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What are your predictions for the 2020's?

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  • #92
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Fair City axed with an explosive storyline


  • #93
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Social Media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook to be officially declared detrimental to mental health by the WHO and to be banned in some countries. Additionally further cause to ban Facebook due to election interference.

    America to start their next phony war with Iran further destabilising the region and forcing hordes of refugees to Europe.

    A referendum to take place on a United Ireland that will not pass unfortunately.

    Fine Gael to release action plan 2050 amongst huge publicity and bluster. Included in the plan is Metro North. A rail link to the airport! Can you believe that.

    Boeing 737-max programme is officially scrapped. The plane is way out of kilter and no amount of software can fix it. If they do release it back into service, expect some of them to go down.


  • #94
    ElChe32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭ElChe32


    Andreas77 wrote:
    I'm hoping to meet a lady who is a dog in the bedroom, very dirty, down for whatever, including ass play.


    If nothing else happens in 2020 I hope this come true for you buddy. God speed


  • #95
    jimwallace197
    Registered Users Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭jimwallace197


    Harmonization of corporate tax rates across the EU once the UK leaves resulting in a recession and more borrowing but as long as paddy gets his pot holes fixed, everything will be grand sure.


  • #96
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,148 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I think a twenty something yese old will sue their parents and doctors for allowing them to change gender when they were younger.


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  • #97
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,659 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    The continued transition to becoming a damper version of Sweden in terms of societal changes.


  • #98
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,354 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Manach wrote: »
    The continued transition to becoming a damper version of Sweden in terms of societal changes.

    Roy Keane will be a surprise resigning for Man Utd who'll eventually go on to beat Dublin in the All Ireland Final.

    Boris Johnson will executed in the Tower of London after being unmasked as the father of Prince Harry.

    Northern Ireland will be auctioned off to the highest bidder with Chinese property developers making the highest bid.


  • #99
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    1) A group of people that spent most of their adult lives in recession or hard times will be wondering how they’re going to survive in the rental market when they retire.

    2) A group of people forced to retire at 65 will be seriously struggling while waiting on their pension.

    3) Greater Dublin area will expand further while most jobs will remain in Dublin. Congestion will get worse.

    4) Stay at home parents might become more common as childcare costs are too high to justify working.

    5) A new strain of Flu will cause deaths and panic.

    6) William will be King of England by the end of decade. Elizabeth and Philip both dead. Charles will have stood down.

    7) Irish politics will probably remain similar.

    8) America will continue to have mass shootings and not see that guns are causing the problem.

    Not too much real change. Just issues escalating.
    Happy New Decade lads!


  • #100
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    The fai will be bailed out.
    John delaney will get away with it.
    The dubs 5 in a row will be viewed as less of an achievement with reflection


  • #101
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Kendrick Lamar will release another great album.
    Run The Jewels 4 will be released and a few years later, 5.
    Wu Tang will release one more album before they all disband for good.
    3 more Czarface albums, at least one of which will have a guest like the Ghostface and MF Doom ones. Possibly Redman?
    I'd love another Cypress Hill album similar to the last one but I can't see it. They may go rock again. :-/
    Kool Keith will release 13 albums. Up from 11 in the 2010s.
    The Irish Drill music scene gets a modicum of international recognition.
    Someone will try to reboot or spin off The Wire but it just won't same.
    More Superhero movies than we need.
    Mr. Blobbly will make a brief comeback, for no good reason.
    One of the Spice Girls will exit this world.
    Prince Charles becomes King when the Queen dies.
    2 more popes.
    Ireland get to the quarters in the Euros (football).
    Qualify for a world cup but not get past the 2nd round.
    Bono dies.
    High tech clothing becomes popular, especially footwear.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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  • #102
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    iamstop wrote: »
    Kendrick Lamar will release another great album.
    Run The Jewels 4 will be released and a few years later, 5.
    Wu Tang will release one more album before they all disband for good.
    3 more Czarface albums, at least one of which will have a guest like the Ghostface and MF Doom ones. Possibly Redman?
    I'd love another Cypress Hill album similar to the last one but I can't see it. They may go rock again. :-/
    Kool Keith will release 13 albums. Up from 11 in the 2010s.
    The Irish Drill music scene gets a modicum of international recognition.
    Someone will try to reboot or spin off The Wire but it just won't same.
    More Superhero movies than we need.
    Mr. Blobbly will make a brief comeback, for no good reason.
    One of the Spice Girls will exit this world.
    Prince Charles becomes King when the Queen dies.
    2 more popes...
    Thought my two main predictions were depressing, until reading the above^

    Anyway two major events are:
    ASTEROID Apophis (370m) will splash down near San Juan, Puerto Rico (66.6W) on April 13, 2029 at 03:15 GMT. Mass of 61,000,000,000 kg and approach speed 32,624 km/s at entry angle of 42°.

    Active Vesuvius (Italy) will cause a super-eruption 2023, Yellowstone Caldera will also be of heightend (external) risk at this time, postponing the POTUS24, leaving Donald in charge for an extended and indefinite period.


  • #103
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I think a twenty something yese old will sue their parents and doctors for allowing them to change gender when they were younger.

    Or he or she might be happy with the change.


