--- title: Internet Life Hack Memes Look to Year 3017 description: These hilarious life hacks have denizens of the internet insisting that their creators are living in the future. canonical: https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-21T18:42:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:44.477Z og:title: The Internet Is Already Getting Excited About the Year 3017 og:description: The meme of the future is already here og:url: https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Already Getting Excited About the Year 3017 twitter:description: The meme of the future is already here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Quite Busy Imagining the World of Year 3017 With These Life Hacks > Sponsored content. 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From bold, [tech-savvy business cards](http://time.com/4820591/viral-rapper-business-card/) to unexpected uses of a toaster, these fellow humans have leveled up in ways that the rest of us can only imagine, leaving internet denizens impressed — and certain that their creativity speaks to a future, evolved version of humanity in which food is consumed with efficiency, screens are made use of to their true maximum potential, stores understand the pitfalls of the dressing room. And then there’s the cyclist with the truly unexpected speed hack, and the teen with the sneaky way of avoiding parental oversight. Check out some of the best ideas of what life will be like in 3017, below. > [](https://twitter.com/nothinbutlag/status/864594620809969664) > [](https://twitter.com/nurulfaiqa/status/875682751021588482) > [](https://twitter.com/marissuh%5Fx/status/873972069314187264) > [](https://twitter.com/connzillaa/status/874772720835317760) > [](https://twitter.com/NamelusWonder/status/874349431256211460) > [](https://twitter.com/rhys12%5F/status/874129371493265409) > [](https://twitter.com/lalevantine%5F/status/874105601638502401) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Quite Busy Imagining the World of Year 3017 With These Life Hacks","datePublished":"2017-06-21T18:42:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:44.477Z","description":"These hilarious life hacks have denizens of the internet insisting that their creators are living in the future.","url":"https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4826728/3017-twitter-meme/","name":"The Internet Is Quite Busy Imagining the World of Year 3017 With These Life Hacks"}}]}] ```