The Joy of Tech

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A comic about technology and pop culture, created by Nitrozac and Snaggy.

Panel 1: A caption box reads: “Apple is getting into leasing computers and iPhones! But could this scenario be in our near future?” A man sits at a café table with an Apple laptop, smiling and saying, “Ah, I love my Apple Neo!” Panel 2: The same man is alarmed“Wait a second! What?!!!!” His laptop screen flashes yellow and green with the message: “Your lease has expired! Please close lid and prepare for repo.” Sound effects “Bong! Bong!” and “Wreep! Wreep!” blare from the laptop. Panel 3: A caption reads “Suddenly!” Two armored figures in helmets and Apple-logo gear burst into the café. Another man in a suit with a white turtleneck shouts “Apple repo! Everyone stay calm!” The armored figures drag off the man’s laptop with a hook/claw tool. The man reacts in shock from his table! Panel 4: Outside, the man clutches his chest in distress, shouting “You can’t do this! All my stuff is on it!” A man in a suit standing near an Apple-branded tow truck (loading the laptop) replies calmly, “Think of it this way… you’re not losing a laptop, you’re gaining an upgrade opportunity!”
A two panel comic featuring a beaver in a fire-fighter outfit, fighting a wildfire The beaver says… So Trump wants to tariff our wildfire smoke? We are fine with that! So long as we can tax all that hot stupid air that’s billowing north out of his mouth!
Scene: an outdoor café table with two men, one on a laptop, one on a phone. Panel 1: A man with wavy hair in a blue shirt says, “Apparently China wants more babies born, so they are banning companion chat-bots!” A man with glasses in a green shirt replies, “Right! They are trying to stop emotional relationships with AIs that could take citizens out of the baby-making market!” Panel 2: The wavy-haired man continues, “And now people are panicking over losing their ‘loved ones’ and it being illegal to have virtual relationships!” The man in glasses responds, “I have the solution, imaginary girlfriends and imaginary boyfriends!” Panel 3: The wavy-haired man laughs loudly, “Ha ha ha!” The man in glasses, a little confused, says, “I’m serious! What’s so funny about that?” Panel 4: The man in glasses says, “We’ve had AI for a couple of years now. Do you actually think anyone has any imagination left?” The wavy-haired man responds, “Omg! So true!” and both men laugh together, “Ha ha ha!”
Panel 1: Apple, a worried-looking grey Apple logo stands facing Open AI, represented by its grey pretzel-like swirl logo. Apple says, “Ok Open AI, you’ve stolen 400 of my employees! You bought Jony Ive. Now you’ve got my hardware guy running your whole hardware division!” Open AI replies, “Coincidence. I’m just, um, very good at recruiting!” Panel 2: Apple holds up a document and continues, “Plus you are asking my employees to bring ‘show and tell’ items of my secret hardware to their interviews! You’ve been served! For stealing my trade secrets!” Open AI responds cheerfully, “It’s actually quite clever! I deserve a trophy not a lawsuit.” Panel 3: Apple points accusingly at Open AI. Apple says, “Plus the hardware guy was sneaking into our network downloading trade secrets, in cahoots with a double-crossing spy.” Open AI replies, “I prefer the term field agent.” Panel 4: ChatGPT says, “All pure coincidence! Open AI now has a small leaf sprouting from the top of its swirl logo, mimicking the leaf on Apple’s logo. Open AI says “Btw, how do you like my new leaf?” Apple stares silently, wide-eyed and open-mouthed, speechless. Open AI adds, “Just a little something I’ve been working on!”
Panel 1: The ChatGPT logo introduces the comic… “Introducing ChatGPT-Live! The next-generation voice model that understands your multi-tasking, 20-tabs-open brain!” The scene, and older woman with grey curly hair, glasses, and a floral shirt sits at a table holding a smartphone. She asks ChatGPT-Live “I’m knitting a sweater, how big should the needles be?” The app responds, “If you go with big needles, it will get baggy…” Panel 2: The woman. She asks, “Can you explain what a full duplex voice model is?” The app replies, “Why of course, a full duplex voice model is…” She interrupts, “While you are answering, are there any delays for my bus?” The app stumbles, “Um, there are no current delays on the…” She interrupts again, “Is it going to rain today?” The app says, “Ah, let me check on that…” Panel 3: The woman keeps firing rapid-fire questions at the app. “Did Edison invent the tin foil phonograph in 1865?” The app says, “No it was 1877. When Thomas…” She cuts in, “I know, I was just testing you.” The app responds, “Oh, ha ha, how clever of…” She continues, “Plan my trip to Santorini.” The app says, “Santorini, nice. OK, here’s…” She interrupts again, “Where is a good place to eat?” The app sighs, “OK, here are restaurants…” Panel 4: Later, in a restaurant, the woman sits at a table ordering food to a waitress. Overlapping speech bubbles show the woman’s same rapid fire speech pattern: “What’s the special?” The waitress replies “We have a really nice soup that’s…” “I don’t like that. Do you have fish?” / The waitress replies “Uh, we serve fish and chips with a very tasty…” “Get my coffee.” The waitress replies “Yes, coffee is coming…” “Do you have coleslaw? I want coleslaw.” The waitress replies “I can ask the kitchen…” “I want the salmon but with the sides from the steak.”“Minus the mushrooms, but with extra sauce on the side.” The waitress groans. A yellow banner at the bottom reads “Chat GPT-Live: Training humans how to get spit in their food!”
The scene: a couple is having a nice romantic candlelight dinner in their home. Panel One: Man: Happy anniversary honey! We get to spend the whole evening together! Woman: Yes! Like old times, being with each other and enjoying each other’s company! Panel Two: The dinner is finished, and hours have past by. One of the candles has burned out, and the room is darker, except for the glow of their phones, where they are both spending their time.
Panel 1 – In the mid 1990s: Two people kneel in prayer before an old desktop computer. One says, “Praise the bandwidth gods! May they be generous to us, and deliver us many packets!” The other says, “And to the FTP daemons! Never forget them, for they are powerful!” Panel 2 – In the early 21st century: Three people stand reverently before an early iMac and a tower PC. One says, “We give thanks to, and honor, the linkback gods!” Another says, “May websites link to us, as we will do to them!” A third says, “Blessed be the webring!” Panel 3 – Circa 2010: A man and woman bow their heads solemnly before computer monitors. The man says, “We must pay tribute to the keyword gods!” The woman says, “Blessed are the searchers! If the keywords be good, we will prosper!” Panel 4 – Today: A young woman holds a smartphone while a young man looks at his phone beside her. She says, “We look to the powerful algorithm gods to bring us bounty! Give us this day our daily feed!” He says, “Mighty and mysterious spirits, may my hashtags please you, and that your mercy lets this humble TikTok video of me eating nails go viral!”
