Five Jokes: 1-7-2025
McDonald’s vs DEI, Justin Trudeau‘s Resignation, Zendaya’s Engagement, Instagram’s Experimental A.I. , and Netflix's WWE Debut
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McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals. Anyone from Boston will tell you, that sounds exactly like something a man named McDonald would do.
The change also explains the fast food empire’s new jingle, which swaps the 🎵BA DA BA BA BA / I’M LOVIN’ IT🎵 with the more controversial — 🎵BA DA, DEE - EEE - I / I’M KILLIN’ IT🎵
Personally, I’m just glad they’re keeping the clown makeup white.
Justin Trudeau has announced his intention to resign as Canadian prime minister. Upon hearing the news, President Biden spit out his Metamucil and shouted “YOU CAN DO THAT?!”
Zendaya is engaged to Tom Holland. The two met on the set of Spider-Man… so by Marvel logic, this merger will spawn at least 12 spin-offs and — if they don’t sign a prenup — could even lead to a few multiversal re-casts.
Instagram is testing a feature that auto-generates images of users in various situations and drops them into their feed. All fun and games until an A.I. photo of you eating a hot dog on a rollercoaster is uploaded the same day as your mother’s funeral.
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Hulk Hogan was intensely booed during WWE’s Netflix debut. However, they began to halt as it became abundantly clear that he’s into it. “CANT’T KINK SHAME ME, BROTHER!!”
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Trudeau didn't "resign"- he was targeted by a massive doxxing campaign by his political party and the others, and they put his back up against the wall. I don't know what this "loss of confidence" shit is about, but, apparently, it is not illegal.
They just want people to THINK he went out by his own choice...