Twitter has been looking into the future: read the 16 best predictions
Predictions are notoriously unreliable, even when they’re backed up by expert knowledge and thorough research. It’s fair to say that the good people of Twitter have used neither of these but they’ve still come up with some startling visions of the future.
Here are the best 16 tweets.
1.
The year is 2017, Marmite is the UK's official currency, old people are burned as fuel, an evil clown is PM, Brexit still means Brexit.
— Mitten d'Amour (@MittenDAmour) October 12, 2016
2.
The year is 2018. Facebook is just one long clip of James O'Brien talking to some Leave-voting idiot and hammering his head on the desk.
— Alan White (@aljwhite) October 13, 2016
3.
The year is 2020.
A Buzzfeed article titled "President Trump's Wars Summarised In 13 AMAZING Cat GIFs" wins the Pulitzer Prize.
— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) September 27, 2016
4.
Source: @Khanoisseur
5.
Source: @sligboi
6.
The year is 2027. Still the #tubestrike rages on, but the humans have evolved to use their legs to walk, cycle, or get on a bus.
— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) August 5, 2015
7.
The year is 2029. David Schwimmer's face is now so long it's used as a unit of measurement. The door is 4.6 Schwimmer Faces high they'd say.
— Ollie Ween (@ojedge) September 27, 2016
8.
The year is 2033. Everyone has social anxiety. Presidential campaigns are emojis & Faceswaps. Falling in love is an app. We have tails again
— Michael? (@Home_Halfway) May 14, 2016
9.
The year is 2035.
The only movies are superhero reboots.
Anyone caught looking up from their phone is fined $100.— Jake Vig (@Jake_Vig) July 10, 2015
10.
The year is 2036. An angry mob tears down the Trump Wall between the US & Mexico while an ageing David Hasselhoff sings his latest single
— Sanjeev Kohli (@govindajeggy) September 5, 2016
11.
The year is 2050, all recipes are shared in confusingly short sped up Facebook videos, the population can’t survive. Everyone starves.
— Dave (@Join_Dave) May 13, 2016
12.
The year is 2075 and Adele has released her new album '85' featuring the hits; 'It's cold outside', 'My son never visits' and 'Cats!'.
— @nd®é™ (@AndreTheViking) November 18, 2015
13.
The year is 2085, the economy has collapsed after typo in a Swindon branch of HSBC, pogs are now the universal currency, Netflix is sentient
— Arena Flowers (@ArenaFlowers) August 9, 2015
14.
the year is 2089
everyone's occupation is SoundCloud rapper or cosmetician
— CENTRAL VALLEY WIZRD (@ROTTINGROOTS) October 3, 2016
15.
The year is 2176, phones are so powerful their batteries last just 4 seconds a day. They are used exclusively for exchanging genital pics.
— Arena Flowers (@ArenaFlowers) March 11, 2016
16.
The year is 4162. Tiny pockets of humanity survive amid the swollen waters. A slate lands at your feet: 'You have 3 LinkedIn invitations'.
— Oonagh (@Okeating) April 19, 2016
But, perhaps the most terrifying – and likely – prediction of all comes from @PULPKetchup, who tweets “The year is 2125. Creme Eggs are no longer visible to the naked eye.”
