Five Jokes: 12-6-2023
Five Jokes: 12-6-2023
Taylor Swift vs Kremlin, Tonight's GOP Debate, Yahoo News Shuts Down Gen Z Focused Site, U.S. and Europe's Trouble Catching Up With A.I., & A Woman Gets Sentenced To Working In Fast Food
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A Kremlin-Linked network used fake Taylor Swift quotes to push anti-Ukraine propaganda. Taylor vehemently condemns this use and demands that any new quotes falsely attributed to her be labelled “Kremlin’s Version” at the end.
Tonight’s GOP debate is down to 4 candidates. Well, five if you include Zormock, the invisible demon who whispers into each of their ears. “What’s a demon gotta do to get some credit around here?!”
Yahoo News shut down a Gen Z focused site. Another way of phrasing that: Old Man Accepts Wrinkles After Costly Search For Youth Serum.
The U.S. and Europe are trying to regulate artificial intelligence — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies. But instead of playing catch-up, might I suggest going back to old trusted systems? For instance, the U.S. could try redlining A.I. out of certain neighborhoods… or maybe Europe could pencil in a new “dark ages” where they forget so much that A.I. becomes their new god? I mean, no need to regulate A.I. when its regulating you, right?! [This joke was sponsored by Ultron. Ultron: He Destroys Us Out Of Love]
Finally…
A woman who threw a burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker was sentenced to work in a fast-food job to avoid further jail time. Her exact response to the verdict was…
before waking up in the body of the Chipotle worker she threw a burrito bowl at.
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A JOKE FROM SOMEONE ELSE
https://twitter.com/TommyMcNam/status/1732149384995889189
Tommy McNamara also really really loves Christmas.
STRAY THOUGHT
This is a new segment for a joke or “stray” thought of mine that doesn’t fit the standard setup/punchline format. Hopefully it’ll make me post on Twitter less. Enjoy (and feel free to share!):
SOMETHIN’ FROM THE VAULT!
Travel back in time and listen to my 2014 interview with Fawzia Mirza.
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