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I find the joke in ordinary things. The stuff everyone’s looking at but not saying.

Joined June 2009
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Middle-class habits nobody admits to: Adding water to the shampoo bottle for one last wash. Keeping a bag full of other bags. Cancelling the free trial the day before it charges, then signing up again with a new email.
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If you clean a vacuum cleaner, you become the vacuum cleaner. Nobody talks about this
It took 15 years and 5,127 prototypes before James Dyson shipped his first vacuum cleaner.
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Airplane mode exists but nobody has built a ground mode for when i want to be left alone on earth
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Nobody talks about acid rain anymore. 10 year old me genuinely thought we’d all need steel umbrellas by 2020
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My laptop still can’t connect to the projector in the same room.
Doctor-controlled robot removes patient's prostate 35 miles away in first US telerobotic surgery trib.al/0LjjN2m
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Watched a man press the elevator close button 9 times to save 2 seconds. He then stood in the lobby on his phone for 10 minutes.
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The self checkout machine has accused me of more crimes than any police officer ever has.
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Unsubscribing from a newsletter is the only breakup where they keep texting you for 3 to 5 business days.
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Every app wants to be my best friend until I go looking for the cancel subscription button.
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Online AI detector says 81% of Constitution of India written by AI.
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Dune 3 comes out in December, which gives me exactly 7 weeks to pretend I understood the first two.
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Cheerios took 80 years to invent a cereal bag that closes. Humanity really is speedrunning progress.
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Somewhere there's a person whose whole job is deciding how many seconds before you can skip an ad, and they're winning.
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Dubai will now track how much waste my house produces. Our monthly report is going to be 80% Amazon boxes and 20% guilt
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Someone in Dubai paid millions for a number plate. I’ve spent 20 minutes looking for a free parking spot
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Why is it call "rush hour" when nobody is moving ?
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Biscuits go soft when you leave them out and bread goes hard. they’re both baked. Who is making these rules?
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If you clean a vacuum cleaner, you become the vacuum cleaner. Nobody talks about this
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Why do I press harder on the remote when the battery is dying. What is the plan. Am I going to physically force the signal to the TV
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The pharmacy has a ticket system, six counters and one guy working. Everyone in this room is now emotionally bonded.
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