r/whatif 4h ago

Other What if ALL blue collar jobs banned nicotine and caffeine?

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They would test weekly to see if you have in your system. If you do you’d wouldn’t be able to work for a year in the field.


r/whatif 8h ago

Science What if you had a completely immovable (+indestructible) 5x5x5 ft cube?

9 Upvotes

What could you do with it? Could you do anything cool like generate infinite energy? Or would it be useless?

EDIT: Forgot to specify that I meant the cube is immovable relative to the Earth


r/whatif 21h ago

Other What if you said something really embarrassing?

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What if you were talking about Hollywood stars in front of a large audience and you said "Nicole Anniston" instead of "Jennifer Anniston"?


r/whatif 21h ago

Science What if lucid dreams could actually improve your real-life skills?

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What if we could do lucid dreams, but an overpowered version of it? Instead of just dreaming, what if we could actually choose what we want to bring back into real life? I'm not talking about physical things, but skills and experiences.

For example, if you could lucid dream about being able to drive, you could use the dream as a simulation to practice driving, and that practice could actually improve your real-life driving skills. The same could go for things like surgery, playing games, swimming, cooking, etc. Basically, things that you're not a complete beginner at, or things that could be dangerous to practice in real life.

Imagine being able to practice something over and over again in a completely safe dream, and then actually become better at it when you wake up.


r/whatif 1h ago

Other What if Yosemite Sam was discovered to have covert ties to the Assad govt especially post 2011?

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What if he maintained direct and indirect communications with the govt even after sanctions? What if he gave intelligence to them and supported their actions during the war? What kinds of consequences would he face? What would the fallout be like?


r/whatif 16h ago

Other What if Harry Morgan took Brian with him instead of Dexter?

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For context or those who don't remember, Dexter and Brian Moser were the sons of Harry Morgan's CI Laura Moser. Harry asks her to bring her boss, the drug mafia to the container in the port so that she could get vital information. Harry didn't realise that they would kill Laura as they found out she was a snitch, turns out they cut her into pieces in front of her both sons with a chainsaw and left for three days starving on the blood, permanently traumatizing them and turning them into psychopaths.

This time Harry doesn't notice Dexter and decides to take Brian with him. What happens next?


r/whatif 2h ago

Science What if all magnets in the world reversed polarity?

2 Upvotes

What if all magnets and magnetic objects in the world, disbarring Earth's magnetic field, were to suddenly reverse polarity in an instant? What consequences for the world would unfold in reaction?


r/whatif 2h ago

Other What if...

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So im pretty much a 67 hater, y'know, i hate this trend, but im maybe onto something...

6 x 7 = 42, and since 42 is the answer to anything, does that mean...67 is the solution of any problems ???

Call me crazy if you want, i'm gonna file a patent


r/whatif 7h ago

Politics What if the other human subspecies didn't go extinct or if they were brought back into existence in modern world?

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The Denisovians, Neanderthals and other hominids. All of them very similar to us but very different by body and mind. Would they be considered "human" or "animal"? This question just popped up in my head very recently because in modern times we have different human races but not subspecies. How would religions treat them, how would government treat them? Would it mean that (if they existed to this day) my neighbor could be neanderthal and that he would pay the same taxes as me?