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Headlines that would make no sense twenty years ago

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    #32
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,618 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    branie2 wrote: »
    A country leaving the European Union, or at least trying to leave

    Greenland left in the 80s.


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    #33
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    My Internet is down so I can't watch TV


    Or for newspapers...

    'Kids addicted to angry birds'

    And another twenty years that'll be "my internet is down so I can't boil the kettle"!


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    #34
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    The Kardashians!


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    #35
    jasonb
    Registered Users Posts: 3,313 ✭✭✭jasonb


    skallywag wrote: »

    a/s/l? :D

    Man, there's a string of characters I typed (and read) a lot all those years ago!


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    #36
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Faith+1 wrote: »
    Greenland did in the 80's

    This is the first time I've heard of it.


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    #37
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,867 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    eviltimeban wrote: »
    "Something something President Trump"

    Well, yes and no... it was a still a long shot in 2000 and 1987:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #38
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    branie2 wrote: »
    A country leaving pretending to leave the European Union, or at least trying to leave but desperately trying not to leave while blaming the European Union for it.

    There, corrected it for you :D:D:D


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    #39
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Hard to believe.

    There were gazillions of chat forums around in 1999. Plenty of opportunity to find friends; though obviously not 'Facebook Friends'.

    Yes even Boards.ie was born long before Facebook!


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    #40
    victor8600
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭victor8600


    branie2 wrote: »
    Computers you can hold in your hands

    Apple Newton was a handheld computer from 1993 and discontinued in 1998:
    640px-Apple_Newton_and_iPhone.jpg


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    #41
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Wrong film winning an Oscar


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    #42
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Demi Lazy Backstroke wrote: »
    And another twenty years that'll be "my internet is down so I can't boil the kettle"!

    10 years after that. My kettle has teamed up with the Toaster and are trying to overthrow the Earth.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #43
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    10 years after that. My kettle has teamed up with the Toaster and are trying to overthrow the Earth.

    That is if we assume IOT appliances think in a logical, smart and efficient way.

    If, on the other hand, they go down the same ruinous slope humans brains are going, they'll probably be sharing cat pictures and memes on "fusebook"...


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    #44
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    H3llR4iser wrote: »
    That is if we assume IOT appliances think in a logical, smart and efficient way.

    If, on the other hand, they go down the same ruinous slope humans brains are going, they'll probably be sharing cat pictures and memes on "fusebook"...

    "Brand new mint condition kettle gets absolutely rammed by HUGE red toaster"

    "Filthy extension board takes FIVE plugs at once!"


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    #45
    Tombo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭Tombo2001


    Leinster Senior Football Championship Final

    DUBLIN 1-17 MEATH 0-4


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    #46
    Wompa1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,165 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    Wife Swap Contestant's Son Flies Away in a Balloon


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    #47
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Humanity has been crossed


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    #48
    risteard7
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭risteard7


    "Im a Vegan"


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    #49
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Demi Lazy Backstroke wrote: »
    And another twenty years that'll be "my internet is down so I can't boil the kettle"!

    "my internet is down so my pacemaker has gone into standby mode"


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    #50
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Conversely, a classic headline from the good old days: https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/how-i-beat-the-fags-26342722.html


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    #51
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    9/11 conspiracy theorist praises Wikileaks founder

    Swift tweets to fans on getting Kanyed

    Bin Laden ally praises Al Qaeda

    Dizzee Rascal posts sneak peek on Tumblr

    Messi criticizes VAR

    Big Brother contestant blasts Me too movement


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    #52
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    "Here's a List of 58 Gender Options for Facebook Users"

    https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users/


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    #53
    Hobosan
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Hobosan


    "Scientists Estimate the Age of the Universe is 13 Billion and 20 Years Old."


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    #54
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,075 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    The Simpsons hasn't been funny or relevant for quite some time,

    Harvey Weinstein is a very bad man.

    America on permanent terror alert


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    #55
    glaswegian
    Registered Users Posts: 965 ✭✭✭glaswegian


    Man takes photograph with telephone.


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    #56
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Hard to believe.

    There were gazillions of chat forums around in 1999. Plenty of opportunity to find friends; though obviously not 'Facebook Friends'.

    That was the true wild west. Mad places! ASL! :P


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    #57
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Warren Wonderful Bathhouse wrote: »
    Yes believe it or not there were social networks and chat rooms around well before Facebook!
    Friends Reunited was created in 1999 and went live in 2000.


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    #58
    mikemac2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,926 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Child diagnosed with ODD "oppositional defiant disorder"

    20 years ago you said "little bollix"


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    #59
    Blaizes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Blaizes


    10,000 homeless in Ireland


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    #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sheridan81 wrote: »
    Messi criticizes VAR

    Messi leaves the world of football and enters the world of javascript.


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    #61
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Snowflakes get offended that there is no vegetarian sausage rolls at music festival.


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