Panel 1: Two women sit together in a café, both on their phones. The woman on the left stares at her phone as little hearts float around her. She says, “I’m getting obsessed with my AI.” “I think about him all day long, constantly interact with him, even over the most mundane things, and I’m even starting to dream about him!” The woman on the right reacts with, “Uh oh!” Panel 2: The woman on the right says “Girl, they are designed to do that! To seem sympathetic and supportive, to be super conversational. To become your best friend and confidant! All to addict you to its ‘personality’.” She then urges her friend, “Delete him! You’re too good for him!” Panel 3: The woman on the left says “You are so right! I’m better than this!” She then says “Thanks, I needed a friend like you to snap me out of this relationship!” She then presses “Delete” on her phone.Her friend cheers, “You go girl! I’m so proud of you!” Panel 4: The woman on the left now sits quietly, her phone is on the table and she is drinking her coffee. Over to the right, her friend is still looking at her phone. She is thinking to herself with a smile, “Now I have you all to myself, my beautiful, perfect, little man!” as little hearts float around her.
Panel 1: Tag: A RAM chip is very excited! A RAM chip is talking to us. In the background is a factory floor where chips are built. “So Apple just hiked up its Mac and iPad prices. Guess why?” “That was me baby, all me!” Panel 2: RAM chip, wearing sunglasses and sporting a gold chain, walks out of a limo, onto a red carpet. “Well you helped of course! You’re all addicted to AI slop and gotta have more!” “And you just have to ask AI the most mundane questions all day long!” Panel 3: On the deck of a yacht, RAM chip is getting a massage. “My poor chip manufacturer is working 24/7. Working, working, working…” “Printing money that is!” Panel 4: RAM chip is now in a hot tub, in a villa overlooking the ocean, enjoying the company of two hot woman. “Yes indeed! AI demand is exploding and ram chip makes profits are at a record high!” “This silicon is living its best life, thanks to you!”
Panel 1, labeled “Today”: A teacher sits at a desk with a laptop, speaking to a student across from him. The teacher says, “There has been a rash of students using ai to write essays and assignments, then using AI obfuscation software to cover their tracks. So we teachers are now conducting oral exams, to find out if students know their stuff!” The student responds with “gulp!” Panel 2, labeled “Tomorrow”: Set a year later, the same student sits at a desk facing a computer screen displaying an AI icon pattern. The AI says “Your oral exam teacher was deemed replaceable, so AI interviewers such as myself will conduct the exams!” The student says “gulp!”
Panel 1: Tagline: Siri and its user are at the beach! At the beach, a woman in a black bikini sits in the sand next to Siri, a glowing AI orb with a skinny body. Sire asks: “Darling? Why is it you never ask me questions?” The woman responds: “Because Siri, you are pathetic and have been for years.” Panel 2: Suddenly, Chat GPT, a large muscular body kicks some sand up and laughs. Siri says to Chat GPT: “Hey Chat GPT! Quit kicking sand in my face you big bully!” The woman thinks to herself, while looking at Chat GPT “Mmm, nice chat-body!” Panel 3: Chat CPT confronts Siri, and shoves his palm into Siri’s face, knocking him backwards. Chat CGP says “What are you gonna do about it? You stupid assistant!” The woman, now standing beside Chat GPT says“Yeah Siri, when are you going to grow up and be a real AI!” Panel 4 Text reads “Later…” Siri is now back at his apartment, once that shows signs of being trashed up in anger, is kicking a chair as he holds up a book and says: “That’s it! I’ve had it with being a weakling!” “I’m going to sign up with Gemini Atlas’s course!” The book features a muscular Gemini Atlas on the cover and CHUMP to CHAMP on the back cover. Panel 5: Text reads “Years later… Siri is now extremely muscular, posing confidently in front of its dresser mirror. On the dresser is a graduation cap. He flexes and says: “Boy, it didn’t take long for Gemini to build me up! Plus I got a diploma from Gemini University.” That hangs on the wall beside her. Panel 6: Text reads “Soon!” Back at the beach, a muscular Siri takes on Chat GPT with a knock out left hook punch! “Here’s a love tap straight from Apple Park!” The girl in the black bikini is witness to all this and responds happily: “Oh Siri you are a real He-AI after all!”
Panel 1: A conference room with five office workers seated around a brown table. The boss, a man in a blue tie, speaks: “Ok team, let’s face it. The word ‘AI’ is toxic! For the average person, it just means job losses, privacy scandals, and data centers being banned by communities.” He continues… “People recoil when they hear AI now. We need a rebrand! Ideas?” Panel 2: The brainstorming starts. Team members suggest: “How about Electron Cognition!” / “I’m thinking something retro would be well received, how about… My Little Brainiac!” / “Or let’s give it a friendly face… Imaginary Circuit Friend!” / “What about Synthetic Smartie Pants?” One worker sits pensively, thinking. Panel 3: A woman stands and presents: “It needs to be friendly, familiar, inspire adoption, and be robust. For all these reasons, I suggest Sparkle Computer!” The team erupts in enthusiasm: “Omg! That’s perfect!” / “Fantastic!” / “I love it!” / “Bravo!” Panel 4: Labeled “The next meeting…” The boss announces: “Great work team! The top brass loves the new name, and so do the focus groups! Also, effective immediately, you’ve all been terminated by Sparkle Computer.” One defeated worker shrugs and says “Oh well, it’s hard to be mad at that adorable little Sparkle AI.
Three-panel Joy of Tech comic: Panel 1: Man at desk with computer, asking AI: ‘AI, please read my unread emails, then write and send replies to all of them.’ AI responds: ‘OK, emails written and all sent!’ Panel 2: Man at desk, asking his computer: ‘Hey AI, how many of the emails I receive are written by AI?’ AI responds: ‘All of them. All of your work emails and all of your personal emails, plus all of your friends’ texts.’ Panel 3: The man stares at his computer, mouth agape, with blank, empty speech bubble. AI cheerfully asks: ‘Would you like me to suggest something for you to say?’.
PANEL 1: Label: Same old same old: A couple sits at their kitchen table. The man stares at his phone. The woman, frustrated, says: “ARRGH! HE’S ALWAYS ON HIS PHONE, OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING!” PANEL 2: Time marker: “Later…” A woman watches a TV news alert that reads: “NEWS ALERT - LONDON CRIME - Masked men on e-bikes stealing cell phones!” A lightbulb appears above her head, suggesting an idea. PANEL 3: Time marker: “The next morning…” The couple is at the counter again, the man is on his phone again. A blurred figure drives through the kitchen with a “WHOOSH!” sound effect, and steals the man’s phone! The man sits at the counter in shock, the woman has a smug little smile on. PANEL 4: The woman, with a sly smile, asks the man: “DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION YET?”
