‘Aged Like Wine’: 40 Times People Turned Out To Be 100% Right About Something

We often hear about things that aged like milk and turned sour, to say the least. Think of statements like “Man won’t fly for a million years,” made by The New York Times in 1903 just a few days before the Wright Brothers invented the first plane, or Google advertising itself as “a pure search engine with no links to sponsors, no news feed, no portal litter, no ads, and no weather” in 1999. Read on for more disastrously wrong examples of things that turned sour in our previous post right here.

But this time we’re looking at the opposite examples that stood strong against the test of time and proved they were 100% right. Thanks to the miscellaneous corner of Reddit r/AgedLikeWine, we have some brilliant posts ready below.

Upvote your favorites, and be sure to add something you think has aged beautifully in the comment section below!

#1 Damn He Called It

Hundreds of love letters between two gay WWII soldiers were discovered and sold to a museum. One of them said, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time. Then all the world could see how in love we are.” They are now being made into a book.

#2 We Haven’t Matured In A Century

#3 Don’t Go

Some things never change for me. The fear of spiders, my love for coke zero, and my distaste for raisins. Do whatever – hide them in a sponge cake, try persuading me they’re the same as grapes, now as an adult, I have come to terms that there’s close to 0 chance I’ll start eating them.

Just like my personal preferences, many other things have stood the test of time and proved to be relevant to this day. A great example is books. Since their invention in the 1450s, books have been filling up the shelves of our homes with stories of adventure and exploration. Think of the classics like In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust and Ulysses by James Joyce, they still keep captivating our imagination more than a hundred years later.

#4 He Called It 6 Years Ahead Of Time

#5 Ricky Gervais In 2016

#6 This Was Supposed To Aged Like Milk, Sadly It Didn’t

Some books not only stood the test of time, they actually proved to be even more valuable today than they initially were. Take the first edition of William Faulkner’s The Marble Faun, for example, which is now on sale for $125,000. The seller Peter L. Stern & Co. presents the book as the “First Edition of the author’s first book. Original paper-covered boards with spine and cover labels; about fine in the rare dust jacket with tiny chips at the extremities and only very minor wear; in a custom cloth slipcase.”

#7 This Yahoo Poll

#8 Johnny Depp Called This One From The Second Pirates Movie

#9 I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

Moreover, first editions that include personal dedications, signatures, customizations, and other rare artifacts can even double the price. Condition is another key factor that influences book value. A beat-up old book that is falling apart will have little value. Scarcity also influences value. For example,for hardcover books published from the 20th century onwards, the presence of a dust jacket and its condition also greatly affect value.

#10 Batman Setting The Trend 8 Years Early

#11 This Aged Well In The Worst Way Possible

#12 Bill Gates’ Response In R/Iama Question

#13 This Tweet Aged Well

#14 Guy Beats Cancer

#15 Ask And You Shall Recieve

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#16 Somewhat Predictable But Still Hilarious

#17 Hands Up Who Owes This Girl An Apology

#18 When We All Have Pocket Telephones (Daily Mirror, 1923)

#19 Simpsons At It Again

#20 The Onion Predicted It To The Letter

#21 Unfortunately I Do Have Predicting Abilities

#22 This And Hundreds Other Similar Quotes

#23 This Guy Got The Name Of Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom’s Newborn Daughter Spot On

#24 I Don’t Like Him But He’s Right

#25 Coming Soon To A City Near You

#26 He’s Back

#27 Think This Fits Here

#28 An Article By The Onion In 2014

#29 I Was Browsing Through The Top Posts Of R/Askreddit And Then I Saw This

#30 Anyone Else Remember Drawn Together?

#31 The Prophecy

#32 This Youtube Comment On A Billie Eilish Video

#33 Exactly 2 Years Ago

#34 This Is From The Times Of 2009 H1n1 Pandemic

#35 It’s Perfect

#36 X Æ A-12

#37 Be On The Lookout For The Fly In Another 4 Years

#38 Who’s Gonna Tell Him…

#39 Corona Beer Shares Dived 8% This Week Amid Fears Of Getting Corona Virus From Drinking It

#40 Aged Like A Million Dollar Wine

#41 Ah, Beautiful

#42 Accurate

#43 Sums It Up

#44 1 Month Later

#45 This Reddit Comment About Kevin Spacey From 5 Years Ago

#46 They Knew

#47 Close Enough

#48 The Simpsons Calling It In 1998

#49 There Is Always A Tweet

#50 Well, That Came Right Back At Ya

#51 Man Predicts Mobile Phone Technology In 1953

#52 This Dilbert Strip From 1990

#53 On A Video About Joaquin Phoenix’s Best Performances

#54 Elon Musk And Grimes

#55 Mad Magazine Cover From Feb. 2002

#56 The Wine Taste Bad, But It Still Aged Well(If That Makes Sense)

#57 In 2018, President Trump Attacked Carrots The Turkey For Refusing To Concede He Had Lost The Vote On The White House Turkey Pardon Contest. “This Was A Fair Election… Unfortunately, Carrots Refused To Concede And Demanded A Recount.”