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Question of the Week

Comedy or Drama?

Marlene Babcock, 62, dental insurance appeals specialist

Allegedly laughing through the pain at 19 Last Laugh Lane, Scranton, PA

Comedy. I have enough drama in my life without paying fourteen dollars to watch somebody else's marriage collapse. If I want two hours of emotional devastation, I can call my sister and ask how Thanksgiving went.

Russell Pritchard, 56, municipal parking enforcement supervisor

Allegedly confronting the human condition at 404 Tragic Ending Boulevard, Akron, OH

Drama. Comedy encourages people to believe things will work out. Drama prepares them for reality. My favorite films end with everybody miserable and at least one person staring silently out a window. That is what I call an honest evening's entertainment.

Gloria Nettleton, 73, retired church organist

Allegedly awaiting the final curtain at 8 Mixed Emotions Circle, Peoria, IL

I prefer a comedy that gradually becomes a drama. That is how life works. Everybody starts out laughing, somebody makes a questionable decision, and before you know it the family is gathered in a hospital corridor discussing who gets the good china.

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

philmaggitti tech satire 8 months

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

philmaggitti tech satire 8 months

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

philmaggitti tech satire 9 months

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

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 10 months

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..

Music Technology

AI Music: When Toasters Top the Charts

T.J. Eckleburg music, tech satire 11 months

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.

Music Technology

Sony Software Will Limit CD Plays (Tech Satire)

philmaggitti music, tech satire 1 year

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)

philmaggitti tech satire 1 year

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

Captcha dressed as a bandito, brandishing a rifle.

"Stop right where you are."

Technology

Captcha: The Digital Inquisition

T.J. Eckleburg 1 year

Before you may enter this website, O mere mortal, you must prove your humanity. Not with kindness. Nor with empathy. But with a sacred trial… Read More