Five Jokes: 2-19-2025
Joe Rogan Competition, The U.S. Department of Agriculture Says "My Bad," Paul Simon On Tour, Musk Shenanigans, and Facebook's Undersea Cable
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An anti-Trump podcast has outpaced The Joe Rogan Experience by a large number of downloads — so, perhaps peace is achievable if they sit in front of each other, smoke weed, and ask questions at the same time.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who were responding to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak and is now trying to quickly bring them back. Government agents have been deployed to their homes to re-create the famous moment from Say Anything. The only difference: The boom box is playing “Y.M.C.A.”
Paul Simon is un-retiring from touring. Fans believe he’s in search of the mythical 51st way to leave your lover.
An Elon Musk ally demanded admin access to a system that lets the government text the public. Now, we as a nation wait patiently for the first Dank Meme Alert.
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Facebook will build the world's longest undersea cable — increasing the speed of “poking” a friend by trillions. No, that’s bot a bug bite, its the feeling of an acquaintance you vaguely remember from summer camp finding the weirdest way to re-connect.
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