People are predicting 2016 headlines, and it's a dystopian nightmare

No one can predict the future with any certainty, but it's fun to try.

That's precisely what the #Likely2016Headlines hashtag has attempted to do, and has managed to deliver a few chucklesome offerings.

Here's a selection of some of our favourites, we hope you enjoy them:

The entries range from old fads...

...to new twists on old jokes...

...to the fixations and practices of our modern media:

There were some politically-minded entries too. Some were more lighthearted...

...others less so.

And as always, the despairing for the utter state of humanity in the 21st Century:

Happy New Year!