viral loneliness + dating for self-improvement
Recharge your social battery, and your TikTok ring light. Here I am playing games and napping like a dumbass, when I could be going viral. I always associated alone time with being alone: drinking tea, watching Peep Show for the 1000th time, resisting Pornhub. Nothing about wearing cheap pyjama bottoms or wolfing...
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entry level: error 404 + YouTube runs cinema
they’ll still need us to run the AIs, right? By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry level job, AI might just render it obsolete anyway. It’s no secret that companies are looking to automate admin roles in the near future. An algorithm isn’t going to book two weeks...
gen z obsessed with obsession + murdoch guns for new media
so… that was fucking mental I’m a little late to the party, but last night I went to see Obsession. My God, am I glad I did. It edges out both It Follows and Weapons for me as far as modern high-concept horror goes, and sits comfy amongst Blumhouse’s very best. It...
zebra stripe drinking + ‘chud’ the convict
from chat donations to praying for probation Is there anything greater than seeing a pal bolt awake after a boozy night out like a wobbly Nosferatu hellbent on finding anywhere appropriate to hawk their guts up? Maybe I’m just an arsehole. You might not glean the same level of sadistic pleasure...
can ai humble itself + twitch mogging mutants
can AI stop waffling with such chest? Is there anything more irritating than getting a response from an AI chatbot that you know to be complete bollocks? Ask your shitty Alexa Echo voice assistant any question more complicated than ‘what’s the weather looking like?’ and there’s a great chance it’ll reluctantly...
plague cruise + mj fanaticism
couldn’t moor, two stars If this was a monster or outbreak movie, it would only end one way. Just stay well out of range of Trump’s missile capabilities. If you were unaware, a luxury cruise is currently hovering around Cape Verde unable to moor due to the rare and deadly virus...
ballroom bunkers & dating ai bobbleheads
never waste an assassination attempt. Trump has had more attempts on his life than Jason Bourne, and he’s determined to turn the latest into a major dub. Following the recent assassination attempt in the Washington Hilton hotel, heated questions are raging about competence, systems, and how a man strapped to the hilt with guns made it to a checkpoint near the President and his officials. Trump is seemingly unbothered about that,...
death of posting + catholicmaxxing
when something dies, the flies come out Plenty of people still reckon that bots will drive people offline. The Dead Internet Theory truly sprouted legs with the mainstream explosion of AI, and the suggestion that bots will soon account for more online activity than those born of meat and bone isn’t as ridiculous as it should be. Some experts suggest the process is already well underway, but are they missing a key...
zero backlash for trump + bieber’s laptop sesh
genocide is one thing, but ai slop?! Can we circle back real quick? I wasn’t somehow duped by AI? Perhaps I dropped off and had an obscure dream that sunny Tuesday lunchtime? Nope. I just triple checked, and Trump did proclaim that ‘an entire civilisation will die tonight’ on his Truth Social. Iran had blocked off the Strait of Hormuz to have some sort of leverage in ‘diplomatic’ negotiations with the US...
big tech is guilty + kanye is… forgiven?
rage against the machine! Silicon Valley is reeling and the future suddenly looks marginally less dystopian. Kudos to the jury who just delivered the huge verdict at an LA court. We’ve seen Zuckerberg coast through court cases too numerous to recite, but the latest proceedings will have drudged up that pit in the stomach created after being dragged through the ringer in the Cambridge Analytica trial. The Meta boss no doubt entered...
