r/FutureWhatIf
61k members
r/FutureWhatIf is a subreddit with 61k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and ideas, and the community frequently discusses fwi, worst, trump, tired, and china.
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Popular Themes in r/FutureWhatIf
#1
News
: "FWI: The human race goes extinct because having and raising children will simply become way too expensive for anybody to justify having children."
56 posts
#2
Ideas
: "FWI: over the next 10-20 years, AI takes over the economy. Current AI gets better and better, taking over many jobs that are currently done by humans. Unemployment rates skyrocket while bots do 60% of the jobs that are currently done by humans."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/FutureWhatIf
#1
Fwi
: "Fwi Challenge: Map out the “American Nuremberg Trials”"
82 posts
#2
Worst
16 posts
#3
Trump
: "FWI: The ICC issues arrest warrants for Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for war crimes committed during the Iran War."
14 posts
#4
Tired
10 posts
#5
China
: "FWI: China announces a radical opening of immigration to fix its aging population in accordance with socialist doctrine, as well as announcing that anti-immigrant agitators will be sent to reeducation camps."
8 posts
#6
Russia
: "[FWI] Xi Jinping reciprocates Putin's visit to Beijing by visiting Moscow as Ukraine lays siege to the Russian capital with long range missiles and drones with intent to harm the Chinese leader."
6 posts
#7
Ukraine
: "[FWI] After the USA and Russia sign a commitment to build a Trump-Putin peace tunnel across the Bering Strait connecting Alaska and Russia built by Elon Musk's Boring company, the Kremlin ends their war on Ukraine."
6 posts
#8
Usa
: "[FWI] As the US draws down from NATO and pivots to the Asian Pacific, America leaves nukes to East Europe as a parting gift to defend against Russian aggression."
5 posts
#9
Iran
: "[FWI] A US-Iran deal is brokered before, during or immediately after Iran soccer team debuts in Los Angeles for the World Cup on June 15th."
5 posts
#10
North Korea
: "FWI: North Korea invades South Korea in 2029."
5 posts
Flair Used in r/FutureWhatIf
#1
Political/Financial
: "[FWI] a Democrat is elected POTUS in 2028 (doesn't matter who) and vows in their inaugural address that "we will have our Nuremberg", then immediately starts mass prosecutions against high-ranking MAGA officials"
77 posts
#2
War/Military
: "FWI: Trump purges the Pentagon over its claims that Israel is an “espionage threat.”"
52 posts
#3
Death/Assassination
: "FWI: Someone begins hunting down and murdering named individuals in the Epstein Files"
16 posts
#4
Other
: "[FWI] Hackers steal the game files for Grand Theft Auto 6, and uploads them online for free. With instructions on how to get the game to work on console."
15 posts
#5
Challenge
: "FWI Challenge: Map out the “American Nuremberg Trials”"
14 posts
#6
Science/Space
: "[FWI] Element 119 is discovered by the end of the year."
9 posts
#7
Health/Biology
: "FWI: What if a pandemic emerged in early 2028 and killed 70 million people worldwide by 2030, with 10 million of the dead being citizens of the United States?"
6 posts
#8
Meta
: "[FWI] Recommendation for Balkanized American scenario: 2025 vs 2020"
2 posts
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+722 members(1.2%)
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Last updated: August 9, 2026