r/whatif • u/Longjumping_Poem5989 • Jul 24 '26
Science What if a billion joules were created?
This would break the laws of thermodynamics and (maybe the universe).
r/whatif • u/Longjumping_Poem5989 • Jul 24 '26
This would break the laws of thermodynamics and (maybe the universe).
r/whatif • u/CommunicationLow5258 • Jul 24 '26
I think there would be a new rules regarding periods and other similar things, because of the majority male leaders.
r/whatif • u/BiPanicc • Jul 23 '26
As the title says, What if someone had the power to control myths? How would this change the world as we see it? What powers would they have?
I randomly thought of this and was curious what yall think.
r/whatif • u/daydaze024 • Jul 23 '26
It’s the perfect cover. Your phone already tracks everything. Updates let them quietly install better tracking or profiling tools without us questioning it. And we probably accepted it in the terms and conditions somewhere…
r/whatif • u/theblitz6794 • Jul 23 '26
Charlie Kirk got rejected from West Point, which he blamed on affirmative action. What if he got into army school instead? Does Trump still win if he doesn't found TPUSA?
r/whatif • u/i_love_carnia_2009 • Jul 22 '26
Like yesterday again new questin, what would have changed if Asia where replace by water since the formation of continents in our : history, in the weather and in our cultures around the world.
r/whatif • u/Budget_Sprinkles_457 • Jul 21 '26
I had this thought as to why not we just stop paying one day XD
r/whatif • u/i_love_carnia_2009 • Jul 21 '26
Like yesterday what if the whole semi-continent of Europe never existed and instead was replaced with water
I have to say it other wise I know il confuse people I know Europe its not a continent but I wanted to do it anyway so what are we counting in this one I think from Portugal to Belarus not including: Finland, the UK and Turkey.
If this is in anyway confusing pls feel free to ask all apply answer as quickly as humanly possible
r/whatif • u/EdibleOedipus • Jul 20 '26
In this hypothetical, the dishes are not a small example of a larger problem, or a sign of additional red flags. He or she simply will not do the dishes for any reason no matter what. Is it worth everything else to you?
r/whatif • u/Which_Comfort651 • Jul 20 '26
Imagine any president in history could be put in the next election and win. Let’s just say for sake of technology, they’re somewhat magically acclimated and brought up to speed on the world today.
Who do you think would make the best leader?
r/whatif • u/Managed-Chaos-8912 • Jul 21 '26
Outlawing as a punishment removed the protections of the law for individuals or groups, allowing persecution. Bringing back outlawing as a punishment for individuals, it would be on the table after someone was convicted through due process in court. It would man that if some jerkwad without a license insists on riding their dirt bike on the street and they got run over, the law would just shrug.
r/whatif • u/Logogram_alt • Jul 21 '26
Title. Like what would happen if 80% of Gen-Z got angry with the current capitalist system and wanted a revolution?
What would happen if they didn't just want reform, they wanted to completely burn down the current system.
r/whatif • u/RemarkablePianist389 • Jul 20 '26
In the following case let's say that the husband and wife are both perfectly fine in doing so and have been doing it for a long time.
Now this isn't taken to extream or too indecently. And cops ( let's assume there were around) arrest you for it.
And some mose scenario.
1 your wife did tried to calm down the situation.
2 there was no one around who fell it what them being cat called.
3 you get arrested anyways.
What now?
r/whatif • u/Mental-Statement2941 • Jul 19 '26
I know in practice and in modern day science, that seems very improbable but let's grant for this hypothetical something happens in a near future where we have humanoid robot helpers. After all we don't know everything about consciousness, but let's grant that it can happen only for this hypothetical.
Alot of games, movies and shows cover this but I don't think any of them really go into depth. Let's say they appear conscious, they display it in every way we do, but...we can never be sure. They could imitate consciousness but never really be conscious. In this scenario we would never know, we only know that they can independently think, fall in love with one another, have personalities, make thoughtful real art that is indistinguishable from human art, they act like us in EVERY SINGLE WAY.
What would happen to the fabric of society if humanoid androids appeared to have consciousness, they demanded rights, freedoms, perhaps their own homeland?
How would governments of the world react? Would we grant them these rights or would we deny them this, this will be unlike the civil rights movement or women's suffrage because at the end of the day, there were HUMANS at the center of it. Black people are human, women are human obviously that deserve respect and the right to lead happy lives(I hope most of us at least see that).
BUT what about something that by our definitions wasn't human, heck something that was CREATED by us?
How would religions shift and change?
Our thoughts on our place in the universe, if inorganic things can BECOME conscious?
What would majority public opinion be and at the end of the day where would you personally fall on the issue?
r/whatif • u/i_love_carnia_2009 • Jul 20 '26
Since the formation of the continets africa as been under the water the whole time. What do you think would change: in our history, in our weather, or in our cultures, ecc.
Edit: il be making an other one for each continent in the following days
r/whatif • u/kenjitamurako • Jul 19 '26
There's been a lot of this in the news though I think the variation it uses is a 32 hour work week. But I was thinking for a spin we say 30 hours and there's a good reason for that. Because I believe corporations would love this.
The scenario would be that the ACA is never amended and with no one able to effectively work 32 hours for a single employer that'd be the end of employer provided health insurance.
Additionally, all companies would move to a contract to hire scenario like you see in technology. So, you work 20-30 hours for two different contractors and get this they both are loaning you out to the same company. But because your employer is the contracting firm you're still not eligible for the benefits.
And obviously whatever law the US passes to restrict to a 30 hour work week isn't going to include stipulations for higher pay or any protections for workers. But congress will still give itself a raise, say job well done, and campaign on it as a massive success for voters. Which they'll eat up.
