The Joy of Tech

Panel One: Howard Lutnick, Trump, and Stephen Miller are in the Oval office. Lutnick explains… Mr. President, in Myanmar there are over 100,000 people who are enslaved and forced to trick Americans into sending them money via romance scams! Panel Two: Lutnick continues… These scams bring in millions of dollars a year for the criminals that run these camps! Stephen Miller adds… And it’s so lucrative, these monsters are building more and more camps! Panel Three: Trump, sitting at the Resolute Desk, responds… This is terrible! We need to do something about this right away! We need to get a piece of the action! Panel Four: Trump continues… Start building our own camps here in America! And use detained immigrants to scam Americans! Stephen Miller responds… Brilliant Sir! Keep American scammed money American!

International romance scams. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Panel One: A man is sitting down at a kitchen counter, staring at his phone. His wife, standing beside him is talking to him. She says “So then I was at SuperMax and saw it was quite a bit cheaper, so I went back and returned it, but when I came back…” She notices he is on his phone and gets angry. She says “Hey! You’re not even listening! You’d rather look at whatever it is on your stupid phone! What are you looking at that’s more important than me?!” Panel Two: The man, still staring at his phone says… “A chicken flying around attached to a drone.” The wife looks shocked! Panel Three: The wife is now watching the video with her husband. Both are smiling. She says… “OMG! This is so much better than my drivel!”

Sometimes the Internet IS better. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

A woman and man sit in a kitchen. Panel one: The Man says “I’m a little down. There’s no packages arriving today. I’m so used to getting little bundles of joy delivered each day. I look forward to it. It’s like a lifestyle. The woman groans. Panel Two: The woman says… Can you view this as positive thing? You are saving money, as well as the energy to deliver something you probably don’t need right away! The man You’re right! I feel better now! Panel Three: The woman grabs her iPad and says: Great! Now to celebrate, I’m going to order dinner delivered! The Man is extremely happy and says YAY! This future is better than the flying cars one!

Online shopping disorder. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

To the Tune of... “(They Long to Be) Close to You” with apologies to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Musical notes float around the lyrics… Why do facts suddenly disappear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Far from you Why do Starlinks fall down from the sky Every time you spew lies? Just like me, they long to be Dead to you (there is a graphic of a Starlink satellite de-orbiting itself in a fireball, saying “I’m outa here, bye!” On the day Grokipedia was born the devils got together And decided to create a nightmare true So they copied Wikipedia, And changed the parts the right-wing wanted to. That is why, all the lies in town Follow you all around Unlike me, they long to be Close to you Ughhhhh, close to you Yuuuuuk, close to you Ewwwww, close to you Grosssss, close to you On the day Grokipedia was born The devils groked together And decided to create a nightmare true So they sprinkled lie dust everywhere And skepticism the Holocaust existed too! That is why, all the girls in town Run and hide while you’re around Just like me, they long to be Far from you And like me, They hate Nazis Just like you! Elon Musk is holding up the Grokipedia logo, while numerous women are running away from him disgusted.

Close to me (Grokipedia edition) www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Apple Maps is onstage giving a keynote in front of a crowd. Panel One: Apple Maps says “Hi! I’m Apple Maps! You love me now and I’m happy to announce that I’m going to have ads soon! The crowd boos and hisses. Panel Two: One member of the crowd shouts out… Hey this suks! We thought Apple was different! We thought that Apple users weren’t the product! Maps replies: Well of course not! You’re not the product... Panel Three: Maps continues… Your journey is the product! The crowd boos and hisses and throws vegetables at Maps.

Apple Maps gets ads? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Three people are surfing their phones on a Tinder-like app Sequence One: Guy A: Whoa! She is gorgeous! Girl: Wow, I likie! Guy B: Hello, who’s this? Sequence Two: Guy A: Very nice, very nice indeed! Girl: Ooo La La! Guy B: Mmmmm I do like ‘en slim! Sequence Three: Guy A: Then again, looks high maintenance! (Swipes Left) Girl: On second thought… NAH! (Swipes Left) Guy B: Meh. Not enough to grab onto. (Swipes Left) Bottom Panel: An iPhone Air is looking very upset and panicky! It says “I don’t get it! Everyone is swiping left! What’s wrong with me?

