What are all your predictions for the year 2020?  :)

Backlash. I see too many things on the horizon to be more specific.

I predict that sometime around August or September of this year, the North Korean government will return the USS Pueblo to the US Navy after having been held captive since 1968. It has since become a popular tourist attraction in Pyongyang as a war trophy but is still listed as an active ship on the US Navy's roster.

This will be a massive PR victory for the Trump administration (especially if the Pueblo can be made seaworthy and sail back to the US under her own power) and could be enough of a boost to help Trump win a second term.

I'm guessing this deal has already been worked out between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, it's just being delayed so it can have maximum influence on the upcoming presidential election.

Trump gets re-elected.

Trump gets re-elected.


:(

I can't predict on how 2020s reception will go. Like with all decades we have a "If it's modern then it sucks" mentality where we're more critical on what's happening now, but then turn around 15 years later and talk about the same era as "the good old days". For now people are excited for the 2020s, but that could change in a month.

Backlash. I see too many things on the horizon to be more specific.

Backlash is always a thing though.

Trump gets re-elected.

God I hope not. ::)

I think there's a 35% chance Trump gets re-elected, if so, the 2020s will probably be the most culturally left-wing decade in US history. Either way Republicans have to transform their party or they'll face their eventual collapse due to the demographic shift that's been happening for the last 20 years.

Trump gets re-elected.



I have a feeling he will.

-The economy will tank sometime in the summer.
-The Dems will keep the House & take back the Senate AND the White House in Nov.


Cat

More neoliberalism (i.e. nothing can exist unless it makes money). I honestly can't say if it's gonna be the decade of Trump or not, but I am sure that with our increasingly connected world, it's gonna become easier and easier for people and companies to connect with and influence others. The conveniences of an online world may also play into neoliberalism too.

- The global economy enters recession towards the end of the year as the China-US trade war rages on.
- Britain leaves the European Union but will not sign a trade agreement in time by the end of year.
- Trump will win the US election more convincingly than in 2016 and Republicans will take back the House.
- American tech companies will be embroiled in a huge scandal related to government spying.
- Many pretenders in the streaming TV industry get pushed out.
- Drones will start small-scale commercial delivery operations in the US this year.
- Air taxis become a viable industry.
- Huge and unprecedented forest fires will rage in North America and Europe this summer.
- 100 years after Prohibition, teetotalling (giving up alcohol) will become a big trend.
- Classical music/pianos will be a feature in a lot of pop songs this year.
- Long hair and guys wearing nail polish and earnings becomes a big thing.

I'll try to think of more in the end but that seems like enough :P

- The global economy enters recession towards the end of the year as the China-US trade war rages on.
- Britain leaves the European Union but will not sign a trade agreement in time by the end of year.
- Trump will win the US election more convincingly than in 2016 and Republicans will take back the House.
- American tech companies will be embroiled in a huge scandal related to government spying.
- Many pretenders in the streaming TV industry get pushed out.
- Drones will start small-scale commercial delivery operations in the US this year.
- Air taxis become a viable industry.
- Huge and unprecedented forest fires will rage in North America and Europe this summer.
- 100 years after Prohibition, teetotalling (giving up alcohol) will become a big trend.
- Classical music/pianos will be a feature in a lot of pop songs this year.
- Long hair and guys wearing nail polish and earnings becomes a big thing.

I'll try to think of more in the end but that seems like enough :P


So, Does that mean instead of somebody delivering the food, a drone will deliver it? ???

I have a feeling he will.

Again, I HOPE not. (Most people probably don't want him to either.) I don't think the US would survive with him in office for eight years.



-The economy will tank sometime in the summer.
-The Dems will keep the House & take back the Senate AND the White House in Nov.


Cat

I do hope this happens. (personally speaking)

So, Does that mean instead of somebody delivering the food, a drone will deliver it? ???


LOL, it's already happening with Domino's (I hate their pizza, but still). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoP1lvgGLys

In sports, the Dodgers will probably NOT win the World Series. (If that holds true, then it'll be a 32-year drought for them.)

