered that post. Dug it up later and the date was off by like 2 weeks. Still. How does someone just know that? Did they have a buddy at a hedge fund or was it just dumb luck? Anyone else got a prediction they ignored that turned out dead on?
I was visiting Portland last month and stopped by a little coffee shop on Belmont that had a sign saying 'closed for deep cleaning.' Thought it was weird because it was 2pm on a Tuesday (peak hours). I peeked through the window and saw them hauling out old espresso machines and scrubbing the walls. Three days later, the health inspection report went viral - they got a 72 and had rodent droppings in the back. I wish I had taken a photo of the sign, because now it feels like a dead giveaway. Has anyone else stumbled into a place right before it got exposed?
The ticket was for March but my phone calendar said Feb, so I showed up on a Tuesday night to an empty parking lot. Has anyone else had a calendar mishap that wasted way more time than the actual problem?
Last month I was bragging in the local gaming forum about how I called a server merge months before it happened. Some guy named Dave replied with a screenshot of my original post and highlighted where I said "maybe" and "could happen eventually." He was right, I didn't actually predict anything. I just made a lucky guess based on player complaints that everyone already knew. Now I go back and check the exact wording and context of old posts before I claim I saw it coming. Makes me wonder how many other "prophets" in this community are just doing the same thing with fuzzy memories. Has anyone else fact-checked their own old posts and felt like a total fraud?
I went with the portable one for a third of the cost, then Hurricane Helene hit and I spent 12 hours in the rain running extension cords to the fridge and sump pump while my neighbor with a whole-home setup just watched TV inside has anyone else regretted that trade-off when the storm actually came?
Saw someone ranting 2 years ago about how washing synthetic jackets dumps plastic into the ocean and I rolled my eyes so hard. Then I bought a Guppyfriend bag last month and pulled out a handful of fuzz after one wash. Has anyone else ignored a warning that turned out to be way bigger than you thought?
My bedroom had this floorboard near the closet that squeaked every time I stepped on it. I spent like 3 hours one Saturday pulling up carpet, looking for loose nails, even bought a special kit from Home Depot on Main Street. Turns out it was just a dried out piece of wood rubbing on the subfloor, and all I had to do was sprinkle some baby powder in the gap and step on it a few times. Has anyone else had a simple fix like that turn into a whole project?
I was looking through old public records last week for a flooring bid on a downtown renovation and stumbled on this 8 page transcript from a city planning meeting. Some guy named Mark from the zoning board kept saying how their outdated density caps and parking minimums were going to strangle supply within 5 years. At the time nobody in the room seemed to care, they just moved on to talking about street light budgets. Fast forward to now and our rent has gone up 40% since 2020 and developers are fighting for every scrap of land. It was like reading a warning label nobody read. Has anyone else dug through old city records and found something that predicted the mess we're in now?
I posted a short clip showing how I use a specific angle on clippers to avoid nicking a matted ear on a golden retriever. It was just a quick thing I filmed on my phone, nothing fancy, no editing. I almost trashed it because the lighting was bad and I thought nobody would care. Then I checked it a week later and it had 100k views. That number stopped me cold because I've put way more effort into other posts that got maybe 200 views. Someone in the comments said that little trick saved them a vet visit, and suddenly I realized the algorithm just wanted something useful and simple. Has anyone else had a random post blow up way more than the stuff you actually worked hard on?
Someone posted in r/wallstreetbets back in September 2019 about how Gamestop's short interest was 140% and called it a "ticking time bomb." I was scrolling through old threads last night and there it was, 12 upvotes, nobody cared. How do people spot stuff this early and nobody listens?
I remember scrolling past some wallstreetbets post about GameStop being undervalued and just rolled my eyes. Didn't think twice until a buddy of mine cashed out $3k from buying 10 shares at $4. Now I actually read those DD posts before dismissing them. Anyone else miss a call that big?
I was digging through old threads about crypto art last night and stumbled on a comment that said NFTs were gonna peak in Q1 2021 then fall apart by mid 2022. The user even called out specific artists who'd get caught wash trading. Everyone laughed at them in the replies. I checked their account and they had zero other posts. Still wonder who they were. Anybody else run into random comments that ended up being eerily spot on?