  • #104
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Pope Emeritus Benedict passes away


  • #105
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    there will be more extreme fires in california and australia.
    more extreme weather events, all around the world, like flooding in venice.
    The middle east has always been in turmoil, as far as i can remember .
    Which is 30 plus years .
    It,ll get worse if trump gets elected for a second time .
    America will withdraw troops from , africa and other countrys .
    As drones become cheap and easy to use we may see more attacks on countrys like saudia arabia .
    China will become more influential and more powerful as american power is reduced .
    People may leave some towns or coastal regions due to flooding caused by climate change.
    More countrys will block the internet, or block certain social media app,s
    to reduce political protests .
    There ,ll be a eu internet, usa internet, no more open internet
    as politician,s bring in ridiculous laws like make no sense like article 13.
    Sites like reddit may be blocked in the eu,
    as it will be illegal to host any images, or video, content. unless you can show you have the permission of the copyright owner to show it.
    Most memes will be illegal in the eu,
    as they show a random image with text on it.
    Without getting permission from the person who made the image.
    Vr games maybe more popular if someone makes a lightweight vr headset that is cheaper than the models we have now ,
    like the phones we have now are 10x times more powerful than the first iphone.


  • #106
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Clamping on private land is banned in Ireland.


  • #107
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,511 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    The UK will finally and sadly leave the EU after having a few extensions. Then they will go bust just like they did in the 70s and need the IMF to bail them out.

    Man made climate change will be proven once and for all and all the naysayes and denyers will be proven wrong.

    There will be a European army formed.

    We will go to the poles at least three times this decade to vote for a new Government.

    Social media will be less popular.

    Consumerism will be less popular.

    There will be more Ssangyoung cars sold here the third Korean carmaker.

    There will be less car companies as they join together or go bust.

    Chinese car makers will become more popular here.

    Electric cars will be more popular than ICE cars.

    Oil prices will go up and down.

    Trump will lose that 2020 presidential campaign to one of the Democrats.

    Scotland will gain independence from the UK and then apply to join the EU.

    Ryan Tubridy will finally stop doing the Late Late Show and someone better will take over.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #108
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    AMKC wrote: »
    The UK will finally and sadly leave the EU after having a few extensions. Then they will go bust just like they did in the 70s and need the IMF to bail them out.

    Man made climate change will be proven once and for all and all the naysayes and denyers will be proven wrong.

    There will be a European army formed.

    We will go to the poles at least three times this decade to vote for a new Government.

    Social media will be less popular.

    Consumerism will be less popular.

    There will be more Ssangyoung cars sold here the third Korean carmaker.

    There will be less car companies as they join together or go bust.

    Chinese car makers will become more popular here.

    Electric cars will be more popular than ICE cars.

    Oil prices will go up and down.

    Trump will lose that 2020 presidential campaign to one of the Democrats.

    Scotland will gain independence from the UK and then apply to join the EU.

    Ryan Tubridy will finally stop doing the Late Late Show and someone better will take over.

    A female presenter will take over


  • #109
    cryptocurrency
    Registered Users Posts: 1,607 ✭✭✭cryptocurrency


    The significant loosening of the EU ties and the project itself


  • #110
    cryptocurrency
    Registered Users Posts: 1,607 ✭✭✭cryptocurrency


    branie2 wrote: »
    A female presenter will take over

    Panti Bliss will be proposed by the woke ones at RTE


  • #111
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,838 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    terrorist drones will become a thing

    realisation that next gen nuclear will sort out carbon issues.

    When Trump leaves office in 2024, consensus will be he wasn't that bad :pac:

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • #112
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Pete Buttigieg becomes president in 2021.


  • #113
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Was there a predictions for the 2010's thread on this forum?
    I had a look but couldn't find one.
    It would be interesting to see what people got right and wrong.


  • #114
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,041 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Dublin wont win the Football AI.

    Trump wont win next election

    More Bushfires coming around the Globe


  • #115
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Beanntraigheach wrote: »
    Was there a predictions for the 2010's thread on this forum?
    I had a look but couldn't find one.
    It would be interesting to see what people got right and wrong.

    Can ony find recent years:
    2018: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105531427
    2019: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=108840669

    Right-on for the most part, apart from the '18 cloaking device someone proposed (eagerly awaiting). Was a year early on LPool for the UKPL19, and few months early on BoJo taking over from May.

    The 2020's will be a messy affair, more so towards the end of the decade.


  • #116
    Always Tired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Always Tired


    [QUOTE=AMKC;112148339
    We will go to the poles at least three times this decade to vote for a new Government.

    [/QUOTE]

    Gonna need a lot of petrol, might wanna hang onto the old motors a wee bit longer.


  • #117
    Cork981
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭Cork981


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Major pandemic reaches here leaving the HSE floundering.

    This post aged well.


  • #118
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    AMKC wrote: »
    We will go to the poles at least three times this decade to vote for a new Government.

    This is more of a certainty than a prediction - it was already obvious there was going to be a 2020 election; the longest stretch from that is 2025 and then 2030 but a sub-5 year term for the 2020-elected govt was already inevitable based on polling figures.


  • #119
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Trump wins ...reveals himself as the antichrist. Mass murder.


    Ireland will be much poorer.


  • #120
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    The dole will rise to €500 per week.


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  • #121
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Boards will continue its terminal decline.


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