An extreme escalation of tensions and hostility between the U.S. and Iran. Look at the news that just happened, guys.

LOL, it's already happening with Domino's (I hate their pizza, but still). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoP1lvgGLys


So who would I pay for the pizza and give the money to?

An extreme escalation of tensions and hostility between the U.S. and Iran. Look at the fantastic standing desk chairs news that just happened, guys.


The news about the Iranian general?

The news about the Iranian general?


Yep. WWIII is trending on Twitter, and I already feel that people are exaggerating over this a bit much.

Yep. WWIII is trending on Twitter, and I already feel that people are exaggerating over this a bit much.


It won't be the first time he's taken action like this. Anyhow, I predict he will get reelected in November. Many view as the new Reagan but even better. One that has a pair and shows zero hesitation, and that's what most Americans want in a leader.

So who would I pay for the pizza and give the money to?

Maybe you have to prepay online beforehand and I am sure the robot doesn't need a tip lol.

It won't be the first time he's taken action like this. Anyhow, I predict he will get reelected in November. Many view as the new Reagan but even better. One that has a pair and shows zero hesitation, and that's what most Americans want in a leader.

Ummm... have you seen his approval rating? You're acting like the vast majority of Americans like Trump and the way he's leading our country, when that is simply not true.

I also didn't know separating families and throwing kids in cages is considered having a pair and showing zero hesitation.

Those things should NOT be qualities of a POTUS. As the leader of the most powerful and influential country in the world, one must be strategic and smart. Two things Trump is not.

Ummm... have you seen his approval rating? You're acting like the vast majority of Americans like Trump and the way he's leading our country, when that is simply not true.

I also didn't know separating families and throwing kids in cages is considered having a pair and showing zero hesitation.

Those things should NOT be qualities of a POTUS. As the leader of the most powerful and influential country in the world, one must be strategic and smart. Two things Trump is not.


I can't speak for most Americans as I don't agree with them, but his approval is just above 50%. Also some actually love the fact that he's not afraid to tell non-Americans to go back to their own country and wants to make America for Americans only, the greatest people in the world (lol). Many people like to think of non-Americans as less than human now. Of course I can't agree with what's going on as I'm married to a foreign immigrant. She's here legally, but we do have to worry about the possibility of her permanent resident status getting denied and facing deportation.

Maybe you have to prepay online beforehand and I am sure the robot doesn't need a tip lol.


So I would order my food from the phone and then the guys behind the counter hand the food over to the drone and then they would deliver it to my house? ???

I can't speak for most Americans as I don't agree with them, but his approval is just above 50%. Also some actually love the fact that he's not afraid to tell non-Americans to go back to their own country and wants to make America for Americans only, the greatest people in the world (lol). Many people like to think of non-Americans as less than human now. Of course I can't agree with what's going on as I'm married to a foreign immigrant. She's here legally, but we do have to worry about the possibility of her permanent resident status getting denied and facing deportation.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
According to this link^^^, his approval rating sits at 42.5% right now.

And yeah, he's telling non-Americans to go back to their own country, but he's also telling AMERICANS to go back to their own country (even though their country is literally America). This is because of race/ethnicity.

So I would order my food from the phone and then the guys behind the counter hand the food over to the drone and then they would deliver it to my house? ???

Yeah

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
According to this link^^^, his approval rating sits at 42.5% right now.

And yeah, he's telling non-Americans to go back to their own country, but he's also telling AMERICANS to go back to their own country (even though their country is literally America). This is because of race/ethnicity.

All the more reason he needs to get kicked out of office.

Yeah


I don't want to pay a stupid drone.

Predictions?

Hmm.

Can music please evolve into something more futuristic? Much like Enya's music, and for it to actually be played on FM radio? I've already developed a new singing style for this decade. It's different.

Predictions?

Hmm.

Can music please evolve into something more futuristic? Much like Enya's music, and for it to actually be played on FM radio? I've already developed a new singing style for this decade. It's different.

