When did fortune cookie fortunes start sucking so bad?

They aren't even fortunes anymore. They're just statements.

I want a real fortune, damnit! It doesn't even have to come true--it could just say something like, "You will never be a millionaire". Or "You will get a horrible pimple in the near future". At least that would be a frickin' fortune.

On the other hand, I got what might have been the best fortune ever for the "in bed" game: