Five Jokes: 5-24-2024
Biden's Meme Manager Search, Pitfalls Of Google’s AI Overviews, Private Likes On 'X,' The Likeliness Of Trump VP Tom Cotton, and Musk's Satellites In The Russia/Ukraine War
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Biden is hiring a meme manager and is willing to pay up to $85,000. Wow! Can you believe that? I mean, in a time like this, who would even — uh… oops, how did this get here?!
Google’s AI Overviews feature is delivering incorrect answers faster than ever. Said women everywhere, “So… the new feature is a man?” Quick… wrong… yet oddly confident about it… A better name for the service would be: Brad.
Elon Musk's X is making 'likes' private by default so people can like NSFW posts without worrying. Most users enjoy this feature despite growing concern that Elon Musk will post his own original NSFW content. “Is that a raw turkey or… oh no…”
Senator Tom Cotton is Suddenly among the top candidates for Trump’s VP. And for the Black people out there. Don’t worry. I already Googled for you. He’s white. Lord knows we don’t need Black republicans with a name like that.
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Ukrainian officials say that Russia is using advanced technology to interfere with Ukrainian troops’ internet service, which comes from Elon Musk’s satellites. To which Elon Musk clarified, “No, making ‘likes’ private is a feature not a bug.”
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