I liked today's music but right now I'm kind of dying for a cultural shift.  ;D

I liked today's music but right now I'm kind of dying for a cultural shift.  ;D


Same. Hopefully similar like the electropop  boom of the late 2000s or the grunge/alternative rock takeover of the early 90s.

Same. Hopefully similar like the electropop  boom of the late 2000s or the grunge/alternative rock takeover of the early 90s.


I don't care for today's music I'm just staying in my oldies time machine, anyone care to join me?

I don't care for today's music I'm just staying in my oldies time machine, anyone care to join me?

I enjoy 70s and 80s music, but I still would like to hear something new and exciting in music.  :)

I liked today's music but right now I'm kind of dying for a cultural shift.  ;D


Seeing the list of albums to be released this year, it's going to be same as the other late 10's years. Dua Lipa, Halsey, Migos, and Cardi B are some of them. I'm hoping the music will be at least as good as 2018. Meanwhile Green Day and Weezer are releasing albums this year, plus a few names from other eras such as Kesha and Iggy Azalea.

I enjoy 70s and 80s music, but I still would like to hear something new and exciting in music.  :)


I understand, I do like a bit of today's music occasionally just as long as it has a good beat and not singing with a lot of garble.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/tech/2020-predictions-we-got-wrong-scli-intl/index.html

-The economy will tank sometime in the summer.
-The Dems will keep the House & take back the Senate AND the White House in Nov.


Cat



So, I was off. It is happening earlier than I thought. But I KNEW it was going to happen this year. I have been saying it was going to happen this year for almost a year now.


Cat

So it's looking more like it's going to be Biden vs. Trump in November.

So it's looking more like it's going to be Biden vs. Trump in November.


Thankfully I didn't make a prediction about the primaries. It all seemed so volatile.

So it's looking more like it's going to be Biden vs. Trump in November.

If that's the case then Trump will probably win for sure. Populism is still very popular today and Biden is not a populist. If it was Bernie or that lady then maybe the results would be closer.

-The economy will tank sometime in the summer.
-The Dems will keep the House & take back the Senate AND the White House in Nov.


Cat
With the fears of the coronavirus, the economy it taking a turn right now.

Market economists said that a recession is likely to occur in early 2021 due to the fear of weak factory activity spilling over to the labor market and impact consumers: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/recession-is-more-a-risk-in-2021-than-next-year-business-economists-say-2019-10-07


But it might come sooner due to this.

Generation Beta child culture will be discovered.

Generation Beta child culture will be discovered.

How’s that possible if that generation’s first babies hasn’t even been born yet?

How’s that possible if that generation’s first babies hasn’t even been born yet?
This^

Generations Alpha and Beta are such bad names as well 8-P We're definitely phoning it at this point.

This^

Generations Alpha and Beta are such bad names as well 8-P We're definitely phoning it at this point.


I will avoid having kids until we come up with better generation names.

I will avoid having kids until we come up with better generation names.


Looks like you don't want any Alpha and Beta males in your family.  ;)

*The coronavirus will die out later this year (I HOPE)

*Economic recession due to stagnant growth and severe decline in stocks in the spring and summer months

*Economic recovery after the virus has decreased in infection rates in the late part of the year

*The coronavirus will die out later this year (I HOPE)

*Economic recession due to stagnant growth and severe decline in stocks in the spring and summer months

*Economic recovery after the virus has decreased in infection rates in the late part of the year


I hope you're right (except for the recession part). Hopefully at worst it's just a slow down with the decline in the stock market and oil, but overall job growth still remains healthy.

I hope you're right (except for the recession part). Hopefully at worst it's just a slow down with the decline in the stock market and oil, but overall job growth still remains healthy.

Oh, yeah. The February job report had over 273k jobs and unemployment is at 3.5%.  But as I'm typing this, the stock market might crash again.

*The coronavirus will die out later this year (I HOPE)

*Economic recession due to stagnant growth and severe decline in stocks in the spring and summer months

*Economic recovery after the virus has decreased in infection rates in the late part of the year


They say probably by September.

