I recently saw someone creating a bingo chart for 2025 so I decided to create one for 2026 (image of this post). What are your predictions for 2026?
I recently saw someone creating a bingo chart for 2025 so I decided to create one for 2026 (image of this post). What are your predictions for 2026?
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DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 45 pts · 226d
I had to look up 'enhanced games'
Back in the day, someone suggested that people should read a lot of science fiction books so they'd be ready for the changes the future would bring.
I should have read no science fiction, because I am constantly being disappointed by what people decide to do with tech.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev · 28 pts · 226d
I had to look it up too.
I was thinking "who the fuck thinks it's a good idea to run an Olympics-style sporting event that encourages PED use?" until I got to this part in the article:
"...with backing by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr...."
Oh, okay, that makes sense. It's just backed by two of the worst people on the planet. They're probably hoping to see people die in these games.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 226d
They probably took Squid Game as a fun suggestion.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 8 pts · 226d
Some Onion-style editorial suggested referring to murdered school children as 'patriot angels' because they died defending the 2A. Charlie Kirk said pretty much the same thing with no irony.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
remember death race, starring sly stallone? that sounds fun
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 226d
There are way too many negative fields, i.e. "XYZ does NOT happen". You have to wait until 2027 to be able to cross them off.
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 226d
Waiting for 2027 and then evaluating was the plan. I don't see that as a problem. It's not a real bingo chart so I don't have to finish fast.
davel@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 226d
A Public US Person Gets Shot belongs in the FREE SPACE box, because it’s a given.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 226d
I think this one works just as well despite being 3 years old.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 226d
"Yeah, but is it underage, though?" - Rich people, for some reason...
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 226d
Let's hope that Linux clears 10%! It's an ambitious goal, but absolutely possible!
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 226d
SARGE@startrek.website · 4 pts · 226d
dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 226d
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 225d
Us arracks Venezuela and kidnapps president.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d
Buddy, you're not gonna fucken believe this...
Fickle_Ferret@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 226d
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 225d
BBC is reporting that the USA has launched strikes against Venezuela....
So you've got one ticked off already and it's only the 3rd Janiary.
Fickle_Ferret@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 225d
Not really happy about being right on that one, I gotta admit
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 226d
You wrote AI bubble bursts twice
Fickle_Ferret@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 226d
It is only on the card once though?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 226d
They're saying it's something very positive.
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 226d
Yep :)
I'm just a bit too salty about RAM prices
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 226d
So real.
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 225d
More online censorship laws being passed.
notreallyhere@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 226d
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 226d
"Germany's far right receives more votes" is already the free space.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 226d
To be fair they also put "Public American figure gets shot" which is pretty much a guarentee
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 226d
Statistically inevitable, really, especially compounded by the widening definition of what a public figure is due to social media.
Geki@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 226d
I hate the far right!
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 226d
Climate change worsening is a given.
I'm going to predict that the forecasted warming goes down thanks to Chinese production (like every year).
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 225d
Democrats do not pass electoral reform in the states they control and then scream bloody murder about the spoiler effect that comes along with the voting system they refuse to replace.
::: spoiler Electoral Reform Videos
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems
STAR voting
Alternative vote
Ranked Choice voting
Range Voting
Single Transferable Vote
Mixed Member Proportional representation :::
MBech@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 225d
You don't really want stuff on a bingo board that's framed like "this doesn't happen", like "US will not pass a law for real AI safety". On this board you have 3 things that would only ever be marked off on the 1/1/27. That's not good design.
Mesa@programming.dev · 2 pts · 225d
The board lacks general scalability.
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 224d
My post is not a classical bingo - not a race to bingo first. Bingo is just the template that holds the predictions. I agree in general though.
semperverus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
This kind of pedantery is peak autism right here (hello fellow autist)
pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 226d
roserose56@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 225d
The USA starts a war with Venezuela, killing innocent people! I said couple ago and it's already happening.
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 225d
yea that was too easy. I predicted China making a move on Taiwan as a response to that because USA has no argument anymore.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 225d
Well you see that's why you make it the free space
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 225d
Well, my predictions are much more personal, so they really shouldn't have major consequences for others.