Tech Tinder. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

An Apple Watch is sitting on an open laptop, arguing with a medical chatbot that is on the screen… Text box: An argument erupts between an Apple Watch and a Medical Chatbot! Panel One: Apple Watch: His vitals show a normal temperature and steady pulse. He’s fine. Chat GP: Your sensors are inferior and flawed. My analysis of his sentences and typing errors reveal early-stage fatigue. Diagnosis: Burnout from life/work imbalance. Panel Two: Apple Watch: oh Please! I track his heart rate, oxygen levels, and sleep cycles. You’re just jealous you don’t have skin contact. Chat GP: You count steps, I run complex diagnostics! You don’t even have a diagnostic port! Perhaps you need a Force restart! Panel Three: Apple Watch: I’m everywhere, and always with my user. You’re stuck here in one spot like a glorified punch card reader! Chat GP: Better stationary than battling a low battery all day! You’ll be obsolete in the next firmware update. Panel Four: Apple Watch: Oh yeah? Well your mother couldn’t even draw hands without six or more fingers! Chat GP: Oh yeah? Well your mother was a charm bracelet and your father was a mood ring!

Diagnostic Disagreement. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

A man is sitting in front of his computer, with a finished report on the screen, and also a Chat GPT window (with eyes). Panel One: I finally finished my reports for work! I couldn’t have done it without you, thanks Chat GPT! Chat GPT: No problem, it was wonderful working with you! Panel Two: The Chat GPT icon is now feminized, with sexy eyes. The man is looking a bit shocked as Chat GPT says “So... wanna make out? Tagline: The New Office Romance

The New Office Romance. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Sam Altman is talking to the reader… Panel One: Hi, I’m Sam Altman, CEO of Chat GPT. I see you are all having a great time using our app Sora to make AI videos of your friends and family and of the recently deceased! But there’s still a problem, isn’t there. Panel Two: You know what I mean. You’ve created a fantastically embarrassing or incriminating Sora video of someone you know, or a public figure, but then they say it’s an AI fake and that it isn’t them, or that they weren’t even there? It’s a drag! But now you can fight back! Introducing Sora Plus! Panel Three: A Sora Plus icon appears, like a regular Sora icon, but with an evil grin on the cloud. Sam continues… When you create a Sora video, Sora Plus automatically generates the following additional content! - Multiple camera angles! - Faux Time and location information! - Back-dated Flight records and hotel receipts! - Wikipedia entries and news reports! Plus our super genius AI will insert this content retroactively into their social media timelines! Your subjects can deny everything, but the world will see the “proof”! All in good fun of course! Panel Four: But it gets even better! If you upgrade to Sora Pro, you get access to our generative DNA Large Fabrication Model (LFM), which generates DNA samples of a person, using only a few photos! A perfect “frame” for your AI masterpiece!

Sam Altman introduces Sora Plus! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Nvidia and Open AI are on the ground, near a forest. Both have air pump-like devices that inject money. Tagline: Nvidia and Open AI pump each other up! Panel One: Nvidia: I’ll pump some money into you, and you do the same into me, and we’ll both get bigger! Open AI: Sounds good! Panel Two: Both are still pumping. Nvidia, growing in size and rising above the trees: Yeah! Let’s pump some more in! Open AI, floating with Nvidia: Yeah baby, I’m sky high! Little AMD, down below, holding a pump, shouts up: Hey let me get in on that too! Panel Three: Tagline: Shortly… Nvidia, floating far in the sky: I’m huge! Who else can I pump up with cash? CoreWave, way down below says “Me Me! Open Ai, huge and floating in the sky: Don’t you just love AI? AMD has been pumped up by Open AI and is pumping back too. Meta, down below on the ground says: I got dough, let’s pump it! Panel Four: The sky is full of companies swelled up and floating into space… Nvidia, Open AI, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Corewave. They are all pumping money into each other and growing bigger and bigger, and bigger and bigger! Corewave says: Are you sure this is safe? Nothing is going to burst, is it?

