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Whether the future is dark, a Used Future, a shining cityscape of Crystal Spires and Togas, or a post-apocalyptic Scavenger World after the fall, there are certain things you can more or less always expect in The Future™. Here's a practical guide, divided into "Wills" and "Will Nots."

For things missing in the present time, see There Are No Indexes.

This index is currently justified, since it's being used in the present. It will become obsolete in The Future, however.

Things we will do in the future

• We Will All Be Atheists in the Future
• We Will All Be Badass in the Future
• We Will All Be Fat in the Future
• We Will All Be History Buffs in the Future
• We Will All Be Losers in the Future
• We Will All Have iPods in the Future
• We Will Dress Like Idiots in the Future
• We Will Have Bad Music in the Future
• We Will Have Complex Highway Transit Systems in the Future
• We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future
• We Will Have Perfect Health in the Future
• We Will Have Phones with Video Screens in the Future
• We Will Have Psychic Powers in the Future
• We Will Have Roombas in the Future
• We Will Kill One Another for Sport in the Future
• We Will Like the Past in the Future
• We Will Make Our Weapons Giant Rectangles in the Future
• We Will Only Eat Soy In The Future
• We Will Pay $500 For a Pizza in the Future
• We Will Practice Free Love in the Future
• We Will Quote Old Klingon Proverbs in the Future
• We Will See Adverts Everywhere In The Future
• We Will Shoot from the Hip in the Future
• We Will Spend Credits in the Future
• Wee Wil Spel Things Difrentlee in the Fyutyer
• We Will Still Have Long-Running Franchises In The Future
• We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future
• We Will Use Slang in the Future
• We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future
• We Will Wear Armor in the Future

Things we will not do in the future

• We Will Not Get the Present Right in the Future
• We Will Not Have Appendixes in the Future
• We Will Not Have Good Food in the Future
• We Will Not Have Hinged Doors in the Future
• We Will Not Have Impressive Graphics in the Future
• We Will Not Have Pockets in the Future
• We Will Not Have Racial Diversity in the Future
• We Will Not Invent New Fashions in the Future
• We Will Not Like Our Future Self
• We Will Not Like the Future
• We Will Not Make Our Software Backwards-Compatible in the Future
• We Will Not Need Roads in the Future
• We Will Not Use Adequate Lighting in the Future
• We Will Not Use Imperial Units in the Future
• We Will Not Use Paper in the Future
• We Will Not Use Photoshop in the Future
• We Will Not Use Slang in the Future
• We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in the Future
• We Will Not Waterproof Technology in the Future

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