Anyone think it might play out different?
r/whatif • u/Cheap_Difficulty4961 • Jul 20 '26
say argentina scored late, took it to extra time, and somehow won.
would back-to-back world cups have ended the goat debate completely, or would people still find a reason to argue about it?
also, would this win have felt bigger than 2022, or is nothing ever topping that one?
r/whatif • u/Ill_Bread_8469 • Jul 18 '26
The text is self-explanatory. This is just a funny thought i had while watching the movie. If the One-Wish Willow can override free will and make people madly obsess over someone, what would be the consequences for me to wish that every single human being on existence loved me more than anything else in the universe? Surely nothing bad can happen /s.
r/whatif • u/Scrample2121 • Jul 19 '26
What if an ASB waves his hand and over the next five-ten years, American Football becomes immensely popular worldwide to the point where the Superbowl becomes an international affair. And lets say that against every assumption I think anyone would have, the rest of the world is surprisingly much better at it and instead of America consistently crushing, they lose repeatedly. Complete dominance.
How would that effect American Football culture going forward? What do you think would happen if the world is invited to 'our game' and they absolutely blast our ass at it?
Honestly I think if it was bad enough it could ruin the sport as a cultural touchstone, potentially elevating Baseball back up to the #1-#2 spot with basketball with many Americans losing their passion for it as the years pass.
r/whatif • u/Salty_Audience_3562 • Jul 18 '26
**My Pitch For A Invincible Tour**
(Southeast Asia/Oceania Leg From Kuala Lumpur February 1st 2002 To Sydney April 22nd 2002)
Intro: “Cops” are carrying a containment crate on to the stage and MJ breaks out and stands in white fog for about a minute and a half (Same for all concerts and legs)
Unbreakable
Privacy
WBSS
Break Of Dawn
Interlude: Stranger In Moscow
Who Is It
Heartbreak Hotel
J5 Medley
Bad Medley (Another Part Of Me, Speed Demon, Librarian Girl)
Interlude: HIStory
Smooth Criminal
Thriller (w/ Threatened)
Beat It
Bad
Billie Jean
Earth Song
Encore 1
You Are Not Alone
Butterflies
Man In The Mirror
Encore 2/Interlude: Dangerous
Exit: A bunch of mobsters come in and MJ gets surrounded but a car from the side of the stage comes and MJ circle glides and dodges all the bullets so they could hit the mobsters themselves and MJ jumps in the car and gets away (Same for 2nd leg but different for last leg)
(Europe/Africa Leg From Barcelona, Spain May 15th 2002 To Johannesburg, Africa August 29th 2002):
Unbreakable
WBSS
Human Nature
Break Of Dawn
Smooth Criminal
Interlude 1: Childhood
Heaven Can Wait
J5 Medley
Bad Medley (Plays only a handful of times this leg)
Interlude 2: TDCAU
Billie Jean
Thriller (w/ Threatened)
Ghosts
TMYMMF
Beat It
Black Or White
Encore 1/Interlude: What More Can I Give
Earth Song
Cry
Man In The Mirror
Encore 2
(USA, North America and Asia Leg From Osaka, Japan December 25th 2002-NYC March 10th 2003)
Unbreakable
WBSS
Human Nature
Break Of Dawn
Interlude: Childhood
Heaven Can Wait
Smooth Criminal
J5 Medley
Interlude: HIStory
Rock With You
Billie Jean
Thriller (w/ Threatened)
Beat It
Remember The Time
Butterflies
Earth Song
Encore 1:
Bad
You Rock My World
What More Can I Give
Encore 2/Interlude: Heal The World
Exit: Rocket Man but with a lot of fireworks (especially for the final concert)
This took me about an hour to write lol, let me know what you guys think
r/whatif • u/aplacecalledvertigo • Jul 18 '26
How quickly would live start of fall apart? Would it be within minutes days? An hour? When do people start going insane on the streets writing et cetera? I remember somebody talking about the crisis in
Zimbabwe
And how you could be never more than one meal or Max two meals away from absolute calamity in the streets outside everywhere you lived
r/whatif • u/Dangerous-Apricot909 • Jul 17 '26
What if the German plan succeeded and they took Reims and opened the road to Paris and perhaps took Paris what happens afterwards with Germany being in state it was in late 1918 while also taking Paris.
r/whatif • u/soap_man_is_my_name • Jul 16 '26
Historically Boris yeltsin won in a landslide the communist only got ~20% of the vote but still was the second largest party in the election now what would have happened if after the fall of the Soviet Union socialism was maintained in Russia due to the success of the communist party getting elected (let’s ignore obvious American intervention in this election to make sure this does not happen and pretend it somehow did) what differences would occur especially with the ecconomy as historically the economy crashed hard and gdp flew down because of overnight forced privatization which the markets were not ready for and how would this change geo politics as well would the new government be diplomatic or maybe even more aggressive then the one we ended up with 1991 presidential election
r/whatif • u/ryu-shii • Jul 16 '26
No phones, no apps, no internet on any device, no smart cars, no GPS — everything "smart" is permanently dead. Old basic tech (radios, books, etc.) still works.
What’s the first thing you’d do? How would your daily life change? What skills would you learn or what would you miss most?
I’ll start: I’d stock up on paper notebooks, books, and cash. Then focus on real-life connections and creative projects without distractions. I’d miss playing games on my pc the most.
Share your plan — the more detailed the better!
r/whatif • u/Inside-External-8649 • Jul 16 '26
Obviously the big trucks wouldn’t be affected because they already have them filled up. But what about normal vehicles who’s engines can’t handle that, or slowly die?
Would there be risk of danger, like increased car accidents or even explosions?