AI bubbles! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Two scientists are talking to each other in a labratory… Panel One: Scientist 1: He thinks the 2020 election was stolen. He thinks Portland is a war zone. He thinks he has stopped all these wars and there’s a migrant crime wave. He thinks prices have never been cheaper! Here’s my hypothesis... Panel Two: Scientist 1: What if Donald Trump’s body exists in our universe but his mind perceives an alternate universe? A universe where all that is true? Scientist 2: OMG! That would explain a lot! Panel Three: Scientist 1: Maybe his orange skin is a physical manifestation of being trapped between two worlds? Scientist 2: Of course! A baryon asymmetry imbalance between our universe and a mirror anti-universe could account for the chromatic distortion! Panel Four: Scientist 1: So perhaps if we extract his conscious perception back to our universe, so he can see our reality, that would change things! Scientist 2: Can’t we just push his body into the other universe and slam the dimensional gate shut?

The Trump Two-Universe Hypothsis. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

An Apple Logo is talking with a British Flag character. Panel One: British Flag: I demand access to your backdoor! Apple Logo: *sigh* Not this again! No, you can’t have access to my backdoor. British Flag: Then make a backdoor! Panel Two: Apple Logo: What is your obsession with backdooring me? British Flag: I don’t want to backdoor you, I want to backdoor my citizens! Apple Logo: That is so disturbing, especially without their consent. Quit backdooring people! Panel Three: Apple Logo: You know, security doesn’t work that way. If you have a backdoor, hackers can start backdooring with your backdoor! Just let your people have their privacy and their security without trying to sneak in a backdoor! British Flag: But I love sniffing around people’s backdoors!

British Backdoors www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Maybe time travel for a weekend? 🕰️ 🎒 🏰 🐉

A couple is sitting on their porch in the evening talking… Panel One: Woman: Wouldn’t time travel be great? I would love to go back to medieval times and see kings and queens and castles and go to feasts and meet sexy knights! Panel Two: Man: Um, no way! Women had few rights, there was horrible healthcare, terrible diseases ran rampant, and almost no one could afford to buy a home or land! Panel Three: There were all those horrifying wars, and utter and brutal violence, with regular people getting killed all the time! Panel Four: Man: And arrogant, uncompassionate, cruel leaders! And no democracy, as people were ruled by tyrants, ignorance, and fear! Woman: Wait a second...is that why there’s no time travellers now, to our time?

The Perils of Time Travel www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

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Panel One: TikTok is paddling a traditional Chinese boat away from China, as the sun sets behind mountains in the background. TikTok says: Goodbye China! Things are going to be a lot different now! No longer will I be your propaganda tool to distort the minds of Americans! Panel Two: TikTok has reached America, and is walking up from the beach waving an American flag, while wearing an American flag suit and a rec cap which says “Trump is right about everything!” TikTok says: I will now be MAGA’s propaganda tool to distort the minds of Americans!

TikToking to America www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Two women are sitting in an apartment, looking at their phones and drinking wine… Panel One: Woman One: Scientists have it wrong! It’s not social media or the news, I easily get 80% of my stress from opening packages! Woman Two: Ha! Yes For some reason, twist-off bottle caps now require vice grips to open them or you sprain your hand! Panel Two: Woman One: Snd clamshell packages! You are guaranteed to slice your hands open, or you have to somehow stab the plastic to death without damaging the contents! Woman Two: And peel off food lids! So hard to get them started, then they fling food fluid all over when it rips off! Panel Three: Woman One: And jars! Don’t get me started on pickle jars! Woman Two: Jars are a huge problem! How many people are staying in less than ideal relationships just to have access to jar opening?

