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Since I've watched the Back To The Future movies, I have been hoping time travel would appear in my life in one way or another. It finally did. Futurism, an online magazine, produces weekly cartoon sketches that imagine the everyday life of tomorrow, and it's as close to an 88mph DeLorean ride as anything can be.

There are three people working on the series. Luke Kingma (concept, copy, art direction), Lou Patrick Mackay (illustration), and Jacob Banas (social media). "In a broad sense, we are exploring humanity’s relationship with technology, both now and in the future," Kingma told Bored Panda. "Part of that is giving people a glimpse of what tomorrow could look like at a personal level: the good, the bad, the absurd. Occasionally, we like to comment on science fiction culture, and on political matters, because we just can't help ourselves."

No themes are off the table. "In many cases, we are looking at emerging technologies that are still in development, and asking, 'What might happen next?'" the artist added. "Other times, we are taking something we find interesting or funny about humans, and asking, 'How would this play out with robots?'" Scroll down to step into the brave new world of Futurism, and upvote your favorite pieces!

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Daria B
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8 years ago

This could be a reference to school shooting. Very clever and sad.

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    Ida Nyakinyua
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    8 years ago

    Like the white rhinos

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    WaLe
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    8 years ago

    Heartbreaking.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago

    This one reminds me once when I was at a restaurant with my husband. There was a girl sitting not far from our table. She was taking those "meal selfies" with her tablet. The screen was big enough for me to recognise myself in the background of her camera. You know what I did? Well, I smiled and posed, of course. ♥ (she noticed soon after and turned to a different angle mwhahaahah)

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    Alia G.
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    8 years ago

    This one truly is creepy.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago

    Oh, don't underestimate computer viruses. ^_-

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    Andres Tejeda
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    8 years ago

    This one is not as bad as it seems. If we can use VR technology to navigate through dangerous places in space why not use them? Since we can always replace a drone or robot.

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    Kjorn
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    8 years ago

    OMG... does this mean we won't get rid of them... never?

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    Lina S.
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    8 years ago

    I don't get this one...

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    Bekim Hasangjekaj
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    8 years ago

    R2-D2 robot from Star Wars movie was made from vacuum cleaner, so this could be true story

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    mbergen
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    8 years ago

    This freaks me out.

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    natomnesejde
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    8 years ago

    Even in future will women need their own organization?

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    Evan Griffiths
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    8 years ago

    Lol

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago

    Humanity is already an existential threat to itself. What's the big deal? Things stay the same in the end.

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    Annabella Li
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    8 years ago

    that's actually a good thing

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    Andres Tejeda
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    8 years ago

    I'm surprised she isn't using that excuse now.

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    HermioneGal
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    8 years ago

    More things to lie about on tinder...

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    Randy Inbred
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    She's just trying to sell you some self flossing teeth!

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    Least-Angelic-Angel.
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    8 years ago

    ....And that we will.

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    Crazy Cow Lady
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    8 years ago

    The problem with cloning pets is that people don't realize the clone will almost never look or act like the original. The genes recombine differently. The DNA may be the same, but the genes that actually get expressed may not be the same. And unless you raise the animal in the exact same way as the original it will have a different personality.

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    Hard 2 Guess
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    8 years ago

    Futuarama.

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    Just Curious
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    8 years ago

    Clever.

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    Nikki
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    8 years ago

    Welcome to Fhloston Paradise!

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    "I think, therefor I am" - Cogito, ergo sum. Past that everything is open to interpretation. we all may be very well living in simulator.

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    AnimalLoverSingerModel#1
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    8 years ago

    Again!... true and sad

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    AnimalLoverSingerModel#1
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    8 years ago

    That was already made in India

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Irony at its best - Myspace!

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    Andres Tejeda
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    8 years ago

    Why is this not a thing?

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    Just Curious
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    8 years ago

    Are the pizzas hiring the delivery drivers?

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Haha.. but what if its an alien who borrowed the car and couldn't understand English. Then what Elon will do, file a complain at intergalactic police station?