I'm predicting, assuming I do end up going to an anime convention with a college club I'm in, that I might have a partial fursuit by then, even if it's just a premade that's probably only made whenever the maker receives an order off their etsy shop. It's either that or, depending on a few things, gonna end up being a used one from a site I can't remember the name of, if I can find a partial that fits me. Lots of ifs.
That, and that I finish the first 4 chapters of a Summer Camp Island fanfiction I am rewriting. The original was all over the place, so I didn't get very far. Lots of bad writing and terrible stereotypes. I'm in the middle of working on the 2nd chapter ( chapter 1 and a chapter not based on any episode is complete ) and it's already feeling like I won't even finish that any time soon.
Gotta set obtainable predictions, which is why I have the second prediction.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
I hope you achieve all of that. I just wish it didn't inevitably lead to the fall of Taiwan this September.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 225d
I am holding out hope Taiwan to the point where if for whatever reason I'm in the country if war breaks out I'd join the war effort.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 225d
Venezuela?
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 225d
shit my pants at least twice
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
That's so nutsack!
sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io · 6 pts · 225d
Where's HL3?
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 225d
HL3? That's a name I haven't heard in a long time...
sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io · 1 pts · 225d
nods pensively
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 226d
Column O looks way too easy tbh.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today · 6 pts · 226d
Who needs a fence when you have land mines.
See also: Finland and the Ottawa Convention
::: spoiler Spoiler The withdrawal takes effect in January. Soo… yesterday? :::
DemBoSain@midwest.social · 5 pts · 226d
President Vance, without a doubt.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 226d
Germany preparing soldiers for Ukraine is definitely one.
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 226d
I think there the government is also starting a controversial draft law, basically citizens will be drafted at random, cuz people aren't interested in dying in foreign land.
There was another case that happened, a kid made fun of a solider who came to their school for recruitment and he made fun of him. So now that kid is being prosecuted (some years of community service) so basically this sets a precedent that you can make fun of others but not military
Edit: i forgot to mention im talking about Germany
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 226d
Germany militarising again? Third time's the charm I guess?
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 225d
Free space: US Starts a War with Venezuela
Dop@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 226d
No protest with over 500k ppl in France? Have you lost your mind?
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 226d
I know, I know. A risky one. They are taking a lot of debt to please people in 2026 so I took a bet.
Dop@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 226d
Lots of debt to preserve their healthcare system, but they'll have to take the money somewhere else, I'm betting on public services and unemployment insurance. Plus they have a big political trial coming soon, solo I would've pumped the numbers to 1M, and even so I wouldn't say it's safe haha
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 226d
absolutely fair. I don't know that much about France tbh and from my little research I had only trivial predictions. I wanted something a bit more risky. We will see how it goes :)
roydbt@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 225d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 225d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
Didn't know this is a thing.
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 225d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
remindme@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 225d
@AnnaFrankfurter Ok, I will remind you on Sunday Jan 3, 2027 at 11:54 PM UTC.
remindme@mstdn.social · 1 pts · 225d
@VoxAliorum Ok, I will remind you on Sunday Jan 3, 2027 at 9:31 PM UTC.
FukOui@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 224d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
fishos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
remindme@mstdn.social · 2 pts · 225d
@fishos Ok, I will remind you on Monday Jan 4, 2027 at 1:44 AM UTC.
CatZoomies@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 225d
remindme@mstdn.social · 2 pts · 225d
@CatZoomies Ok, I will remind you on Monday Jan 4, 2027 at 3:17 AM UTC.
remindme@mstdn.social · 0 pts · 225d
@roydbt Ok, I will remind you on Sunday Jan 3, 2027 at 8:04 PM UTC.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 225d
@remindme@mstdn.social 1 year
daddycool@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
I predict it will be worse or better than 2025. Or maybe the same.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
I'll take that bet! You're gonna look pretty silly soon.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 225d
Trump does something stupid.
Nah. Too easy.