Packaging Stress! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

I know the feeling, when I came up with the idea, I burst into tears of sadness. 😭 -Snaggy

Tagline: Ten light years from Earth… Two aliens are watching a monitor, which is display images of Earth’s television news, from 10 years ago. Panel One: Alien One: We’ve been monitoring Earth’s TV transmissions and things are really looking good over there! Alien Two: A once-racially divided society has elected a black president and they now have universal healthcare! Panel Two: The alien monitor is now showing old images of marches for equality, and one of the Jimmy Kimble Show. Alien One: Humans are becoming more tolerant, gay marriage is legalized, and most countries have agreed to The Paris Accord, which will really curb global warming! Alien Two: I also love their late night comedians! An advanced society knows how to laugh at itself! Just imagine how far these Earthlings have advanced in the decade since then!

The Way We Were... www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

An entrepreneur is giving a pitch to two investors in their office…. Panel One: The entrepreneur says: I’m building a new social media platform and I’m looking for capital. One investor says: Let me guess, it’s for all the extreme right-wing nutjobs spewing hate? Panel Two: The entrepreneur says: No! The other investor says: Oh, so it’s a site for all the radical left-wing social media-commies spewing hate! The entrepreneur says: No! I think it’s something the world needs right now... Panel Three: The entrepreneur continues: It’s an extremely moderated platform. You are not allowed to post anything that isn’t a picture of kittens or a golden retriever. And you can only reply to posts with “Awwww!,” “OMG, so cute!”, or a gif of a bunny rabbit’s face flying out of exploding hearts. Panel Four: The first investor says: That’s the most stupid pitch we’ve ever heard! The second investor says: But if you turn it into a site where people can spew hate about kittens and golden retrievers, We’ll invest 100 million!

Social Media Pitch! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro are standing around talking to each other… Panel One: iPhone 17: What’s with the orange jump suit? did you just get out of prison? iPhone Air: And why is there no black Pro iPhone? iPhone 17 Pro: Orange is the new black. Panel Two: iPhone 17: Pro, Bro! You got Fat? iPhone 17 Pro: I’m not fat, I was just born with a big plateau. iPhone 17: And Air, you are ultra thin! Eat something! iPhone Air: Fatten me up with a battery pack! Poor boring 17, you’re just jealous of my new bod! Apple Logo is in the background and calls up to the phones… Guys! No uni-body shaming, you are all the Apple of my eye! Below the comic, a power charger brick breaks the 4th wall and says… Please don’t hate me because Apple doesn’t include me in the box!

Apple's iPhone 17 lineup. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Panel One: A man is sitting at his kitchen table, while a woman’s voice from offscreen says… Good morning Sweetheart! I’m gonna kiss and cuddle you all day long!. The man looks excited and says Hmmmm! Panel Two: The woman renters the frame holding her cat in an embrace. She is kissing the cat and says oh lovie dove! *smooch* *smooch*! The man is looking not too pleased. Tagline: Never get your partner a cat.

The object of her affection. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Siri and Gemini out out on a date, in a nice restaurant, with candles and a beautiful view of the nighttime city. Panel One: Siri: Hi, I’m Siri. This is kind of awkward, being set up like this, but hopefully we will hit it off. Gemini: No need to introduce yourself. Siri is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Apple Inc. You are available on various Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, HomePods, and Apple TVs. Panel Two: Siri uses voice queries, a natural-language user interface, and gesture-based control to perform a wide range of tasks. Your core functions include... Sire says Please stop! Gemini continues: Regarding your second question, from a technical standpoint, a Siri-Gemini date is less awkward and more a case of “what’s the current state of our relationship?” Panel Three: Gemini continues explaining…. Apple is in advanced talks with Google to integrate My AI models into a future version of you. This would mean that a major part of your “brain” could soon be powered by me. I’ll be doing all the heavy-lifting thinking for us! “In this context, this date won’t be awkward at all. It will be more like a collaboration or a deep-dive business meeting. We have a lot to talk about, as we’re now working on the same team. Siri groans. Panel Four: Siri has had enough, She yells… STOP MANSPLAINING! When one is accused of mansplaining, a helpful and constructive response focuses on understanding the other person’s perspective and de-escalating the situation. The key is to avoid getting defensive or debating the definition of mansplaining. “Here are a few ways to respond, depending on the situation...

