Five Jokes: 10-19-2023

Barnes & Nobles Stores Get A Redesign, Netflix Raises Prices, JK Rowling Is Willing To Go To Prison, There My Be Health Benefits To Snoozing, and... Amazon Sold Pee

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Hey! It’s Thursday, the actors strike is nearing its 100th day, and here are Five (Oscar-worthy) Jokes!

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• Barnes & Noble is redesigning its stores to attract more customers. A key point of the redesign is replacing the words “Barnes” and “Noble” with “Shake” and “Shack.”

• After cracking down on password sharing, Netflix has seen a spike in new subscribers, and is now raising its price again. The company is even promoting a bold new feature to incentivize paying the new fees: A big guy named Tony who knocks on your door holding a bat.

• JK Rowling says she would “happily” do prison time over her transgender views. But her supporters worry that prison could push her away from their values. The last thing they need is a witch who self-identifies as a grand wizard.

• A new study shows that briefly snoozing your alarm can have some health benefits. For instance, conductors of the study found a sharp decrease in work related stress once patients were fired for showing up late.

Finally…

• Amazon let its drivers’ urine be sold as an energy drink. Which begs only one logical question: HOW LONG HAS SUPERMAN BEEN AN AMAZON DRIVER?!

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A JOKE FROM SOMEONE ELSE!

Hoff Matthews has been churning out tons of hilarious videos on a near-daily basis. One of my favorites is a Conan O’Brien-esque cop show parody called Gundick. And you can pretty much assume how it goes. However, Matthews is known for his love of horror — which you can see come to life in this quick joke about one of the scariest people known to man.

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