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by pgcj_poster 2431 days ago
- Google will continue to exist, but lose relevance to emerging companies, similar to IBM.

- Virtual reality headsets will replace both smartphones and desktop computers.

- Roe v. Wade will be overturned, but the constitution will be amended to protect abortion rights.

- Brexit will continue being delayed indefinitely.

- San Francisco will start its own Navy.

- White people will become a minority in the United States, but a majority in Japan.

- Cranston, Rhode Island exceed Paris, France in tourists/year, but not in total revenue from tourism.

- A saintly king[1] will take control of France, conquer Greece, and convert the entire world to Catholicism.

- The Higgs Boson particle will remain undiscovered.

- Ohio will become a Marxist-Leninist one-party state.

- The Jewish Messiah will arrive, and construct the 3rd temple. It will be converted into a Walmart due to lack of attendance.

- The Scandinavian language will split into three mutually unintelligible dialects: Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. In Iceland, everyone will just speak English.

- North and South Korea will be re-united, but subsequently re-partitioned into East and West Korea due to partisan violence.

- Harvard and MIT will be combined into a single institution, which will exclusively grant degrees in "Religious Studies," "Computer Engineering," and "Religious Studies And Computer Engineering."

- London, Chicago, and several other major cities will cease to exist.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Roman_Emperor#Catholic_tr...