Five Jokes: 4-8-2024
Solar Eclipse Day, U.S./China Relations, The Vatican's Hard Stance On Gender Theory, Résumé Discrimination, and Tesla's RoboTaxis
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Anyway, here are Five Jokes!
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The U.S. will experience its second total solar eclipse in seven years today — which explains the sudden “new cologne” scent reported across the continent.
The US-China relationship appears to be warming up, but Russia could still be a sticking point. All of this is, of course, based on which U.N. officials have been sitting next to each other at the lunch table all week — leading many to speculate we’re on the brink of Food Fight III.
The Vatican blasted gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity — stating. “God’s rules are very simple, and we are each born with the exact body parts He intended for us to use.. except for that weird bit of flesh He demands we snip off of little boys.”
Economists sent similar résumés to job postings at about 100 of the largest U.S. companies — but changed the applicants’ names to suggest an ethnicity — and some companies discriminated against Black applicants much more than others. Which is why I firmly believe Tyrones should be allowed to self-identify as Dustins on job applications.
Finally…
Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil a robotaxi self-driving car in August. When asked if he’ll be riding in one, the billionaire stated, “All cars self-drive for me. Maybe that human in the front seat has something to do with it. I don’t pay for him, do I?.. I do?! Well, see… that’s why I started this business.”
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Ian Abramson invented time travel…
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A FEW GOOD READS
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SOMETHIN’ FROM THE VAULT!
There’s an all new episode of Yub Nub (the Star Wars focused podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan and Greg Iwinski) unpacking the influence Flash Gordon movie serials had on George Lucas.
And since it’s a lunar eclipse day, you might enjoy my latest
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