They say probably by September.
In the UK the prediction is after four months, making it July

In the UK the prediction is after four months, making it July


It's hot in Australia, and they have over 150 cases, so I don't think warm weather is gonna stop it. (https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-australia-summer-warm-weather-2020-3)

It's hot in Australia, and they have over 150 cases, so I don't think warm weather is gonna stop it. (https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-australia-summer-warm-weather-2020-3)
When the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said four months yesterday he was referring to the life span of the virus, not the heat from warm weather.

When the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said four months yesterday he was referring to the life span of the virus, not the heat from warm weather.


I wouldn’t trust that man to tell me what color the sky is.

I wouldn’t trust that man to tell me what color the sky is.
True, to me he is a television celebrity more than a politician.

When the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said four months yesterday he was referring to the life span of the virus, not the heat from warm weather.


Oh, my bad. July is a summer month, and I thought he was referring to the weather aspect.  ;D

The year of 2020 is not so clear now?

The year of 2020 is not so clear now?


Definitely not. It's bleak right now.

Predictions?

Hmm.

Can music please evolve into something more futuristic? Much like Enya's music, and for it to actually be played on FM radio? I've already developed a new singing style for this decade. It's different.

No, not more Enya style music!  8-P

No, not more Enya style music!  8-P



*The coronavirus will die out later this year (I HOPE)

*Economic recession due to stagnant growth and severe decline in stocks in the spring and summer months

*Economic recovery after the virus has decreased in infection rates in the late part of the year

I think we'll have a recession that won't be a quick recovery, it will stick around for a minute. As for how bad, I don't know.

No, not more Enya style music!  8-P
Enya is only Enya!

...and she takes good time in producing albums, have not hear a new from her yet, as she she know for being a recluse, she probably has retired with it.

*The coronavirus will die out later this year (I HOPE)

I Hope so too!

The year of 2020 is not so clear now?


It's hard to tell.

I Hope so too!


It doesn't look like it's going away before 2021, sadly. This disease looks like it's seasonal, so I'm actually scared the second wave that's going to come in late 2020 will be more deadly than this one. I do hope some of these drugs that are on clinical trials make the symptoms less severe, that's probably the best we can hope for.

It doesn't look like it's going away before 2021, sadly. This disease looks like it's seasonal, so I'm actually scared the second wave that's going to come in late 2020 will be more deadly than this one. I do hope some of these drugs that are on clinical trials make the symptoms less severe, that's probably the best we can hope for.

I don't really think the second wave will be deadly as the first, but it will be a while to get things back to normal. As long as we get to the peak and flatten the curve then there's hope at least. Your premier in Ontario is at least doing a good job warning people and stuff about the virus. Even though he was cutting and destroying the province at least he's taking this thing seriously. I always see him on TV whenever I turn on the news lol.

I don't really think the second wave will be deadly as the first, but it will be a while to get things back to normal. As long as we get to the peak and flatten the curve then there's hope at least. Your premier in Ontario is at least doing a good job warning people and stuff about the virus. Even though he was cutting and destroying the province at least he's taking this thing seriously. I always see him on TV whenever I turn on the news lol.


That's surprising and worrying. Maybe he will become Prime Minister of Canada after all ;D

In the 1918 flu pandemic, the second wave was worse than the first. It got started in spring 1918 but didn't manage to infect and kill many people before summer came. But by late 1918 it came back with a vengeance and people started dropping like flies.

https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence

Reported cases of Spanish flu dropped off over the summer of 1918, and there was hope at the beginning of August that the virus had run its course. In retrospect, it was only the calm before the storm. Somewhere in Europe, a mutated strain of the Spanish flu virus had emerged that had the power to kill a perfectly healthy young man or woman within 24 hours of showing the first signs of infection.

In late August 1918, military ships departed the English port city of Plymouth carrying troops unknowingly infected with this new, far deadlier strain of Spanish flu. As these ships arrived in cities like Brest in France, Boston in the United States and Freetown in west Africa, the second wave of the global pandemic began.

It doesn't look like it's going away before 2021, sadly. This disease looks like it's seasonal, so I'm actually scared the second wave that's going to come in late 2020 will be more deadly than this one. I do hope some of these drugs that are on clinical trials make the symptoms less severe, that's probably the best we can hope for.