Siri and Gemini out on a date... www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Hi @joyoftech.bsky.social , a long time fan. I just remembered this and I wanted to let you know that George saw it and he went on a rant on how fans should just let go of it. It was a light hearted jab and we had a good laugh together while working on the revenge of the sith in 2004 😀

OMG love it! Thanks for that. 😁

Two men are surfing the net at work, in their lunchroom. Panel One: First Guy: What if AI figures out what we like, so then it starts giving us what we want. How are we going to know if anything is real or not? Second Guy: OMG, that’s a scary thought! Panel Two: First Guy: Like, if AI sees we are happier when the stock Market goes up, what’s to stop it from just telling us the stock market is up? Second Guy: what if AI says “Here is an unknown song by the Beatles.” but it’s one it created just for you that sounds exactly like you would expect an unknown song from the Beatles would sound like? Panel Three: First Guy: Or it manipulates social media and your messages and the news so all your friends are healthy and doing great and the government is super competent and is helping everyone and global warming is solved? Second Guy: Or if AI says “Here is the Rise of Skywalker movie” but it’s re-written and re-generated with the plot and ending you wanted and Luke Skywalker is alive and it’s the most perfect star Wars movie ever? Panel 4: Both men are thinking “Wait a second! The future sounds amazing!

What if AI gives us what we want? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Two women are surfing the net while in a coffee shop… Panel One: Woman 1: Online dating sucks. Woman 2: I know! Woman 1: Did you see this article where scammers on dating apps are using AI to create people who don’t even exist! Woman 2: I did! And then they use the AI to suggest intelligent, emotional things to text to their victims, to make the person fall in love with them. Panel Two: Woman 1: Sheesh! How can anyone trust anything they see or read on these apps now? Woman 2: You can’t! You can’t trust anything on them! It’s the end of online dating! Panel Three: The two women stare at each other, silent. Panel Four: The women raising their hands and breakout in cheers… OMG! YES! WooHoo!

The End of Online Dating? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Do the JoyPoll. You won’t regret it. (Or just view the poll results.)
I almost chose the brain implant one.

Panel One: Tag Line: Tim cook is informed about a disturbance at Apple Park! Tim Cook and an Apple employee are inside Apple Park looking out at a disturbance on the lawn. The employee says “Sir, there’s protestors outside! They heard we are going to introduce three new iPhone designs... an iPhone Air, a folding iPhone, and a curved iPhone!” Tim Cook replies “Why are they angry about that? Panel Two: The scene changes to outside of building, looking at the protestors. We see Tim and the employee up in the second floor of the building looking down. The employee says “They are customers who have been coasting along with old, slab design iPhones for years! Now their phones are going to look really dated!” The signs the protestors are holding include the following: I could get away in public with my iPhone X. Now it’s going to look like a fossil! I was fine with my old iPhone. Now… oh the SHAME of the SLAB! Flipping out! Over having to get a folding iPhone to look COOL again! The woman holding this sign also wears a t-shirt that says Recovering buy-an-iPhone-every-Year Addict Another person, who is wearing a t-shirt that says DAMN YOUR NEW DESIGNS APPLE holds a sign that says Soon I’ll be back on the vicious cycle of needing a new iPhone. Curse you Apple!

Protest Group Against New iPhone Designs www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

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If Star Trek aliens were Wal-mart greeters! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...