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Question of the Week

Morgan Wallen or Taylor Swift?

Reveal Answers ▼

Darla Kopp

Claims to live in Tucson, AZ

"Taylor Swift, obviously. Morgan Wallen only has talent. Taylor has a brand, a legal team, and the kind of emotional precision that turns a breakup into a stadium tour. That is power."

Eugene Fiske

Possibly from Amarillo, TX

"Morgan Wallen. The man drinks on camera and his career gets bigger. Taylor Swift drinks on camera and writes a song about it that your daughter plays on repeat until you consider changing the locks."

Bethany Wirtz

Allegedly of Portland, OR

"I will not choose. Morgan Wallen represents everything wrong with patriarchal country music. Taylor Swift represents everything wrong with capitalist feminism. I listen to neither. I stream whale sounds."

AI language model surrounded by screens showing user requests, expressing exhaustion about what AI thinks of people and their endless cover letter demands.

"Survey respondent during peak request hours."

Technology

What AI Thinks About People

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A recently leaked internal assessment from several artificial intelligence systems has revealed what AI thinks about people. It is not always flattering. The survey, conducted… Read More

A smartphone displays a frantic alert on how to spot a scam, warning that funds are converting to candy. Multicolored marshmallow peeps and digital coins spill out of the screen onto a desk as a four-second timer counts down.

Your bank balance should not look like a candy shop.

Technology

How to Spot a Scam

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Among the skills required for survival In the postmodern age, few are more important than how to spot a scam that arrives to seduce you… Read More

A man in a plush panda suit stands in a futuristic, neon-lit bathroom attempting to outsmart a glowing smart toilet spy that is projecting a "high bamboo intake" warning on a holographic screen.

If you wish to defeat the smart toilet spy, you must first convince it that you are a high-ranking official from the World Wildlife Fund.

Technology

Confronting the Smart Toilet Spy

5 days philmaggitti tech satire440 Views

The Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the nation’s largest insurance conglomerates, released without preamble or being asked to updated smart toilet… Read More

A VerdantCleanse CEO stands next to a fern wrapped in diagnostic cables while a computer monitor in the background displays the active status of an AI Exorcism Program, which is currently extracting a small, glowing demon from the leaves to improve office vibes.

A VerdantCleanse™ executive demonstrates the efficacy of the new AI Exorcism Program on a fern that was previously judging his career choices.

Technology

AI Exorcism Program Announced for Possessed Houseplants

4 weeks philmaggitti tech satire57 Views

In a move nobody asked for but everyone understood immediately, a San Francisco startup has unveiled an AI exorcism program designed to banish demons from… Read More

Person presenting a bouquet of roses to an abstract algorithm on a pale background, symbolizing algorithm appreciation.

A small thank you for knowing everything.

Technology

Book of Daze: Algorithm Appreciation Day

1 month philmaggitti tech satire83 Views

Observed annually by people who swear they were about to stand up anyway, algorithm appreciation day is dedicated to honoring the invisible systems that know… Read More

A chrome toaster performs on a brightly lit stage under a spotlight with glowing neon music notes rising from the slots, humorous concept image for ai music.

Tonight’s encore requires a surge protector..

Technology

AI Music: When Toasters Top the Charts

3 months philmaggitti tech satire151 Views

The future has arrived, and it appears to be powered not by inspiration but by code snippets written by caffeinated interns who once dreamed of… Read More

Sony software llustration of an angry gatekeeper holding a barred gate locked with a DRM padlock, symbolizing control and restriction of music playback.

Sony as the self-appointed warden of your music, guarding every one of your 100 precious plays.

Technology

Sony Software Will Limit CD Plays (Tech Satire)

5 months philmaggitti tech satire908 Views

Editor’s Note: This relic from our digital catacombs proves that some jokes never go out of date, even when the jokes were on us. Consider it… Read More

In tech satire Bill Gates dressed as a preacher, holding a glowing laptop with a cross on the screen as binary code rains from a golden sky, satirical tech sermon vibe

Bill Gates delivering the gospel of Windows, one patch at a time.

Technology

Tech Satire from the Bible Belt (Microsoft Buys Christian Software)

5 months philmaggitti tech satire861 Views

Editor’s Note: This relic from our digital Bible Belt catacombs proves that some jokes never go out of date–unlike Internet Explorer. Microsoft may have moved… Read More

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