"What if..." Ideas by BluesCluesFan2023

"What if...": The World Without Video Games

 * 5 days before: The government starts creating a new law that bans video games.
 * 5 minutes before: The new law is revealed to the public.
 * 1 second before: The new law is official. Video games are banned!
 * Starts at 0 seconds: We now live in a world without video games.
 * After 5 minutes: Video game haters clap and cheer as they say goodbye to video games.
 * After 1 day: Gamers get bored because they have nothing to do.
 * After 2 days: People start to become a bit more active.
 * After 4 days: Nintendo, Sega, and other video game companies start to go bankrupt.
 * After 6 days: Gamers become ex-gamers and they start getting some exercise.
 * After 7 days: People start to sell their video game consoles for small amounts of money.
 * After 9 days: Twitch streamers who focus on gaming delete their accounts forever.
 * After 10 days: Work becomes the main focus for computers because video games are banned.
 * After 12 days: Fitness starts to rise in popularity.
 * After 15 days: Children start to get better grades in school.
 * After 25 days: Video games have now disappeared from every store in the country. That's more than 5,000 stores!
 * After 30 days: Many people start visiting gyms.
 * After 45 days: Many people become athletes.
 * After 60 days: The entire country has become much smarter.
 * After 100 days: It has been 100 days without video games, and this milestone is celebrated.
 * After 120 days: Some people start to watch TV and read books instead of play video games.
 * After 160 days: Some children start loving school because, without video games, they don't have much else to do.
 * After 200 days: The average IQ of a person has risen significantly.
 * After 220 days: Some people get creative and start painting some pictures.
 * After 250 days: An athlete becomes the most popular job in the country.
 * After 270 days: Some people start taking walks to pass the time.
 * After 300 days: Many people do interesting things, like planting and playing some music.
 * After 320 days: The country becomes a bit quieter because there are no loud video games.
 * After 350 days: The country has become a better place, and many people are happy.
 * After 1 year: Taking walks replace all other types of transportation. It has also been an entire year without video games!
 * After 3 years: Gardening and exercising become very popular hobbies.
 * After 5 years: Pollution decreases significantly because many people start caring for the Earth.
 * After 10 years: The disappearance of video games has made the world become both better, and greener!
 * After 30 years: Technology is becoming advanced, but that doesn't mean video games are coming back!
 * After 50 years: The world is now a much better place thanks to the disappearance of video games!

"What if...": No One Can Lie

 * 50 years before: Time has flown, and we are in the year 2100.
 * 30 years before: Political tensions, territorial conflicts, and ideological battles have become usual.
 * 25 years before: In this world dishonesty, white lies, deceit, and deception are quite common for everyone.
 * 22 years before: Amidst the chaos of our times, a collective powerful desire for peace has emerged.
 * 20 years before: A breakthrough in science has led to the development of a truth serum.
 * 15 years before: In order to calm the global rage, politicians have decided to insert this poison into everyone.
 * 1 second before: After years, this venom has been spread and all the population has already consumed it.
 * Starts at 0 seconds: From now on, no person in the world is capable of lying under any circumstances.
 * After 1 day: A shift in societal norms towards openness and honesty will change how people interact.
 * After 2 days: Marital disputes will appear due to honesty about appearance or dissatisfaction.
 * After 4 days: The absence of lies in a society will lead to a dramatic shift in social manners.
 * After 5 days: Frauds will not be possible because of scammers telling the truth about their techniques.
 * After 6 days: The media will undergo a transformation, focusing on in-depth reporting / journalism.
 * After 8 days: With politicians unable to lie, there will be a massive shift in political dynamics.
 * After 10 days: Friendships will dissolve as individuals will tend to confront and criticize their friends.
 * After 15 days: Arguments over differing political beliefs will be more common than they are now.
 * After 20 days: Celebrities will struggle to manage their public image and, so, their celebrity reputation.
 * After 30 days: People will have difficulties keeping their accomplishments quiet, leading to resentment.
 * After 50 days: Flirting sill take on a new dynamic and will become more fluent and direct.
 * After 60 days: As people will become increasingly honest, concerns about privacy will gain attention.
 * After 80 days: People will start to be afraid of unsolicited opinions.
 * After 100 days: Companies won't be able to hide information, leading to a loss of competitive advantage.
 * After 115 days: Advertisers will be forced to promote products and services based on their actual merits.
 * After 150 days: Dating apps will require new features for filtering potential matches.
 * After 200 days: In a world without the ability to lie, religious conflicts will increase.
 * After 220 days: In a world where people won't be able to lie, crimes will become much easier to solve.
 * After 250 days: It will be difficult to maintain national security because of not being able to hide vulnerabilities.
 * After 300 days: Corporations will have to reveal their full financial records, leading to an increased security.
 * After 350 days: Job interviews will be harder to pass as there will be complete honesty from both sides.
 * After 1 year: Mental health problems will be reduced as emotional conversations will become usual.
 * After 2 years: Courts will become overwhelmed with cases as more people will sue others for offenses.
 * After 4 years: Tourists will offend locals by openly expressing negative opinions about their culture.
 * After 5 years: Unvarnished truths will lead to faster and more direct progress in scientific research.
 * After 25 years: People will learn to accept all the critics and not get hurt because of other's opinions.
 * After 50 years: Children growing up in this world will be raised with a strong emphasis on honesty.

