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The Kandahar Subscription
The Kandahar Subscription: A Weekend Rant By Corey W. Harland Hello, and welcome back to “Weekend Rants”— my Friday-through-Sunday series of serious arguments, questionable packaging, and surprisingly functional donkeys, written while I do otherwise useful things like living life or letting an algorithm do my thinking for me.
By Corey W Harland17 days ago in Humor
At Some Point, Somebody Has to Say That's Enough
Pharmaceutical advertising used to be relatively straightforward. A pleasant-looking man or woman would stand beside a lake, while a reassuring voice said something like: “Some patients may experience mild headache or dry mouth.”...
By The Pompous Post20 days ago in Humor
‘The Packing Holiday,’ A Cosmic Comedy of Delays, Sticky Tape and Cardboard
This is an AI-designed image ; the parameters for which were instructed by me to create the chosen image, because I'm so bored with the typical ‘writer’ images that anybody can find on typical image sites, such as Unsplash! ”
By Jonathan Townend20 days ago in Humor
The Crossroads of the Undercarriage
The Crossroads of the Undercarriage: A Paramedic for Your Pride By Corey W Harland Hello, and welcome to "Weekend Rants"—my Friday through Sunday series where I will continue writing satire while I do otherwise useful things like living life or letting an algorithm do my thinking for me. If you caught my recent piece The Cost of Institutional Panic you already know my thoughts on this: we have officially entered the golden age of human absolute zero. Welcome back to the passenger seat.
By Corey W Harland22 days ago in Humor
The American Dream
The American Dream: Beta Test By Corey W. Harland Hello, and welcome to "Weekend Rants"—my Friday through Sunday series where I will continue writing satire while I do otherwise useful things like living life or letting an algorithm do my thinking for me. If you caught my recent piece History: Is for Books, Not Travel, you already know my thoughts on this: we have officially entered the golden age of human absolute zero. Welcome back to the passenger seat.
By Corey W Harland24 days ago in Humor
I Was Just Trying to Make Coffee
Saturday morning began with a simple objective... Coffee. That's it. I wasn't remodeling the kitchen. I wasn't installing solar panels. I wasn't attempting to teach myself conversational Mandarin before lunch. I just wanted some coffee. This should have required approximately four minutes and almost no critical thinking. Unfortunately, I own a house.
By The Pompous Post24 days ago in Humor
A.I. for Dummies
For generations, humanity dreamed of artificial intelligence. Scientists imagined machines that could accelerate medical discoveries. Engineers envisioned computers solving problems so complex that ordinary human beings could barely formulate the questions. Futurists predicted intelligent systems that might help unlock the mysteries of physics, explore distant worlds, and expand the boundaries of human knowledge.
By The Pompous Post28 days ago in Humor
