Five Jokes: 4-10-2025
Instagram Codes, Pentagon AI, British SNL, A.I. Education, and A Preferred Name Firing
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Instagram is testing locked reels that can be accessed with secret codes. Soon, only true fans will be able to unlock Dan Brown’s latest dance challenge video.
The Pentagon is working to incorporate AI into everything and has given investigators a status update. Three words: Target Missile Tamagotchi.
NBC’s comedy institution Saturday Night Live is crossing the pond to launch a British edition. It’s guaranteed to be funnier than the American version, because if you don’t like a joke, you’ll still laugh at the accent. “Ooooh weey, What up with that, bruv?”
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon repeatedly referred to A.I. ‘A One’ in a school speech — inanvertedly inventing a new phrase for television and film studio execs: “This production could use a little A.I. sauce…”
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A Florida high school teacher lost her job after using a student's preferred name. When notified, the teacher referred to her bosses with a series of her own preferred names for them, beginning with Piece Of, Mother, and Ass.
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