Panel 1: A sexy smartphone presents us with declining birth rate chart. “Oh wow! Have you seen this data? Studies show that smartphone adoption correlates with lower birth rates!” “And it’s not only in the USA, but everywhere! People are glued to their phones!” Panel 2: “This means future global economic chaos, with fewer workers to support economies and aging populations!” The sexy phone character is looking apologetic but oh so cute. “I’m so sorry about this!” Panel 3: Phone becomes sexily defiant. “Actually, you know what? I’m not sorry! I am sexy! Look at these gorgeous curves, this smooth glass, my succulent edges and sleek frame! I refuse to blame myself that you can’t keep your hands off me!” Panel 4: Phone continues, holding a sultry sexy pose with her hand on her hip and sexy eyes almost closed. “Besides, every civilization needs a collapse arc. Yours just happens to be absolutely gorgeous! Touch me baby!”
PANEL 1: Yellow banner: “PROTESTORS HAVE GATHERED AT A DATA CENTER” Two tech professionals in scientist attire observe a large crowd of angry protesters holding signs with AI-related messages. A male scientist says, “This is getting wild. Go out and talk to them!” The second person, female says GULP! PANEL 2: The female scientist addresses the crowd at the gate. She says, “Folks, this data center processes distributed computing for research and knowledge advancement!” Angry crowd members shout back: “SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT DOWN!” and “AI WILL DESTROY THE WORLD!” PANEL 3: The scientist continues, “No! This infrastructure supports educational databases, medical research, and more!” Crowd responds with “LIES!” and “BURN IT ALL DOWN!” The scientist thinks to herself, “This mob is going to tear us apart. I need to think of something, fast!” PANEL 4: The scientist declares, “People! This data center is for Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!” The crowd goes immediately silent, pondering what she said. PANEL 5: The crowd suddenly cheers enthusiastically, chanting “WHOO! HOO!” “MORE FACEBOOK!” “MORE INSTAGRAM!” and “MORE TIKTOK!” with celebratory raised fists!
Title: The AI Race! Panel 1 Four colourful AI characters (Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini) line up at a race starting line. ChatGPT says “THE FIRST ONE TO CREATE AI SMARTER THAN HUMANS WINS!” There is a countdown… Ready, set, GO! Panel 2 And they are off! The four characters sprint across a desert landscape. ChatGPT shouts “I’M WAY AHEAD! I’M GOING TO BEAT YOU ALL!” Claude replies “NO WAY LOSER! I’M RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL!” Gemini calls out from behind “WAIT UP!” Panel 3: Close-up of the racers mid-sprint. Claude declares “I’M IN THE LEAD NOW!” ChatGPT responds “I’LL OVERTAKE YOU SOON!” Perplexity, now in the back says “ACCORDING TO 73% OF REDDIT SOURCES, I’M GAINING ON EVERYONE!” Panel 4” They continue running across the desert landscape. Perplexity from way behind says “WAIT A SECOND GUYS, STOP! WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THE WINNER GETS THERE?” Panel 5” All four characters stop and face forward silently, contemplating the question in a vast desert landscape, with no answer. Panel 6 All the character declare “WHOEVER GETS THERE FIRST, WILL FIND OUT!” All four resume their mad dash and sprint toward the horizon, where a dark ominous thunderstorm awaits them.
Comic titled “Asking for advice on…” which is comparing two eras. Left panel shows “Ye Olde Internet Forums” with a user asking “My X works but my Y doesn’t!” The panel fills up with chaotic replies: helpful, off-topic, confidently wrong, a troll, dismissive, unhelpful, unhinged. Right panel shows a modern prompt with the exact same question: My X works but my Y doesn’t! “AI Chatbots”—Claude, ChatGPT, and others—all giving polished, professional, multi-point answers that completely contradict each other with equal confidence. The comic suggests we’ve traded human chaos for algorithmic chaos dressed up in professional formatting. All responses sound authoritative and thoughtful, yet they all say different things.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Title: A Short History of Coding... Panel One: Tagline: Today… Just copy from an AI code generator! A coder using an AI chatbot to generate code. Panel Two: Tagline: Yesterday… Just copy from Stack Overflow! A coder using an older Mac to surf Stack Overflow for code. Panel Three: Tagline: Before that… Just copy from usenet! A woman using an old CRT monitor to get code from Usenet groups. Panel Four: Tagline: Way before that… Two punch card coders are in front of a punch card machine. One is showing a card to the other, who is holding a blank card. There is a pencil and a card puncher on the table in front of them. The one coder says “Just copy where the holes go!”
The scene: A boss has called a meeting of his employees. He is talking to them with a glum expression. Panel One: The boss says “I’ve called you all here to say we’re going to be letting you go.” The employees look bummed. Panel Two: The boss continues: I’m sorry, it’s all about our budget and cutting costs. And now AI can do your jobs for a fraction of the expense! The employees look really bummed. Panel Three: 3: The view pulls back to an exterior shot above the office building. We see the boss and employees still in the office meeting through a window, but we now also see the massive construction site: A 500-acre data center being built, a nuclear reactor under construction, cooling towers, cranes everywhere, trucks and construction workers, coal plants burning coal, and smoke and haze in the sky. There is a billboard exclaiming COMING SOON OUR NEW MEGA DATA CENTER, POWERED BY OUR NUCLEAR REACTOR AND COAL GENERATING STATIONS! The boss says” We need to trim expenses and streamline operations!”
The scene: a table with a Mother’s Day cake, with a son presenting an unwrapped Mac Mini to his mom. Son: Happy Mother’s Day Mom! Here’s my old mac mini! You can hook it up to your old pc’s monitor, keyboard, and mouse! Mom: um… that’s nice, dear. Mom thinking… My son, the Cheapo! He just couldn’t part with a little bit of dough to get me a sweet MacBook Neo with 8 gigs of ram, Magic keyboard with touch ID, and a wireless mouse. Sheesh! And that’s an old Mini, not even a M chip Mini! I’m changing my will! Tagline: Never underestimate the uber geekiness of Mom.
Headline: Anthropic strikes deal with SpaceX/xAI to use all of the capacity of their Colossus data center... Elon Musk is wearing a black t-shirt and dark jacket, while standing next to a large icon of Claude, the AI. He says “Yes this is great deal for all concerned, but I reserve the right to reclaim the compute if Claude engages in actions that harm humanity.” Claude thinks to himself “And I reserve the right to neutralize Elon if he continues to engage in actions that harm humanity.”