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    Leah Curtis
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    8 years ago

    am I the only one that this doesn't make any sense?

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    Andres Tejeda
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    8 years ago

    I'm pretty sure we are very close to this being a reality.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago

    Awww... Poor robo-chan...

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    Sandra Josefine Langvatznes
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    8 years ago

    Were any of us ready for tamagotchis?! NO! We learned on the job and found soundproof hiding places!

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    Molly Tallmadge
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    8 years ago

    Ready Player One...

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    Vlad Horobet
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    8 years ago

    all the way right. bald is fine, i'm taking a change of look, we don't need to f**k up another planet , but we really need to repair this one, might as well start with the coral reefs.

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    EJ Halle
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    8 years ago

    One small shirt for man 😂

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    Damien T
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    8 years ago

    😆😆😆

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    Smoofy
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    8 years ago

    Nah there would be seperate olympics for robots and humans.

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    Crazy Cow Lady
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    8 years ago

    Elon & Wakanda lol

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    Smoofy
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    8 years ago

    It took me a second. For anyone who doesn't know, it's about the last albino rhino.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    People these days dump each and every thing about their lives on internet, and then cry of data privacy laws not strong. Recently my friend shared such a anti-Facebook post on his wall, and interestingly I exactly knew from his check-ins where he went for food and fun for last many days. Then he complains why Facebook is showing him suggestion for restaurants.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    And Coffee.

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    Felipe Milano
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    8 years ago

    And they're drinking Soylent Green...

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    Vlad Horobet
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    8 years ago

    There are a couple videos with Alexa randomly laughing by herself ....that was actually creepy.

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    Sanne H.
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    8 years ago

    If this represents 1984 in China, I understand it is already happening...

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    MnM2520
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    8 years ago

    Fukin ikea

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Even the pillow is wired to something.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Too late America!

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    Savant
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    8 years ago

    zeh boring company

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    BusLady
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    8 years ago

    Bigger house/ smaller cars

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Is artist trying to show the difference in many generations? Looks like that to me.

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    Least-Angelic-Angel.
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    8 years ago

    This one is kinda cute.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    What's the right most thing? A power bank eh? Charging charger to get charge stored for later.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    There's a lesson to learn for everyone from what is happening at Capetown. If a advanced city like that can come to such fate, no one is safe.

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    Evan Griffiths
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    8 years ago

    Has she even watched the film?

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    Savant
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    8 years ago

    haha

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Why the hell for a moment I tried to look for a boner - Destined for hell I am .

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    Caitlin Smith
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    8 years ago

    It should! It'd save 43% of aircraft weight if we switched to graphene for electronics!

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    I would never do that, Mars is so bleak, and earth is so beautiful. And as the scientific history tells us, mother nature will take only so much from us before going back to dinosaurs again. She would be like, ok enough, lets reset and start from scratch. No offense to religious people who think god put 2 white people on earth and they made rest of 7 billion of us and considering the amount of inbreeding, very few retards.

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    BusLady
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    8 years ago

    One of them looks like Kenny

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    Sanne H.
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    8 years ago

    "Antibiotics are such a good idea!"

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Love the reference via Logo on T-shirt.

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    Dark Half
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    8 years ago

    bitcoin mining lol

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    Andrew Kurkovsky
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    8 years ago

    kinda like ready player one.

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    Just Curious
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    8 years ago

    Huh?

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    Smoofy
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    8 years ago

    Well, if robot bees help pollinate somehow, I'm all for them. And I'm guessing people with make the robot bees without stingers, so that'd eliminate the small bee sting allergy problem.

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    Savant
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    8 years ago

    :|

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    8 years ago

    glados?

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    Just Curious
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    8 years ago

    Why does it take so long to 3D print a little dinosaur?

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    WaLe
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    8 years ago

    I just recently saw the video of him walking into a pole while not watching where he was going, walking on the street Ahahah made my day. I totally recommend it

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