"What if...": Humans Didn't Age

 * 5 years before: Time has flown, and we are in the year 2200.
 * 4 years before: Scientists are trying to create something to prevent older people from passing away.
 * 2 years before: Special pills are made so that people can stop getting old when taking them.
 * 1 year before: Doctors start testing these pills on people to see if they are safe.
 * 30 days before: Not even a year after these tests, these pills are everywhere, and anyone can get them.
 * 1 day before: Almost everyone wants these pills, so once available people start taking them.
 * Starts at 0 seconds: From now on, and thanks to these pills, humans won't ever age again.
 * After 1 second: People will become really happy about not getting old and living eternally.
 * After 1 hour: One missed thing will be birthdays, as they won't happen because of people not getting older.
 * After 1 day: People will learn to wait for things because the value of time will be lower.
 * After 7 days: Society will talk about what's right and wrong when everyone can live forever.
 * After 30 days: People will begin to wonder if these pills are safe for a long time, as their tests were short.
 * After 60 days: People will be asked big questions about life and why we're here.
 * After 100 days: Those doing bad things will stay longer in jail, as living forever will reduce the value of time.
 * After 150 days: People will learn new things easily, taking more time and, so, in a more calmed way.
 * After 200 days: Some will have lots of money, and others will have very little, which will increase inequality.
 * After 250 days: A huge number of humans will feel sad because of the fact that they will live longer.
 * After 300 days: Homes for older people won't be needed anymore in this new society.
 * After 1 year: Your body will be able to use food better, which will help you stay healthy.
 * After 1.5 years: People will want to do even more important things during their long lives.
 * After 2 years: Workers will need to work for a longer time before leaving their jobs.
 * After 4 years: Society will become worried about hurting the planet because of the increasing population.
 * After 5 years: There will be more and more people in the world, as old people won't die as before.
 * After 8 years: People will talk and debate about what makes life important.
 * After 10 years: We will reach a point where there will be too many people for the Earth to handle.
 * After 12 years: Rules will be made by the governments about how many babies people can have.
 * After 14 years: People will move to every imaginable place of the Earth surface.
 * After 15 years: The use of machines to help people doing things better will increase.
 * After 20 years: Scientists and engineers will increase the focus on space travel and exploration.
 * After 50 years: People will start travelling to other places in the universe looking for places to live.
 * After 80 years: People will start living on other planets because of planet Earth being overpopulated.
 * After 100 years: Going to other planets will become something people will do often.
 * After 150 years: People will build incredible towns and cities on other planets.
 * After 250 years: There will be many spaceships and people in space, leading to traffic in space.
 * After 500 years: People will even go to live to faraway galaxies, trying to find places with more space to live.