Five Jokes: 7-16-2024
Five Jokes: 7-16-2024
J.D. Vance, Disney Hack, Amber Rose At The RNC, Foreign Perspective On America, and Gen Z vs Tech
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Donald Trump has chosen Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his GOP running mate. Doctors warn that if elected, Vance would be “just one fatal McRib away from the presidency.”
Hackers claim to have accessed 1.1 TB of Disney Slack messages. Disney can either pay them 10 million dollars or risk having their lunch orders leaked to the public.
Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention. When Republican husbands were asked who she is, they nationally convened with their laptops and deleted their search history.
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump, coming so soon after President Biden’s stumbles during the recent presidential debate, is reinforcing an impression outside the U.S. that the world’s pre-eminent superpower is entering an unusually turbulent and unpredictable period, prompting allies to question its reliability and foes to gloat. So, it’s , like, really important that we wear something nice to the next NATO session.
Finally…
Business Insider reports that for Gen Z, working in tech has a negative aura. To counteract this narrative, tech companies are only hiring them as “vibe assessors.”
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