Five Jokes: 11-6-2023

Amazon Drones, Musk's ChatGPT Rival "Grok," The Rising Price Of Money, Mike Johnson's Strange Porn Habits, & Elvis' Second Cousin Runs For Mississippi Governor

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• After a decade of talking about deliveries by drone, Amazon is finally making them. So, look forward to regularly asking yourself questions like, “Hey, is that a war machine approaching, or just my erectile dysfunction pills?”

• Elon Musk is touting ‘real-time access to X’ as a ‘massive advantage’ for Grok — his new ChatGPT rival. You know, for a guy who changed Twitter to ‘X’ and names his children after Playstation cheat codes — “Grok” might be the most normal title he’s given anything in his life.

  • But also, who wants A.I. that’s influenced by ‘X’? If you ask it to write your term paper, the best it could do is call your professor a “woke cuck” before doxing them.

• The price of money is going up. You read that correctly — the concept of money itself is getting too expensive. Economists were tipped off when billionaires like Elon Musk started using toilet paper instead of toilet bills.

• In a resurfaced video, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson admitted that he and his son monitor each other’s porn intake. Wow. No child should have that much information about a parent. And imagine how that effects their dynamic with the other one…

  MOM: “Is your father acting a little strange to you?”

  SON: “Yeah… he’s been clicking on some pretty fringe tabs.”

  In other news, Mike an his son are launching a new “porn watchers” service called Mi Johnson Es Su Johnson.

Finally…

• Elvis’ second cousin, Brandon Presley, is campaigning to become the first Democratic governor of Mississippi in over 20 years. If he really wants the to win, he’ll launch an initiative to give Black people their dance moves back.

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