Five Jokes: 10-21-2024

New 'You Are The Genre' podcast + Donald Trump At McDonald's, A U.S. Investigation, 'Alien: Romulus' On VHS, Comic Con's Emergency Tailors, and Johnson & Johnson Psychedelics

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• Donald Trump served up McDonald’s fries over the weekend while dodging question on minimum wage — adding to the elaborate list of other things he’s dodged, like bullets, Tiffany, and the draft.

• The United States is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel's plans to attack Iran. But it’s hard to tell if circling around suspects and singing 🎵WHO TOOK DOCUMENTS ON THEIR PLAN OF ATTACK🎵 is doing the trick.

• Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release — the perfect gift for saying “Hey, here’s a box.”

• At Comic Con, emergency superhero tailors are on standby, armed with glue guns and Popsicle sticks. And just like that… a FEMA employee got a bold new idea for the pitch meeting.

  

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• A Johnson & Johnson ketamine-derived drug for treating depression is taking off after a slow start, illustrating the challenges of using psychedelic-based therapies for mental health. Searching for a means of boosting sales, they’re packaging all new psychedelic drugs like tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

  

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