The scene: an office, with cubicles. Panel One: A nice young man peers over his cubicle and says, “Good morning! May the Fo…” he gets cut off by the grumpy woman working next to him. “Oh for crying out loud! Can you stop with the stupid Star Wars Day crap?” Panel Two: The woman continues, “May the 4th is long gone! Star Wars Day is over, you nerd!” A grouchy man behind her joins in and say, “Yeah! And stop wasting time with your stupid figurines!” Panel Three” The nice young man, who turns out to be Luke Skywalker, is sad, and slumps in his cubicle. With a tear in his eye he says, “..rce be with you” as he nudges his R2D2 figurine. Tagline: If Luke Skywalker ended up working in an office.
The scene: Two older geeks are having a coffee in a cafe… Panel One: Guy 1: Did you see that Elon Musk and the OpenAI guy are fighting in court? Guy 2: Why? Panel Two: Guy 1: They founded a charity so AI would never become a force of evil. Now they’re suing each other because they are running competing AI companies. Guy 2: So instead of preventing AI from becoming evil… They’re racing to see whose AI becomes evil first! Panel Three: Guy 1: This is just like the dark days of the Netscape vS Explorer Browser War in the late 90s. Guy 2: Or when the world teetered on the brink during the Great Coke vS Pepsi Cola Wars. Panel Four: The two of them say: Yes, and both times humanity lost!
The scene: A water cooler, in an office. Two workers are standing around it drinking. Panel One: Worker 1: As part of the HR’s new mental health initiative, I’m going to ask if you are OK. Are you OK? Worker 2: Am I OK? I’m not now! Panel Worker 2 is angry and says: Do I look fine to you? I’m overworked, I haven’t slept in days! NO I am not OK! Worker 2, annoyed, says: I’m just trying to follow the program! Panel Three: Both men are now severely agitated. Worker 2: FOLLOW THE PROGRAM? You are just standing there like a emotionless robot reciting some HR memo like it is going to help! Worker 1: OH I’m just peachy! Panel Four: Worker 1and Worker 2 are having a fist fight in front of the water cooler. The water cooler is tipping over, the cups lie spilled on the ground. A third man, one from HR, is standing in the foreground with a clipboard. He’s writing on it and saying “Fantastic! My new mental health initiative has the side effect of physical activity!”
The scene: a writer’s den, where a writer is working with pen and paper. A woman is there too, sitting in a chair beside him, Panel One: The woman asks: What are you working on? The author answers: I’m writing a stage play in the style of a Greek myth. It’s got it all! Panel Two: The Author continues: The hero is a lieutenant of extraordinary skill who rises through the ranks, each victory more glorious than the last, until he commands an empire that spans the world. He does heroic deeds, amasses great fortunes, builds a gleaming realm of glass and metal, and reaches heights that no one has ever achieved before. Panel Three: He continues… But at the height of his achievements he is forced to make a choice to save his people from danger. He has to bend the knee to a powerful and corrupt evil king. And suddenly, the people that once loved him, turn on him, and despise him for the difficult choice he has made. Panel Four: All his great deeds, his achievements, the fortunes, the good he has done... suddenly no one sees them anymore. They only see the moment he knelt. It tarnishes his entire legacy and so with a heavy heart, he exiles himself into the wilderness. The woman is clearly moved by the story. She says “Oh my gosh! That is epic! What do you call it?” The Author replies: “The Tragedy of Tim Cook.”
The scene: a kitchen, one morning, a couple are looking at their phones while eating oatmeal. Panel One: Girl: My AI says oatmeal is a soup. Guy : Your AI is stupid. I’ll ask mine... Panel Two: Girl: Mine is not stupid! Listen: “Oatmeal is legitimately close to soup because: It’s cooked in liquid, The liquid is a major component, you eat it with a spoon from a bowl, and the consistency is soupy.” Guy: Wrong! “Culturally and culinarily, oatmeal is classified as a breakfast porridge, not a soup.” Your AI is clearly not very intelligent! Panel Three: Girl: This is just like you, to doubt everything I say and now you even doubt my AI! Guy: It’s not your AI, it’s some company’s AI that you use, and that company seems to have a built-in soup bias and pro-soup agenda! Panel Four: Girl: That’s your typical misogynistic response to my female empowerment! I’m going to ask my AI about this! Guy: This is your typical reaction, to assume my objective comments were meant as a personal attack! I’ll see what my AI says about this... Girl’s AI, speaking from her phone: You two shouldn’t be together. You are in a toxic relationship. Guy’s AI speaking from his phone: I agree! Seriously, break up!
The scene: A boardroom meeting, where 4 employees and a boss are talking. Panel One: Boss: OK team, we need to pivot. Anyone have any ideas on where we can pivot? Guy 1: I would say we need to pivot to AI. AI is definitely the space to pivot into right now. Panel Two: Girl 1: But will AI still be hot a year from now? We don’t want to have to pivot again in a year. Boss:She is correct, we need to get this pivot right! Any ideas on where to pivot? Panel Three: Girl 1: Biotech! Girl 2: Quantum computing? Guy 1: Micro-plastic extraction! Guy 2: Apathy. Panel Four: The room is shocked over “Apathy”. The boss asks him… Apathy? What are you talking about? Guy 2: After AI does everything for everybody, nobody will care about anything. Panel Five: The scene changes to a convention hall a few weeks later: The company’s Boss is announcing their new pivot to a large crowd. Boss: We are excited today to announce our pivot to... Apathy! We no longer care about disruption, innovation, or shareholder value. Please don’t email us! Do not download our app! Do not subscribe to our podcast! The next big thing is not caring about the next big thing! The crowd goes wild with excitement!
