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Take your best guess as to how many years until these events will occur. If you don’t believe this will happen in the next 25 years, then just write (25+ years)

The Dirty Dozen....

1. First Hispanic President
2. Drone delivery is a normal thing
3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric
4. Collapse of US govt
5. HIV cure found
6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US
7. Browns win the superbowl
8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state
9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency
10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US
11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war
12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin

Feel free to add more options

Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    1. 16 years
    2. 6 years
    3. 10 years
    4. 25+ years
    5. "Kinda" already ....depending on what you define a cure as
    6. Depressing thought but probably 25+
    7. Don't know anything about the NFL...sooooo....5 years
    8. 25+
    9. Hopefully within 10 years
    10. Hopefully within 10 years
    11. Never
    12. 5 years

  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    edited September 2016
    U.S. Economy crashes

    Adding to this:

    - World economy collapses
    - Pharmaceutical companies charge 1000% what it's drugs are worth, go under and collapse Big Pharma
    Post edited by Free on
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    dignin said:

    1. 16 years
    2. 6 years
    3. 10 years
    4. 25+ years
    5. "Kinda" already ....depending on what you define a cure as
    6. Depressing thought but probably 25+
    7. Don't know anything about the NFL...sooooo....5 years
    8. 25+
    9. Hopefully within 10 years
    10. Hopefully within 10 years
    11. Never
    12. 5 years

    Number 7 is definitely 25+. Otherwise, some good guessing.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Interesting thread topic, g.

    Gotta give this some thought.
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    dignin said:

    1. 16 years
    2. 6 years
    3. 10 years
    4. 25+ years
    5. "Kinda" already ....depending on what you define a cure as
    6. Depressing thought but probably 25+
    7. Don't know anything about the NFL...sooooo....5 years
    8. 25+
    9. Hopefully within 10 years
    10. Hopefully within 10 years
    11. Never
    12. 5 years

    Number 7 is definitely 25+. Otherwise, some good guessing.
    Haha

    How does the draft work? Are they complete shit every year? Or do they just play bad enough to never get a good draft pick?

    I only know hockey....I'm a very stereotypical Canadian.
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    1. >25
    2. <5
    3. >10
    4. <10
    5. Already have it
    6. Post govt collapse
    7. Don't care
    8. If HRC can stand to gain a vote to get reelected
    9. <20
    10. <5
    11. Never or post US
    12. Kinda dumb
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Just had to get a Hillary shot in there, didn't you? You're clinically obsessed, man.
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  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    What can I say I hate corruption.
  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    - Citizens United actually getting overturned
    - free college for every American
    - US hikes taxes on 1% tenfold
    - amendment introduced and passed that gets money out of elections, electoral college dismantled, true democracy restored
    - living wages for all; national $18 minimum wage
    -global plan to protect planet enacted, worldwide renewable energy surpass fossil fuel industry, causing fuel industry stock plummet, collapse
    - All minorities, by race, by gender, by sexuality, by culture, etc become equal to majority, creating a truly diverse and more equal society
    - marijuana legalized in all 50 states
    - veterans offered best possible health benefits
    - WORLD PEACE
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    True democracy is not what this country was founded upon. Those initiatives would give us europe.
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    ledvedderman said:

    Just had to get a Hillary shot in there, didn't you? You're clinically obsessed, man.

    It's not far fetched. Your party went from marriage is between a man and a women to there are no genders in eight years. Eight more years should show all new levels of depravity.
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    dignin said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    dignin said:

    1. 16 years
    2. 6 years
    3. 10 years
    4. 25+ years
    5. "Kinda" already ....depending on what you define a cure as
    6. Depressing thought but probably 25+
    7. Don't know anything about the NFL...sooooo....5 years
    8. 25+
    9. Hopefully within 10 years
    10. Hopefully within 10 years
    11. Never
    12. 5 years

    Number 7 is definitely 25+. Otherwise, some good guessing.
    Haha

    How does the draft work? Are they complete shit every year? Or do they just play bad enough to never get a good draft pick?

    I only know hockey....I'm a very stereotypical Canadian.
    They're a mess.

    They play bad enough to get a very high pick every year. And... they typically whiff.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486
    g under p said:


    Take your best guess as to how many years until these events will occur. If you don’t believe this will happen in the next 25 years, then just write (25+ years)

    The Dirty Dozen....

    1. First Hispanic President
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric
    4. Collapse of US govt
    5. HIV cure found
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US
    7. Browns win the superbowl
    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state
    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency
    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US
    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war
    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin

    Feel free to add more options

    Peace

    1. 20
    2. 15
    3. 25+ because if every car sold starting tomorrow was electric it would probably be at least 15-20 years before half the current cars are off the road.
    4. Well over 25
    5. If you mean readily available then 20
    6. 25+
    7.10
    8. Never
    9. 15
    10. 20
    11. 25+
    12. 10
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,199

    Take your best guess as to how many years until these events will occur. If you don’t believe this will happen in the next 25 years, then just write (25+ years)

    The Dirty Dozen....

