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Interview w/ journalist and Philip Lewis & Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
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Each weekday I send five jokes to subscribers who then vote on their favorites. Below are THE TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 3-31-2024
Elon Musk sold the social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal. Unfortunately, his mother walked in on him doing it.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 4-1-2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has mandated that physical fitness tests for military combat roles be “sex-neutral,” bringing to an end lower standards for some female troops. When asked if this “sex-neutrality” goal could unintentionally lower the standards for all men, Hegseth explained, “Oh, no, we’re working on that. Just the white ones.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 4-2-2025
A startup says it can clean your blood of microplastics. Only catch — the device used to do so is clearly made out of macro plastics.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 4-3-2025
On Wednesday, the same day Mark Zuckerberg was spotted at the White House, a Meta spokesperson confirmed it to POLITICO Magazine: “Mark and Priscilla have purchased a home in D.C., which will allow Mark to spend more time there as Meta continues the work on policy issues related to American technology leadership.” It’s reported that the Zuckerberg’s invited the president over for a fresh pot of A.I. slop — this jokes sponsor. Try A.I. Slop! Meta’s new brand of food that briefly looks like soup, then looks like a vulgar sexual act, then like soup again. You’ll love it, then hate it, then love it again!
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 4-4-2025
For the first time, CBS will broadcast the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards — which is a casual way of saying, if MTV means anything to you, you’re old now.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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