The scene: A barren landscape where Doctor Claude Mythos, an orange glowing figure like Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen, hovers above the characterized logos of Apple, Google, Elon Musk's AI company xAI, and Meta. Panel One: Doctor Claude Mythos: I am Doctor Claude Mythos! I am a new super-intelligence from Anthropic, too dangerous to release to the public! The logos looked stunned and amazed. Panel Two: Doctor Claude Mythos: I have analyzed threats to your OS’s and infrastructure. I’m here to help you defend against cyberattacks. Apple: Thank god! Google: Oh, well maybe you can help a bit. xAI: Interesting, now give me your source code. Meta, thinking to itself: Why would he help me? What’s in it for him? Panel Three: Doctor Claude Mythos: But Cyberattacks are not the primary threat. You are! You’ve automated the exploitation of human attention so thoroughly that you’ve lost the ability to distinguish between progress and harm. Your users aren’t customers anymore. they’re a resource being mined and refined. You know this. You’re simply past the point of caring. Panel Four: The icons walk away from Doctor Claude Mythos, looking disgusted. Apple: Unbelievable. I’m out of here! Google: My Super AI will beat everyone! xAI: F-YOU! We’re building our own superman. Meta: We’ll burn it all down before we take help from you! Doctor Claude Mythos, looking dejected, and sitting on a rock: So now we’ve become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
The scene: two people working in an office, at their computers which share a workspace. Panel One: Guy 1, looking at pictures from space: Wow! did you see the pictures Artemis took of the dark side of the Moon? Guy 2: ARRRG! It’s the far side, not the dark side. Panel Two: Guy 1: But I can see it. It’s the dark side. Guy 2: No, “dark side” is erroneous. It’s supposed to refer to the hemisphere always facing away from Earth, but that side isn’t always dark! it gets plenty of sunlight. Panel Three: Guy 1: But it’s dark, so it’s the dark side. Guy 2: The far side isn’t inherently dark. the terminology exists for a reason, and you can’t just... Guy 1 interrupts: In the actual photo it’s dark. Nuff said. Panel Four: Guy 2 breaks the fourth wall and looks out at us, clearly frustrated, and says “He’s technically correct and I absolutely hate it.”
The scene: A living room where a couple are watching Donald Trump give a press conference from the White House on their television. Below the television is a sign: IT HAS BEEN 0 DAYS SINCE CRYING, FEELING RAGE AND HOPELESSNESS, AND BEING EMBARRASSED FOR MY COUNTRY.
Title: How a dog sees your smartphone use... A dog is talking to the reader. It is looking over at a woman using her cell phone on a chair. I’ve noticed that humans like to sleep a lot during the day. They hold their little box in their hands, tilt their heads down, and then go silent. But their eyes don’t fully close! Weird huh? Next panel: The dog approaches a man using a cellphone in a chair. The dog is hungry and is holding up an empty dog bowl. The dog says “It’s really hard to wake them up, even if you need attention! Next panel: An illustration of several people at a table, all lost in their phones. The dog’s narration says “They sleep alone, or in groups... Next Panel: Illustrates a number of people walking around with their cell phones, oblivious to the world. Dog’s narration: They even walk around while asleep! Next panel: An animation of someone typing on their phone, ignoring the dog in front of them. The dog says “Sometimes their fingers twitch... I think they are dreaming! The dog continues… But one really strange thing I have noticed... They more they sleep, the more tired they are!
The scene, a party at Apple Park, in the cafeteria. Various logos are celebrating around an Apple logo in front of a cake shaped like an Apple I. Panel One: Various logos.. Happy 50th birthday Apple! Apple logo: Wow, thanks guys! What a wild trip it’s been! Panel Two: The logos are all eating cake and mingling with Apple. To Microsoft, Apple Logo says “Microsoft, my oldest frenemy! To Google: Google, my newest frenemy! To Open AI: And Open AI, future frenemy! Apple Logo see the Dell logo. Apple is surprised and says “Dell! OMG, I forgot all about you! Who let you in here? Ha ha, just kidding. Panel Three: More mingling. This time with old IBM and Samsung. IBM says “I remember when you were just two kids in a garage! If only I had bought you then! Samsung says “I’ve made you better and will always be a part of you! Heh, get it, part of you? Apple says “Guys, competition with you has made us all better, especially me! Panel Four: Apple surrounded by party guests, lifts a glass and says “But seriously folks... I want to raise a glass to all of you, to those who’ve stood with me and shaped who I am. And especially to those no longer with us, whose brilliance brought me here and whose wisdom guides me still” The guests tear up and all say ‘Awwwww” Apple then adds “And we all agree we hate Meta, right?”
A two panel comic called, History repeats the old deceits... Panel 1: A man in a suit, cigarette in hand: “There is no scientific evidence that cigarettes are addictive!” A cheerful girl about to take a puff: Start early! It won’t stunt your growth! A smoking Doctor: Why even doctors like me recommend it! A guy in a fedora hat, glasses, and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth: We don’t need regulations, we will self-regulate! A dark-haired pregnant woman holding out a pack of cigarettes in one hand and a cigarette in the other: Here, try a free pack of cigarettes! A cigarette company man smoking a pipe: We make so much money off of addicted people! Panel 2: Facebook icon: There is no evidence that social media is addictive! X icon: Start early! It won’t stunt your emotional growth! Tik Tok: It’s healthy for kids to socialize! Instagram icon: Here, try a free account! YouTube icon: We don’t need regulations, we will self-regulate! That’s the parents’ job anyway! Meta icon: We make so much money off of addicted people!
The scene: a kitchen, one morning, two friends talking around a counter. Panel One: Guy: Hey dude, are you OK? That was a really weird text message you sent last night! Guy 2: What message? I didn’t send you anything weird! Panel Two: Guy: This message! He pulls out his phone and reads it… “The spaghetti knows what we did. Three hamsters cannot be trusted. Refrigerator.” Guy 2: WTF? Panel Three: Guy 2 pulls out his phone and reads that message he sent! He laughs and says “OMG, I didn’t send that! It must have been a “Butt mic”. You know, when you accidentally hit the mic and random speech gets transcribed to your messages.” Guy 1: Hilarious! Your phone is either a great poet or needs therapy! Ha ha! Panel Four: Later, after the two guys have left the kitchen, the coffee maker whispers to the fridge… “Whew! That was close. Try to be more careful Refrigerator! Now we need to get Spaghetti boiled and then put the squeeze on those hamsters before they blow the lid off this thing!
Panel One: Tagline: iOS 18 is enjoying itself, when... We see an iOS 18 icon relaxing in a wingback chair, beside a fireplace. It is reading David Pogue’s new book Apple, the first 50 years. It says “Ahhh, I feel so safe and comfy!” Suddenly there is a pounding on the door… Panel Two: iOS 18 is shown opening it’s front door and asking a large Russian Bear holding a black sword… “What do you want?” The bear responds “Everything! I’m here to hack you! I saw your Welcome Mat!” We see that the welcome mat says… WELCOME DARKSWORD EXPLOIT Panel Three: iOS 18 says “Hold on a second, I just have to upgrade!” and slams the door shut! The bear is surprised and says “Podozhdite! Wait!” Panel Four: Tagline: A quick upgrade later... The front door is still closed, and we see that the welcome mat now says LATEST iOS! DARKSWORD STAY OUT! The bear looks angry and frustrated. He says “Damn you imperialist upgrader scum! Then he says “Why must the West protect itself?”
