Futurephobia

Fear of the future and the unknown

I have futurephobia!

by ET creator November 26, 2024

Futurephobia

Fear of the future and the unknown

I have futurephobia!

by ET creator November 26, 2024

Future Inmate

This is a racist term to refer to black people, as black people usually are the ones commiting crimes so this is saying that that person will be in prison soon.

Racist guy: HEY YOU! IT'S A FUTURE INMATE! DON'T ROB ME!
Tyrone: *calls his gang* There's a racist, help me take em down

by Ohh. Naggers, of course. January 25, 2025

Future Materials

The next-gen stuff that materials scientists are actually dreaming about in labs today—the stepping stones before the full-on singularity weirdness. This includes room-temperature superconductors that revolutionize power grids, graphene and carbon nanotubes enabling space elevators, aerogels with insane strength-to-weight ratios, meta-materials that bend sound or light in impossible ways, and smart alloys with memory shapes. They push the boundaries of known physics but still operate within the rulebook, offering tangible, world-changing applications within a conceivable future.

Example: "The new bike isn't carbon fiber; it's woven from future materials—a boron nitride nanotube composite that's lighter than air but stiffer than diamond, with piezoelectric threads in the frame that convert vibration into power for the embedded lights."

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026

Future Technologies

The broad portfolio of life-altering innovations on our horizon, from the plausible to the speculative. This encompasses viable fusion reactors, general artificial intelligence, effective gene editing therapies, advanced robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and megascale engineering. Unlike Singularity tech, future technologies have theoretical roadmaps and active research; they're the things we see coming but haven't quite mastered. They promise (or threaten) to reshape society, work, and what it means to be human within the next 50-100 years.

Example: "My grandpa's 'future technology' was the microwave oven. Mine is the neural lace that lets me stream knowledge directly to my brain, though right now I mostly use it to memorize pizza menus and win at trivia night." Future Technologies

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026

Futuriebant

A person who believes the future is the superior time, and is trying to go to the future in any way. These people do not care about the past, and little about the present.

John must be a futuriebant, he's so obsessed with trying to travel into the future!

by B00man February 4, 2026

futurability

The degree/level to which a unified system of thought is expected to retain legitimacy, authority, and usefulness under future scrutiny, future evidence, and future societal conditions. Futurability can be logically assessed in the present.

Person 1: How much futurability does religion even have?
Person 2: Bro, it's going to zero.

by sylvieplaths March 7, 2026