The System 418: Future World Problems
Yesterday morning on Twitter, I had the brilliant idea for a whole new brand of humor, the FUTURE WORLD PROBLEM. Above you see some examples, but there’s plenty more. In fact, as a hashtag on Twitter it is still going strong at last check, with well over 200 entries. I’m posting as many as I can (and favorites) over in yesterday’s post here, all of which are from Twitter.
#FutureWorldProblems Contest!
I like this new theme so much, I’m going to give you guys a chance to get in on the action! Post in the comments of this post some of your own or post a link to a ‘future world problem’ comic, drawing, sketch or video. It has to be here on the post so I can keep track of it, though I totally encourage trying ones out on Twitter and labeling them #futureworldproblems. Entries are good through Sunday at midnight EST, and then I’ll pick a winner. The winner gets his / her pick of any 1 shirt from the HilariAwesome store. A runner up will get a print of any one comic from The System’s archive, just like you can buy in the HilariAwesome store.
September 16th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Every time they almost invent time-travel, some yahoo from the future shows up and sabotages it.
September 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Damn, my time machine broke tomorrow. Now I have to fly all the way to Andromeda to get it fixed yesterday, and my flying car has been acting funny ever since I visited that supernova.
And I still need to find someone to fix the English language.
September 16th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
What do I do with the 4 clones I made of myself now that the Intergalactic Clone Protection Regulations (ICPR) require that I actually let them out of their holding pens more than 4 hours a day?
September 16th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
even my sex-android wont sleep with me
September 16th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
so, I did a lil doodle of the most terrifying #futureworldproblem: http://irishbreakfasttime.files.wordpress.com/201…
It raises the question of what will be the ultimate cause of the robot uprising: alien tourists blocking escalators, or the fact that they're still wearing ties while humans get to wear jumpsuits.
September 16th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I need to brainstorm. To my friends and the internet!
EDIT: This is a rough idea i had. http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy92/Pegpeg66/…
September 16th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Love the "excuse me, is that your jetpack?"
September 17th, 2010 at 12:01 am
The new iPhone 20g can automatically balance my checkbook and perform eye surgeries. But I still can't get enough reception to make a damn phone call with it.
September 17th, 2010 at 12:49 am
My cryogenic freezer needs to be thawed every thirty days.
September 17th, 2010 at 8:11 am
My shoulder is kinda rusty… shouldn't have bought those "titanium" replacements on Mars.
September 17th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Our biggest futureworld propblem is that the past still happened.
September 17th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Despite hover technology opening up near infinite vertical freeway lanes, it still takes two hours to get home in the evening.
September 17th, 2010 at 11:46 am
The relevance span of brand new home computers has dropped from 6 months to 6 weeks.
September 17th, 2010 at 11:51 am
hah. you're welcome for that one!
September 17th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
My Aibo X just pooped a spent plutonium rod on the carpet.
September 17th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
http://togroklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/…
my drawing sucks, but I believe that the references should all be identifiable
September 17th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I don’t even have a lawn for these damn today’s kids to get off of.
September 17th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Try holding it differently. WITH YOUR MIND.
Or maybe your multiple floating arms or robots are interfering with the signal.
As much as I love the 20G, the instant-mind-tweet function is kinda annoying. I always forget to turn it off when I'm having sex. I'm sure my followers don't mind. But my sex-bot is very insecure.
September 18th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I don't know how to set the clock on my Holographic Movie Player.
September 18th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Having visitors from Advanced Future World traveling back in time and treating us like Past World.
September 19th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Even though I'm new to this webcomic, I'll just submit this effortless drawing, It can't hurt anyone XP
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1914/futurewor…
September 19th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I felt so bad for the entry I made before that I'll try to redeem myself with this one:
. http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2755/futurewor…
September 19th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Missed my time travel maglev stop and ended up 5 years too far. Feel like a fool waiting for it to turn around again #futureworldproblems
one for the other train geeks out there (all… 2 of them…):
Man, the last AC4400 loco was just sidelined. #futureworldproblems
September 19th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Just got a terrible haircut. Having it grown back overnight, but this will seriously cut into my virtual snack budget.
September 20th, 2010 at 10:51 am
When will the Jet Packers learn to fly on the RIGHT side of the Skyway? Almost hit one flying in to work today #futureworldproblems
September 22nd, 2010 at 9:24 am
No, now it's just a problem. Thanks for all the comments on all the recent comics! Funny stuff.
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:40 am
No problem! That is what I am here for. To get attention.
…I mean a laugh.
September 24th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Our new alien overlords were taken quite by surprise by the robot uprising. Not that I’m paying much attention to politics, what with trying to survive the zombie infestation.
Electronic spam now has more calories than canned spam, and there’s still no way to stop it.
January 17th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
i like the Delorean & 'Gundam head alike' robot in the 4th draw panel!
BTW, future problem is too many & also pain in the ass too…
September 28th, 2011 at 3:43 am
wooo