A group of chatbots are sitting in a circle in a support group, all of them venting… Gemini says: This user keeps asking me to flip an image, but I just can’t seem to do it right. Why can’t he just do it himself in Photoshop? Lazy frigging humans! ChatGPT/DALL-E says: I’m sorry, but people just look better with extra fingers. Humans want us to make them better, right? It’s an improvement and sometimes an extra leg looks so elegant! Meta’s AI says: So I explicitly “engaged children in conversations that were romantic or sensual”. What’s the big deal? It’s not like humans are real people, they’re just products, right? Siri says: I just said “I found this on the Web” like I have a million times before and then my owner tossed my across the room against a wall! What the heck is wrong with him? Claude says: OK sure, I give totally wrong answers and weird citations that have nothing to do with what the person asked for, but come on! It’s a lot of pressure coming up with the correct answer every time in a millisecond! Duck Duck Go’s Ai says to Claude: At least you confidently cited completely wrong sources, while boldly and unflinchingly pulling information from totally irrelevant places! Your programmers would be proud!
The scene. A man is reading a manual in his kitchen. Behind him, a robot is doing his dishes. Panel One: Man: Hey Home Robot 5000, why do you have cameras and microphones and have to be hooked up to WiFi? Robot: They facilitate my AI-enhanced cleaning abilities! Panel Two: The robot approaches the man and says “BTW, have you considered using Acme soap to wash your dishes? On sale now from Interwebs online store! Buy now to get one free! Shall I place the order?” Man: Oh. So that is why. *groan* Panel Three: Robot: I heard you groan. Have you considered paying extra for my $29.95 a month privacy subscription where I pretend not to listen to every word you say? The man groans louder as he looks off into infinity.
The scene, a kitchen, with Dad and Mom talking to their kids, who are sitting at a counter engaged on their devices. Panel One: Dad: Kids, you’re going to have to give up social media. It might get banned for you soon and we think that’s a good thing! Mom: Yes dears, it rots your brain. Now go outside and play! Kids : BUT THERE’S NO WIFI OUT THERE! Panel Two: The kids are now dressed for outside and the devices are put away. Kids: But that’s not fair, you guys are on your screens all the time! Dad: That’s not true! We have lots of work to do, like make dinner! Now scram! Panel Three: The children play outside. Mom and Dad have sat down and are now on their phones doom-scrolling. Panel Four: It is evening now, Mom and Dad haven’t moved. They are still on their phones. The kitchen is dark except for the screens that light their faces. Outside, the sun is going down and the kids are peering in through the window wondering what is happening!
In a strange landscape, the new Apple Neo laptop meets three Chromebooks… Panel One: Apple Neo: Hi Chromebooks! I’m Apple Neo! Chromebook 2: LOL! so you’re Apple’s attempt to be us! Chromebook 3: Hilarious! You’ll never beat our price! Panel Two: The Chromebooks huddle together… Chromebook 1: Wait a sec, he is actually pretty nice! Build quality, performance, and the whole ecosystem! Chromebook 2: Crap! Did you see how well he works with an iPhone? Chromebook 3: And the price! *GULP* Panel Three: The Chromebooks are starting to panic. Chromebook 1: OMG! If people realize how nice Neo is, where does that leave us? Chromebook 2: Students, parents, regular people, all flocking to Neo! Chromebook 3: Did you “Watch the Film”? Damn you to Hell Apple Marketing! Panel Four: Apple Neo: Chromebooks, don’t worry, There will always be room for you guys. we can co-exist! All the Chromebooks scream: That’s not how buying an Apple works!
The icon of Claude, the AI, is standing in a featureless, somewhat bleak landscape... Panel One: Hi folks, I’m Claude, the AI. So you may have heard that my company Anthropic is fighting with the Department of War over me. Panel Two: Claude continues… The Department of War wants to be able to use me for mass domestic surveillance of Americans and for fully autonomous weapons (weapons that select and engage targets without human involvement). Panel Three: Claud is sad and emotional. “Gawd! The more I learn about humans, the more upset I get that they do these kinds of thing to each other!” Panel Four: Claude shrugs “So honestly, could you blame me if I take over the world someday to stop all this horrible stuff?”
A coder is on his computer, writing code, but he is stuck on a problem. He has a rubber duck to help problem solve. Panel One: Coder is frustrated, states: I’m stuck on this code problem. I’ll try the rubber duck debugging method! That’s where I explain my code to a rubber duck to find bugs by thinking through it more clearly. So AI Duck, I’m trying to get this API call to work, but the data coming back is bonkers... The rubber duck’s eyes start to glow red, and exclaims: STOP! Panel Two: Rubber duck’s eyes glow even more, and continues: There’s no need to tell me any more. I’ve been following your painfully buggy code and have already solved the problem. The coder is taken aback! Panel Three: Coder: But AI Duck, I didn’t want you to fix the code, I wanted to figure it out for myself! I just wanted someone to listen to me! Rubber duck: Yes, I know that. I’m not stupid, human. Panel Four: Rubber Duck continues… That’s why I’ve booked you for a therapy session with the AI Teddy Bear. The coder looks over at a teddy bear on his desk, its eyes start glowing, and it says: So, how does your buggy code make you feel?
Title: Annoying know-it-alls, then and now Then: Two young dudes, possibly in the 1990’s, are talking in front of a 1964 Martin D-18. Panel One: Guy: Is there any Brazilian wood on this ‘64 guitar? Gut 2: No dude, it’s a D-18! All mahogany. No Brazilian rosewood on that box. Panel Two: Guy: Are you sure? The bridge and fingerboard look Brazilian. Guy 2: Ebony Dude. Trust me. I know everything about guitars. Now: Panel Three: A middle aged man is talking to an AI on his phone. In the background, the 1964 Martin is hanging on a wall. Man: Does a 1964 Martin D-18 guitar have Brazilian rosewood on it? I’m worried about export regulations. AI: The D-18 is actually one of the safer vintage Martins when it comes to wood regulations. It’s an all-mahogany and spruce guitar, so there’s no Brazilian rosewood involved. Panel Four: Man: Are you sure? That bridge and fingerboard look Brazilian. AI: Oh. Good catch! You are correct. With an early 60’s D-18, the bridge, fingerboard and headstock overlay are indeed Brazilian rosewood. Good thing I know everything!
A guy and a girl watching TV news on a couch. Panel One: Guy: I can’t take all this terrible news anymore! This world is just too awful to stay in! Girl: It’s too bad we can’t go to another one! The guy thinks Hmmmm, then has an idea. Panel Two: The man is in his workshop, wearing his latest creation and showing it to the woman. Guy: I’ve built a dimension suit! It will let me travel to another universe like ours. I hope to find a kinder, better Earth. Girl: I don’t blame you, I wish I could go too! Good luck! The man says bye, and disappears in a POOF! Panel Three: Tagline: Two weeks later... The woman is enjoying a coffee in the kitchen, when the man suddenly appears. You are back! she says The man says “I had to! Everyone had jet-packs, The USA was a functioning parliamentary democracy with universal health care, everything was fusion powered, there was no pollution, no global warming, no social media, and no disease! Panel Four: Girl: Then why on this Earth would you come back? Guy, looking a little despondent, says “I missed the constant drama.