I don't really think the second wave will be deadly as the first, but it will be a while to get things back to normal. As long as we get to the peak and flatten the curve then there's hope at least. Your premier in Ontario is at least doing a good job warning people and stuff about the virus. Even though he was cutting and destroying the province at least he's taking this thing seriously. I always see him on TV whenever I turn on the news lol.

Yeah, flatten the curve. That's what we gotta do. We all need to do our parts to help flatten the curve.

I don't really think the second wave will be deadly as the first, but it will be a while to get things back to normal. As long as we get to the peak and flatten the curve then there's hope at least. Your premier in Ontario is at least doing a good job warning people and stuff about the virus. Even though he was cutting and destroying the province at least he's taking this thing seriously. I always see him on TV whenever I turn on the news lol.


But what about businesses such as my barbershop, I really need a haircut.

But what about businesses such as my barbershop, I really need a haircut.


I guess the only safe option is to learn how to do your own haircut with certain haircare supplies. There are tons of YouTube videos about it.

I guess the only safe option is to learn how to do your own haircut with certain haircare supplies. There are tons of YouTube videos about it.
"Let it grow, let it grow
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it grow, let it grow
Turn away and grow some more
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The comb never bothered me anyway"

"Let it grow, let it grow
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it grow, let it grow
Turn away and grow some more
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The comb never bothered me anyway"


Funny cover.  ;D

I guess the only safe option is to learn how to do your own haircut with certain haircare supplies. There are tons of YouTube videos about it.



Last time I cut my own hair this was back in 1979 when by accident, My Mother was doing a chore and I took a big scissor chopped my own bangs, I was a small boy by the way 5 years old and I didn't know any better so in a few of the school pictures from 1979 and I think 1980 too you could see where I cut it but it took about a year or so to grow back and that's why I don't think I will ever cut my own hair, will let someone else do it.  ::)

Last time I cut my own hair this was back in 1979 when by accident, My Mother was doing a chore and I took a big scissor chopped my own bangs, I was a small boy by the way 5 years old and I didn't know any better so in a few of the school pictures from 1979 and I think 1980 too you could see where I cut it but it took about a year or so to grow back and that's why I don't think I will ever cut my own hair, will let someone else do it.  ::)


Oof. I see what you mean.  :)

Oof. I see what you mean.  :)


I will use a scissors for other things like cutting and stuff but I will never cut my own hair unless someone else is doing it for me, I was a stupid 5 year old child back then I didn't know any better, I was more curious and while My Mother was doing something I grabbed them and chopped my own bangs off and then when it came time for class pictures My Mother back then felt embarrassed for me but I went out there and took the single picture for the camera, I'm pretty sure we all had moments of curiosity back then as a child.

I will use a scissors for other things like cutting and stuff but I will never cut my own hair unless someone else is doing it for me, I was a stupid 5 year old child back then I didn't know any better, I was more curious and while My Mother was doing something I grabbed them and chopped my own bangs off and then when it came time for class pictures My Mother back then felt embarrassed for me but I went out there and took the single picture for the camera, I'm pretty sure we all had moments of curiosity back then as a child.

My mom cut my hair all the time when I was a kid...until I started getting it cut professionally, in a salon. She has a cosmetology license, and she has said that she'd be glad to cut my hair anytime during this pandemic period (how ever long it lasts).

I guess the only safe option is to learn how to do your own haircut with certain haircare supplies. There are tons of YouTube videos about it.
Why not go for the Albert Einstein look?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg/490px-Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg

Long hair will become a thing again for guys. There is no point to the undercut and using excessive hair products when you can't show it off. Its just wasted effort. Either let it grow or shave it all off. That's one thing that will happen again.

Long hair will become a thing again for guys. There is no point to the undercut and using excessive hair products when you can't show it off. Its just wasted effort. Either let it grow or shave it all off. That's one thing that will happen again.
This will be my style in a few months time.

https://cdn-0.enacademic.com/pictures/enwiki/49/180px-Its-man.jpg

BTW, belated birthday wishes Michael!

