Parody site drags Reddit 1,000 years into the future - CNET

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Nobody can truly see into the future, but a spoof website imagines what popular social news and discussion site Reddit would look like 1,000 years from now and it sure feels real.

Reddit3016 takes a deep dive into a world where Mars is populated, people slice genes for fun and pocket whales are the hot pet trend. The look is spot-on, right down to the light-blue baer across the top.

Reddit3016 is thick with inside jokes. There's a post noting that subreddit category /r/cringe is now /r/ShameSingularity. Cringe is known as a hotspot for people who want to share their most embarrassing moments. In 3016, it becomes known as the place where "all humiliation across the universe will be transcendentally absorbed, experienced and shared in total."

On Reddit3016, the world of Star Wars is real. There's a subreddit called "/r/DebateAJedi" and there's a reference to a future Netflix called Holoflix acquiring the rights to the bible and creating a Boba Fett crossover.

Some things don't really change. There's a debate about safety issues surrounding hoverboards, but the 3016 boards are actually the wheel-less flying boards from "Back to the Future." Hopefully, we won't have to really wait that long to all get our hoverboards.