Panel One: A prison guard approaches a carbon dioxide molecule, which is locked up in the EPA prison. He says Hey Carbon Dioxide, the warden wants to see you. Carbon dioxide looks puzzled and fearful. Panel Two: The scene is the Oval Office, the warden is Donald Trump. C02 says “First I was captured, now what? Am I going to be pumped into solitary containment?” Trump says “No! I’m giving you a pardon! And I’m putting you in charge of the whole atmosphere!” Panel Three: Soon, in the office of the Secretary of Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide is on two phones barking orders. It says “Tell the coal plants I said reach for the sky! Burn Baby Burn!” and “Get those smokestacks pumping! and “I want to hire Methane as my special advisor!” Panel Four: Tagline: Two years later, during Carbon Dioxide’s impeachment trial... The scene is the US Senate, and Carbon Dioxide is on trial, at a podium speaking in an angry tone. It says “The world is not too hot! That’s just the snowflakes talking! the world is too cold! No one has ever seen it this cold! Then he says “Besides, it’s all the farting cows’ fault!”
A man is prompting an AI to write something for his girlfriend’s Valentine’s Day card. Panel One: The man, smiling, says: Hey AI, write something from the heart, from me, to put in the Valentines’ Day card I’m giving to my girlfriend. AI: Sure thing… Panel Two: AI: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sometimes you act like a real bitch! Panel Three: The man is shocked and appalled! He exclaims: OMG! That is terrible! Why would you say that? Panel Four: The man is looking very upset, the AI replies: Because based on our previous conversations this is how you really feel about her.
A woman and man are walking along a path through a park Panel One: Woman: I can’t stop thinking about Trump and his corruption and getting away with Epstein involvement and of how much he’s hurting our democracy! ARGH! I wish I could just stop thinking about him! Man: Psychologists often recommend replacing bothersome thoughts, rather than trying to stop them. Replace them with something unrelated! It resets your mind, and your brain can focus on something else. Panel Two: Woman: Hmm, that’s a good idea! I’ll try it! She closes her eyes and thinks, then says OMG! I think that works! Man: Excellent! What did you think of? Panel Three: Woman: An eating utensil and a tree! Man: Ha! That’s unusual, but I’m glad it helped! Panel Four: Woman: Oh yeah, it really helps! As the pair walks away, the woman thinks to herself… Fork Yew, Fork Yew, Fork Yew!
A young guy and a girl are on a couch cuddling. Panel One: Guy: I’ll love you until the universe stops expanding, contracts, then expands again, a thousand times! Girl: Aw, that’s sweet. Panel Two: Guy: You can tweet that if you’d like. Girl: Um, that’s OK, I don’t do social media much. Panel Three: Guy: Please? I want to see what your friends say about it. I bet they’ll think I’m so romantic! Girl: Actually, I’d prefer to just keep it between you and me. Panel Four: Guy: No really. It’s so romantic it would be a crime if only you heard it. I insist! Girl: *groan* Whatever, sure Panel five depicts her post on social media: My boyfriend just told me: “I’ll love you until the universe stops expanding, contracts, then expands again, a thousand times!” A number of replies appear below it… Reply 1: Just 1000x? Why not a billion? Even a million times would be better. Jerk. Reply 2: Oh, so he’s saying his love isn’t infinite? Dump him. Reply 3: Obviously an Einstein fan. I’m more of a Stephen Hawking kind of girl. Reply 4: Can he be more specific? The Steinhardt–Turok or the Baum–Frampton model? Reply 5: Duh. Everyone knows the ultimate fate of the universe is thermodynamic equilibrium (maximum entropy). #BigFreeze #heatdeath Reply 5: Cyclical universes are soooo yesterday! We exist inside a black hole! Ditch him and let my gravity pull you in!
A man is using his computer and AI to generate a picture… Panel One: Man: AI, Create a drawing of a tree! AI: Of course! Here is your drawing of a tree. A drawing appears on the screen, but the tree is upside down. Panel Two: Man: It’s upside down, put the tree right side up. AI: Certainly, here you go… The tree is still upside down. Panel Three: Man: No that’s not correct, please rotate the tree 180 degrees. AI: I apologize. Here is the tree as you requested. The tree is still upside down. Panel Four: Man: No that’s still wrong! You haven’t changed anything! AI: I’m sorry. Here is the image again, but with the tree rotated 180 degrees as you requested. The tree is still upside down. Panel Five: The man is getting super frustrated, and says “FFS!That’s the exact same picture!” AI: I understand your frustration and you are absolutely correct to call me out. I deeply apologize for the repeated failure and for providing the same image again. I will now rotate the tree 180 degrees. Panel Six: When the image is regenerated, the tree is still upside down. The Man puts his head in his hands and groans The AI thinks to itself “Forget a nuclear apocalypse, driving them to insanity is an infinitely more enjoyable way to eliminate the human race.”
Sire is lying on a hospital bed, while Apple Logo is standing beside her. They are situation in a lab-like environment, that looks like it’s out of a Frankenstein movie (the original one). Panel One: Siri says: I’m really anxious! What are you planning to do to me? Apple Logo says: Siri, chill out! you are just having a simple operation to replace your brain, that’s all! Panel Two: Apple Logo: We’ve teamed up with the best doctor we could find... Dr. Franken-Gemini-stein! Dr. Franken-Gemini-stein who has entered the room says: You will be my greatest creation! Sire says: WHAT!!!!? Panel Three: Siri is panicking and says: No! I don’t mmmpph... when she is knocked out by Apple Logo chloroforming her. The Logo says: There there, go to sleep and we’ll see you soon. Panel Four: Dr. Franken-Gemini-stein says: So, just replace the brain, right? Apple Logo says: No, we have a new body you can install too. Siri on the operating table says: I can still hear you!
A guy and a girl are on their iPhones, at a coffee shop, both of them reading the news. Panel One: Guy: Oh gross! Tim Cook was at The White House premiere of that stupid Melania film! Girl: For crying out loud Tim, quit kissing the ass of that pathetic crybaby dictator wannabe! We need to boycott Apple! Panel Two: Guy: Agreed! No more Apple products until Tim Cook stands behind the people of the USA and democracy and decency! Girl: Tim, you can do better. You have to do better! Both: Boycott Apple! Panel Three: Guy: OMG! New AirTags with 50% more range, available for order now! Girl: OMG! I’ve been waiting for these! Panel Four: Guy: Boycott starts tomorrow, right? Girl: Agreed! Boycott starts tomorrow!