Long hair will become a thing again for guys. There is no point to the undercut and using excessive hair products when you can't show it off. Its just wasted effort. Either let it grow or shave it all off. That's one thing that will happen again.


That would be refreshing. The so-called "undercut" is a pretentious look (it shows that one is "trying" a bit too hard) and "product" is beyond ridiculous. "Product" is something one is convinced one needs by Madison Avenue, the fashion industry,
etc. when one really doesn't. I say good riddance to it. Things (and physical looks) becoming more truthful and unvarnished (we are already seeing this with celebrities broadcasting from home, etc) will be a positive fallout of this pandemic.

Long hair will become a thing again for guys. There is no point to the undercut and using excessive hair products when you can't show it off. Its just wasted effort. Either let it grow or shave it all off. That's one thing that will happen again.

I think the undercut actually looks good on most guys. You can still have long hair and an undercut. They aren’t contradictory.

That would be refreshing. The so-called "undercut" is a pretentious look (it shows that one is "trying" a bit too hard) and "product" is beyond ridiculous. "Product" is something one is convinced one needs by Madison Avenue, the fashion industry,
etc. when one really doesn't. I say good riddance to it. Things (and physical looks) becoming more truthful and unvarnished (we are already seeing this with celebrities broadcasting from home, etc) will be a positive fallout of this pandemic.


Looking good isn't a bad thing. I need eye candy! And undercuts don't require much product, at least not for me. If there was no such thing as wind, I wouldn't need any product for my (now gone) undercut.

Why not go for the Albert Einstein look?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg/490px-Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg


I refuse to let it grow that long!

Long hair will become a thing again for guys. There is no point to the undercut and using excessive hair products when you can't show it off. Its just wasted effort. Either let it grow or shave it all off. That's one thing that will happen again.


I refuse to let myself be bald.

I refuse to let myself be bald.
I have never fancied baldness, but always wanted my hair to look like this.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Beethoven_7.jpg/340px-Beethoven_7.jpg

Halloween will not be much fun this year?

Halloween will not be much fun this year?


No and I think The Halloween Parade will be virtual this year and what will happen to the candy give outs?

No and I think The Halloween Parade will be virtual this year and what will happen to the candy give outs?
...and Thanksgiving?

...and Thanksgiving?


Yes unfortunately Thanksgiving will be virtual.  :(

Yes unfortunately Thanksgiving will be virtual.  :(

I had Thanksgiving a couple days ago and it wasn't virtual.  :P

what will happen to the candy give outs?

Nothing will happen besides people being encouraged to hand out candy with gloves probably.

I had Thanksgiving a couple days ago and it wasn't virtual.  :P
O0

You must be across the border?

I had Thanksgiving a couple days ago and it wasn't virtual.  :P

That's right, Canada celebrates it on what the U.S. calls Columbus Day

That's right, Canada celebrates it on what the U.S. calls Columbus Day

Yup, second Monday of October.

Yup, second Monday of October.


I have some friends on Facebook who celebrate Thanksgiving in October. They are from Canada. I wished them a happy holiday and celebrated with them.  :)

I had Thanksgiving a couple days ago and it wasn't virtual.  :P


What did you have?

Nothing will happen besides people being encouraged to hand out candy with gloves probably.


And I'm guessing the parents and kids will have to wear masks too?

and I'm guessing the parents and kids will have to wear masks too?


Don't the kids generally wear masks on Halloween anyway?  Oh Howie, you ARE a card.  ;D  ;D  ;D

and I'm guessing the parents and kids will have to wear masks too?

Masks have always been a Halloween staple anyway.

Don't the kids generally wear masks on Halloween anyway?  Oh Howie, you ARE a card.  ;D  ;D  ;D


I meant face masks not costume masks.

Revisiting an earlier post I made...


In sports, the Dodgers will probably NOT win the World Series. (If that holds true, then it'll be a 32-year drought for them.)

I'm glad this prediction did NOT come true. They ended their WS drought on October 27th 2020!