I hope that by 2030, I will be able to complete a cryptic crossword without flinging it across the room or wishing a pox upon its creator.
Empires come and go, and this decade will see China take its place as the leading global power, which I think is part of a conspiracy created by the people around me who, as I was growing up, told me to pay more attention to Chinese as a subject. They are laughing so hard now.
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