mattig89ch he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 I just saw this on the history channel. And since I couldn't find the politics thread (went back 3 pages, didn't see it) I figured I'd post it here. Apparently, Nostradamus predicted the election results. I'm not saying I want either candidate to win, I'm voting libertarian this election. But I thought it was interesting, and I figured I'd share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 5 hours ago, mattig89ch said: I just saw this on the history channel. And since I couldn't find the politics thread (went back 3 pages, didn't see it) I figured I'd post it here. Apparently, Nostradamus predicted the election results. I'm not saying I want either candidate to win, I'm voting libertarian this election. But I thought it was interesting, and I figured I'd share. Whoa, man. Whoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Thanks, dude. You just made me google "has Nostradamus ever been wrong" in a panic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 All I promised was interesting. Nothing else. But it does make you think. From those writings, who do you think is going to win? Keep in mind, those quotes are in the order the show used them in. Not the order he wrote them in. The message gets a whole lot different if you read them in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 You know what I hate? Fortune tellers. They always seem to be right, in the end. Look at this one: CENTURY VIII, QUATRAIN 23 Letters are found in the queen's chests, No signature and no name of the author. The ruse will conceal the offers; so that they do not know who the lover is. (I don't know about you guys but I'm thinking emails.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 9 minutes ago, bleeder said: You know what I hate? Fortune tellers. They always seem to be right, in the end. Look at this one: CENTURY VIII, QUATRAIN 23 Letters are found in the queen's chests, No signature and no name of the author. The ruse will conceal the offers; so that they do not know who the lover is. (I don't know about you guys but I'm thinking emails.) That's what I thought, too. Man, I hate Nostradamus right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Who/what is nostradamus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 32 minutes ago, Delightful said: Who/what is nostradamus? 16th-century French seer. I have a growing theory that he was a time traveler. His stuff is usually right. And it sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 5 minutes ago, bleeder said: 16th-century French seer. I have a growing theory that he was a time traveler. His stuff is usually right. And it sucks. Every prophecy from a random nut can be right if looked at from the right angle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 If you write enough 'predictions' some of them are bound to happen, especially when they are this vague. It is just statistics, calm down people. That said this is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magestar he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Nostradomus' predictions are a bit of a joke, although looking at these it's a bit odd. However, I'm sure that there are a number of other instances this could be translated to refer to. Nostradomus is sort of famous for making like a billion predictions, in such a way that saying 'Nostradomus was right!' Is sort of like saying me saying 'This flower will be red, blue, purple, or yellow." And then someone else saying 'Magestar was right!" when it's one of those colors. Basically what Zathoth said. It is sort of creepy, though, and the emails bit had me wondering. edit; These also appear to have been ordered and taken from specific parts to get a specific message across. I wouldn't read to much into it. Edited November 7, 2016 by Magestar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 This is one of the more unusual celebrity endorsements I've seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Lollercopters Take one part overly flowery language, combine with a generous helping of "it wasn't written in our language so translators can play with it however they want". Mix with a dash of overcredulity and serve on a plate of History Channel nonsense. Seriously, guys, Nostradamus's "prophecies" are so pretty and vague that they can be applied to almost anything after the fact. And the History Channel broke their last bit of credibility when they aired that ridiculous tripe about "what if mermaids are real?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 8 minutes ago, Kobold King said: This is one of the more unusual celebrity endorsements I've seen. [TMZ announcer voice] "Nostradamus has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president. The philosopher spouted several verses of opaque poetry that many have taken as both an endorsement of Trump and yet another slam against Hillary's emails. Nostradamus then swallowed a goldfish, waved his arms, and ran in circles before careening into the orchestra pit." 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 It is as Nostradamus predicted (quotation below): But if this ever-changing world in which we live in Makes you give in and cry Say "Live and let die." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 23 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: [TMZ announcer voice] "Nostradamus has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president. The philosopher spouted several verses of opaque poetry that many have taken as both an endorsement of Trump and yet another slam against Hillary's emails. Nostradamus then swallowed a goldfish, waved his arms, and ran in circles before careening into the orchestra pit." That last sentence makes literally as much sense as anything Nostradamus has ever written. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 3 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: [TMZ announcer voice] "Nostradamus has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president. The philosopher spouted several verses of opaque poetry that many have taken as both an endorsement of Trump and yet another slam against Hillary's emails. Nostradamus then swallowed a goldfish, waved his arms, and ran in circles before careening into the orchestra pit." Is it bad that I read this aloud, in my Cecil voice? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, bleeder said: Is it bad that I read this aloud, in my Cecil voice? Well, I wrote it with Cecil's voice in my head, so no. Not at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Election results are not set in stone. We get to choose our leaders, so vote. Nothing is a sure thing and nothing is fated to occur here. All that matters is you and your vote So if you haven't done so, regardless of what candidate you like or dislike, go vote tomorrow. I generally find fortune and prophecies like that to be inherently ambiguous. Let's be honest, if they were specific there would be a lot more math in them 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 46 minutes ago, Chaos said: Election results are not set in stone. We get to choose our leaders, so vote. Nothing is a sure thing and nothing is fated to occur here. All that matters is you and your vote So if you haven't done so, regardless of what candidate you like or dislike, go vote tomorrow. I generally find fortune and prophecies like that to be inherently ambiguous. Let's be honest, if they were specific there would be a lot more math in them Now I want to see a prophesy made by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Give us some mathy prophecy, @Chaos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 41 minutes ago, bleeder said: Give us some mathy prophecy, @Chaos! One day, someone WILL figure out how to solve the quintic equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Silverblade5 said: One day, someone WILL figure out how to solve the quintic equation. Proven impossible! I don't know, I just would expect that if people were truly prophetic they would write something some deep equation on a stone tablet somewhere, like the Dirac Equation or something, or the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. "Don't worry guys it'll make sense in a few thousand years!" Vague words mean nothing. And if I could come up with some sweet world-defining equation, then I'm publishing it and getting the Nobel Prize. Turns out though people way, way, way smarter than me are on the case though. I'm just saying that if I could see the future, I dunno, go look at some physics textbook in a thousand years and tell us some equations, okay? None of this vague crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippleGylf she/her Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Thought I'd just leave this here... I really don't see this as credible whatsoever. Much too vague. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 1 hour ago, RippleGylf said: Thought I'd just leave this here... I really don't see this as credible whatsoever. Much too vague. I declare this post Best Pony Today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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