Trump is no longer in office. Death, mental incapacity, whatever. There. That’s my guess.
pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 225d
World War Five.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 226d
Do I have to make 24?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 225d
Prediction 20, the solar eclipse in august in spain will be cloudy so you won't be able to see it
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
Prediction one: in February on groundhog day, punxsutawney phil, seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators, will see six more weeks of [removed]
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
I was going to predict statesians going to war (not just threatening) but i decided to check and that just happened like half an hour ago can i put it on my free square
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction four: spider rain will cease being our local, one week a year phenomenon and turn into Global August Hell
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 14, Krasnov eats King Charles on live TV
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 11, Statesians become comfortable eating Guinea pig
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction nine, bacon shortages due to tariff bullshit
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 18 US Supreme Court rules for Krasnov. Krasnov disregards Supreme Court
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction seven, Dave won't be there, man
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction two: they'll make a star war, and there will be the usual fan bullshit is it good or not debate up until there is some absolutely unbearable Disney political bullshit they throw in to kowtow to the current powers that be. Then everyone will hate it.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 23 That dentin/enamel repair gel finally makes its way to my dentist and i can fix my teeth proper finally.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction three, this is the year disco comes back
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 13, Todd Howard, you did it again
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 17, US Supreme Court rules against Krasnov. Krasnov disregards Supreme Court.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 24 we do this again next year and make it a drinking game or something
Bahnd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 225d
I was thinking using this to practice making web apps again. Find me in a year if I actually do...
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
oh dude i have the adhd brain type. i will set an alarm and everything, but remembering what the alarm is for, up to and including "Check if Bahnd Rollard from that new years prediction thread on lemmy has practiced making web apps again on 1/3/27" will not be specific enough
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction five, that chewing gum you like will come back
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 22 New plague
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 12, Putain almost dies, but doesn't and cockblocks death again. Disappointing all.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction six, it will turn out to be neither benign nor malignant. The biopsy will discover a gummy bear
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 19, Greenland maintains current alliances.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction ten, Krasnov groupies won't just wear ear rags and diapers. They're about to go full Foley cath.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 15, The republic is saved, by, oh let's say Bat Boy.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 21, someone will try to explain to krasnov that the reason it's rainier these last few years is the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption, and he'll get it in his head that means he should set off some nukes underwater in the pacific. (i admit i might be giving him too much credit with this one)
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction 16, Usha Vance gets deported.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 225d
Prediction eight, Krasnov learns a new word!
danc4498@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 226d
Minnie Mouse coming back is not on my bingo card.
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 2 pts · 225d
I really hope China stops fucking around with Taiwan. (am Taiwanese)
VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 224d
I am not Taiwanese, but I have the same hope. However, if Trump gets away with Venezuela and Putin with Ukrain, I see no reason why China would not follow through with their threats. Luckily, I think Taiwan more ready to fight back than Venezuela.
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 224d
Thanks! Hope it'll turn out fine
lettucepr@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 225d
I'm gonna hold your hands for this...
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 224d
Aww thank you
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 226d
The Australian government will do nothing of note, because the scapegoating of the prime minister by the press wasted all of the government's political capital that they were saving up for some big swings.
Combustion engine cars become basically irrelevant outside of the US, Canada, and EU. Because if a country doesn't have a domestic car industry then cheap Chinese ev's are just better. In Australia you can see quite a lot of them.
For a big swing, I'm going with Trump dying. He's pretty old, does not live a very healthy lifestyle, and he's got some pretty rabid followers. I'll hedge my bets and say Trump or Musk.
1984@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 226d
I dont care. Whatever it is, I wont be focusing on it. Being pulled into that drama is pointless.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 225d
Man, the IOC and WADA are super corrupted organizations, but I don't think that the "Enhanced Games" are anything close to the right solution to that problem. Doing the wrong things and claiming the right reasons...
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 226d
Boarder?
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 225d
"no mass protest in france" do you just let it non-crossed?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 226d
Regarding the WHO measles elimination status, didn't that already happen or was that just Canada/Alberta?