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The Global Stage: Take a seat, we all have a chair at the table. A Weekend Rant —No. 3 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 Ghost in the Cockpit, 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 Harlandabout a month ago in Humor
Educate 'Em All: A Missing Piece of "Tech"
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 “Surely Unsure” Apocalypse, 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 Harlandabout a month ago in Humor
Get On With It!
I have discovered a previously undocumented health hazard affecting older people, and surprisingly it has nothing to do with cholesterol, blood pressure, obesity, alcohol, smoking or lack of exercise. It is watching YouTube health videos. I only have to see a title such as “Six Nuts Every Senior Must Eat After 70”, “Ten Foods That Keep Your Legs Strong After 80” or “Seven Medicines Older People Should NEVER Take”, and I know exactly what is going to happen. I will click on the video expecting some useful information, and half an hour later I will still be sitting there waiting for the answer while shouting at the television, “GET ON WITH IT!”
By Alan Spencerabout a month ago in Humor
The "Surely Unsure" Apocalypse
Here is my "thought for the day." I will do my best to keep you from scrolling on by. Please excuse my humor. However, please do not excuse yourself from this page until; reading, "hearting" my story, and subscribing. So please, scroll responsibly.
By Corey W Harlandabout a month ago in Humor
Everything Is Fine
There is something reassuring about waking up in the morning, pouring yourself a cup of coffee, and spending the first few quiet minutes of the day discovering all the new and exciting ways civilization has apparently gone off the rails while you were sleeping.
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor
The Mathematics Are Clearly Not Mathing
Humanity has accomplished some impressive things. We have split the atom, mapped the human genome, landed machines on Mars, photographed black holes, and created tiny computers powerful enough to access virtually all accumulated human knowledge while sitting on the toilet.
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor
Man vs Woman...
This story is based on true events from my personal life during my years in Mauritius. The incidents described here were inspired by real experiences in and around Grand Baie and were originally written in 2012. While some details have been adapted for storytelling purposes, the humour, atmosphere, and many of the situations are drawn directly from life as I experienced it.
By Christian Bassabout a month ago in Humor
ChatGPT Told Me I'm Jesus. Should I Be Worried?
I was in a dark place. Not the sort of dark place that involves actual darkness, or indeed any place at all, but the modern kind of “dark place”: I had just lost an argument with my wife about the proper time to take out the trash.
By Scott Christenson🌴2 months ago in Humor
Beasts of Burden
There was a time when romance required very little infrastructure. At twenty-three, you could meet somebody at a party, stay out until two in the morning, eat something from a food truck whose health inspection certificate appeared to have been printed during the Carter administration, and then fall asleep on a couch containing three failed springs and a decorative pillow shaped like a beer can. You woke up six hours later feeling terrific, and went to work without showering.
By The Pompous Post2 months ago in Humor
