Five Jokes: 11-27-2024

America's 'Moana' Hours, LinkedIn's A.I. Overload, Donald Trump's Transition Agreement, A Lawsuit Over Vibes, and Mexican President Approved Music

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• According to Nielson, Americans have spent 1 billion hours watching “Moana.” Yeah, election night was rough.

• A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success. That same analysis suggests that if you’ve got time to write a long post on LinkedIn you ain’t really looking for a job in the first damn place.

• Donald Trump’s team has signed a key transition agreement with the Biden White House. Upon hearing the term “transition,” representative Nancy Mace proposed a bill restricting Trump’s team to “MAGA bathrooms.”

  

• One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hawking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over vibes. To make matters worse, its reported that after taking a liking to both of their videos, the judge in this case has redesigned the courtroom to be beige and minimalist. Perfect for their live-streamed Amazon recommendations during jury deliberations.

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• Mexico’s president has a plan to promote non-violent music over ‘narco corridos’ a.k.a. “drug ballads” — however, her live barbershop quartet rendition of I’m In Love With The Coca-Cola is said to has caused more violence than expected.

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