    1. First Hispanic President.....    in 20 years....it will take that long to recover after whomever is elected in the next two months.
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing.....in 12 years as popular as these devices are being used now.
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric.......in 30 years especially if cars like the Tesla catches on and if the price comes down.
    4. Collapse of US govt.......in 78 years all empires eventually fall or are has a revolution overhaul.
    5. HIV cure found......in 35 years the evolution for a cure takes time.
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US....in THIS country NEVER!
    7. Browns win the superbowl....they appear to be very bad, NEVER!....now the CUBS.....in less than 6 years
    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state.....ill leave this one alone
    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency....I seriously doubt this will ever happen
    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US.....hopefully in 10 years
    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war.....I doubt this country can attain such a much needed feat.
    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin.....brainstorming idea I had that came from a futuristic show called Continuum. Basically the screen can appear like a tattoo on your arm or hand and you use the screen just we do on our phones today. I say in 40 years.

    Feel free to add more options....

    Veterans get the very same health care as congressmen and women. Send them off to fight wars, take care of them like you take care of yourselves upon their return......24 years

    Term limits on congressmen & women.....20 years

    Term limits SCOUS judges.....in 25 years




    Peace

    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,575
    1. First Hispanic President - this will be close - i'd say 24
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing - 25+
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric - never
    4. Collapse of US govt - never
    5. HIV cure found - 20
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US - never
    7. Browns win the superbowl - never
    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state - never
    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency - 20
    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US - 20
    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war (depends on definition of war) - never
    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin - 20

    - Citizens United actually getting overturned - 12
    - free college for every American - never
    - US hikes taxes on 1% tenfold - 20
    - amendment introduced and passed that gets money out of elections, electoral college dismantled, true democracy restored - never
    - living wages for all; national $18 minimum wage - never
    -global plan to protect planet enacted, worldwide renewable energy surpass fossil fuel industry, causing fuel industry stock plummet, collapse - never
    - All minorities, by race, by gender, by sexuality, by culture, etc become equal to majority, creating a truly diverse and more equal society - 25+
    - marijuana legalized in all 50 states - 12
    - veterans offered best possible health benefits - 20
    - WORLD PEACE - never

    a few i've added

    no over the air broadcast TV, all streaming - 16
    no more landline phones - 10
    no more printed newspapers - 15
    US soccer team makes a World Cup final - never
    Pearl Jam retires - 15
    football participation plummets in US because of health concerns - 20
    no such thing as cash, everything is on chip/card - 20



  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,336
    1. First Hispanic President
    25 +
    I wish I could be more positive here but looking at the treatment of Hispanics in America I would have to guess not in the forseable future. Give me a modern day Cesar Chavez and I'm right there with it.

    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing
    25+
    For household deliveries, a fad that will die. Plus, air space, like land, become less up for grabs in the future. But they will be used.

    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric
    5 years... I hope.

    4. Collapse of US govt
    25+
    It will more likely morph.

    5. HIV cure found
    10 to 15 years

    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US
    Only if 4 above happens.

    7. Browns win the superbowl
    In a year or two when Trump buys them because he is bored.

    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state
    Has been in every state since 1776.

    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency
    25+

    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US
    15

    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war
    25+ This one is no fun to answer. :-(

    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin
    Hopefully after I'm dead and gone. Too creepy.
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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    g under p said:


    Take your best guess as to how many years until these events will occur. If you don’t believe this will happen in the next 25 years, then just write (25+ years)

    The Dirty Dozen....

    1. First Hispanic President---25+
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing--15
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric---20
    4. Collapse of US govt---25+
    5. HIV cure found--Big Pharma will never let that happen
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US--Yea right
    7. Browns win the superbowl--25+, but after buffalo wins one
    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state--5
    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency--25+
    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US.---10
    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war--20
    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin---25+

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,150
    The first hispanic POTUS will happen within the next 12 years and his name will be George Bush.
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,197
    g under p said:


    Take your best guess as to how many years until these events will occur. If you don’t believe this will happen in the next 25 years, then just write (25+ years)

    The Dirty Dozen....

    1. First Hispanic President
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric
    4. Collapse of US govt
    5. HIV cure found
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US
    7. Browns win the superbowl
    8. Marriage between humans and animals is legal in at least 1 US state
    9. “In God We Trust” is no longer printed on US currency
    10. Universal or Single payer healthcare in the US
    11. US will go 10 years straight without being in a war
    12. Ability to use a phone with a screen on your skin

    Feel free to add more options

    Peace

    Low-hanging Fruit: 8-12 = Never.

    1. First Hispanic President - Within 20 years
    2. Drone delivery is a normal thing - 50 years
    3. Over 50% of automobiles in US are electric - 30 years
    4. Collapse of US govt - Good question...I'll say none of us will be alive
    5. HIV cure found - Never
    6. Pistols and semi automatic weapons outlawed in US - Never
    7. Browns win the superbowl - Before the Vikings
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    Getting closer....

    This wristband turns your fingers into a phone

    http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/31/12731214/sgnl-kickstarter-wristband-samsung-innomdle-lab
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,333
    You forgot to add when Pearl Jam's next LP is released.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    13) cure for cancer.
  • pjalive21pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    edited September 2016
    Didn't Washington University here in St. Louis find a cure/resistance for HIV in bee venom?
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,993
    dignin said:

    Getting closer....

    This wristband turns your fingers into a phone

    http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/31/12731214/sgnl-kickstarter-wristband-samsung-innomdle-lab

    That's pretty cool. I wouldn't wear that huge thing on my wrist, but it's neat that it works! Seems almost like something for kids. Children would really have fun playing spy or whatever with that I bet.
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