Five Jokes: 6-6-2024
A Potential Planet Cooling Device, Presidential TikToks, New Study On Dog Emotions, Vice Is Back?, and McDonald's Trademark Disputes
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Leaders of a California city voted to stop scientists from testing a salt-spraying device they say could help cool the planet. One leader of the opposition stated, “You know, we’ve got plenty of bays in California — but salt ain’t one of ‘em.”
Donald Trump topped US President Joe Biden in terms of an audience on TikTok with just one video. Of course, the people tuning into both only do so because they think it’s one of those TikToks where someone pranks their grandpa. Pranks on us instead. Touché, presidents… touché…
A study finds that dogs are finding it harder to express their emotions. Which explains these ads I’ve been seeing all over the internet:
Vice Media founder Shane Smith will reportedly host a video podcast featuring talk-show host Bill Maher as a recurring guest. The show was developed after one of them suggested, “What if we made a version of Desus & Mero that was bland, predictable, and totally unnecessary to the broader culture?”
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McDonald’s lost a European Union trademark dispute over the Big Mac name after a top European Union court sided Wednesday with Irish fast food rival Supermac’s. Luckily McDonalds still owns the trademark for Bigger Mac, Jumbo Mac, and HBO Mac.
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A Juneteenth proposal from Skyler Higley…
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Some dogs can express their emotions more easily than others...