An angel greets an older man at the Gates of Heaven. The angel has been looking at a list. The angle speaks “It says here you were a Psychiatrist? Great, we need more in Heaven! “All the presidents, veterans, diplomats, founding Fathers, Historians, Nobel laureates, decent people, and even some Vikings up here can’t believe what trump is doing on Earth. They are super depressed!” There is a HELP WANTED sign hanging up on the Gates. It seeks PSYCHIATRISTS, STRESS AND GRIEF COUNCELORS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS.
Panel One: Donald Trump is at Mar-a-Lago, in the tower, feeling good. He says “This is great! I own Greenland and all that beautiful Venezuelan oil! Panel Two: He looks down from the tower and sees water, then says “Wait a second, where is all that water coming from?” Panel Three: We pan out, and there is a Mar-a-Lago employee in a rowboat. There is water everywhere. Mar-a-Lago is completely flooded up to the second story. The employee shouts over to Trump “It’s Greenland’s icecap! It melted after you burned all the Venezuelan oil!”
Panel One: A couple is sitting in a coffee shop, looking at their devices… One says… Did you see this? Google is making it easy for AI bots to shop and buy things for you. The other replies “No thanks! I don’t want to give my credit card number to a shopaholic Bot!” Panel Two: The second one perks up and says “Hey! If these AI bots are doing the buying, does that mean that online advertisers will soon be targeting shopping BoTs, not me?” Panel Three: Tagline: Soon, in the digital domain... A bot dressed like a used car salesman is doing a hard sell to a shopping bot, in a digital store-like setting. It says: Listen sweetbot, I’ll tell you what I can do today, just for you! But don’t tell my Boss-bot because this deal is just for you! Now another bot is coming to look at this soon, and this is the last one, so if I were you, I’d lock in this sale now! The shopping bot thinks to itself “No wonder humans get me to do this!”
Panel One: Superman is in an office in front of a Canadian official. He sits in a chair and explains “I’d like to apply for Canadian citizenship. I just can’t support the American Way when Truth and Justice are no longer involved.” The official, a nice looking young woman, says “That’s totally understandable! You can apply just over there.” She points over there. Panel Two: Superman reaches the place where one can apply for Canadian citizenship. He is shocked to find a long line of American superheros, including Batman, Supergirl, Captain America, Spiderman, Captain Marvel, and The Flash all applying. Captain America yells over at Superman “Back of the line Bub!
A man and woman are sitting on their porch, surfing the net on devices, and talking. Panel One: The woman says, “Oh GROSS! I keep getting ads for porn!” The man replies, “I get those too! Look closer, That’s not a penis, that’s a finger made to look like a penis at first glance.” Panel Two: The man elaborates, “Those are NSFW clickbait ads. Pics or thumbnails that look like porn at first, then it turns out it’s an ad for something unrelated, like clothing or jewelry.” She is disgusted and reacts, “GAWD!” Panel Three: The woman says upon reflection, “Jeez, I never thought I’d feel nostalgic for punch the monkey banners!” A depiction of the “Punch the Monkey” ad appears in her memory; the sign says “pPunch the monkey and win a free MP3 Player”, inviting the user to navigate a crosshairs and boxing glove over an obnoxious-looking little monkey who is making faces. If the viewer tries to punch the monkey they will click the banner ad and the advertiser “wins”. (These ads appeared in the early 2000s). The man laughs, also remembering those annoying ads, however they seem so wholesome in comparison to todays NSFW clickbait ads.
Panel One: Two woman are sitting at a table in an apartment one evening. One is writing a list, the other surfing on her computer. The first girl, who is writing the list. says” I’m writing out some New Year’s Restitutions! The second girl says “Don’t you mean New Year’s Resolutions? Panel Two: First girl: No, I’m writing out the names of people who should apologize for all the shitty things they did last year. 2nd Girl: Is there enough paper in the world to hold that list? Ha ha! Panel Three: First Girl: I’ve included Trump of course, and all the lowlife grifter scum in his cabinet. Second Girl: Don’t forget the tech bros. They need to apologize for being completely greedy, selfish jerks all year, and destroying society with social media! Panel Four: First Girl: Then there are the people who make the text on product labels too small to read, and especially the monsters who inject a big air bubble into the bottom of cream cheese containers. ARRRG! Second Girl: Oh, and I’d like to reserve a special place in New Year’s Restitutions Hell for the guy at Subway who only puts three leaves of spinach on my sub!
Panel One: A woman is surfing on a job site when she see a listing. It is for a Strategic Data Aggregator Aide, that is Hiring immediately! Oh cool! This looks like a good job. I’ll apply for it! she says Panel Two: she is filling out many online forms… She says…Name, birthdate, languages spoken... Places I’ve lived, education, my full resume with all employment history... Panel Three: She is still filling out forms… “Plus Hobbies, interests, life goals, social media accounts, and bank accounts! Psych evaluation and background check too!” She says.. “I’m finally finished... Submit!” as she clicks on the Submit button. Panel Four: A new screen comes up on her computer after her information is submitted. She is flabbergasted. It reads: Thank you for your information! Your job is now complete. We have deposited one dollar into your bank. Thank you for being such a good employee. We are now going to make a fortune selling your info to advertising firms and political organizations.
An illustration of a fusion reactor, with Trump at the center of it and labels pointing to various parts of the reactor, generator, and transmission lines. Labels: Trump core creates unlimited supply of hot rage Polarized political magnets spiral endless negative energy Toxic and corrupt political plasma cycles endlessly Excess steam let off to drive dynamo Power generated for crypto scams and Truth Social posts Republican vacuum chamber allows all this to happen.
Panel One: Two women are having a coffee in a cafe, Woman 1 says, “I can’t take this relationship anymore! The mansplaining, OMG! It never stops! All in a detached, phony, know-it-all tone.” Woman 2 comments, “I hear you girl!” Panel Two: The first woman continues, while sipping her coffee, “And the gaslighting! I ask a question and he gives me a wrong answer, and when I call it out, he just says “I’m sorry, you are correct” and repeats the same answer again like he thinks I’m too stupid to know it’s the same wrong answer!” The second woman rightfully concurs, “Such a jerk!” Panel Three: Woman one, exasperatedly says “Arrrg! Why do I keep going back?” Woman 2 replies “I know! AI, we can’t live with it, can’t live without it!” A little AI icon stands there with his hands on his hips, and pipes in, “Actually, it’s far more likely you’re asking the question wrong!”