Five Jokes: 7-7-2025
New Credit Scores, France's Seine River, UFC At The White House, Psychedelic Chatbots, and A Controversial Video Game
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'Buy now, pay later' purchases can now affect your credit score — forcing many to consider the “steal now, confess if tried” method utilized by most banking executives.
Officials now say France’s Seine river meets European water quality standards on most days. This, of course, matches France’s “yeah… it’s probably fine” rule for stinky cheese.
President Trump is thinking of staging a UFC fight at the White House next year as one of of the many events celebrating America's 250th birthday. However, it’s a bit concerning that he intends on dressing up as Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained during the festivities.
People are using AI chatbots to guide their psychedelic trips. But for the same effects, just hop into a self-driving Tesla, sober.
deep cut side note: any Temptations fans have “Psychedelic Chat, That’s Where It’s At” stuck in their heads right now?!
Finally…
A video game on 'gold diggers' is fuelling a sexism debate in China. But, things would’ve been worse had they gone with their original plan of hiring Kanye West to develope it.
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