Satirical

America’s Least Useful Innovations...
Innovation is the backbone of America. Not the useful kind... no, the other kind. The kind born in windowless conference rooms. The kind introduced with a slide deck. The kind that solves problems nobody has, while quietly creating several new ones.
By The Pompous Post3 months ago in Humor
The Annual Airing of Christmas Grievances
I want to begin by saying… very clearly, very calmly, that I have nothing against Christmas. I like Christmas. I enjoy the idea of Christmas.
By The Pompous Post3 months ago in Humor
The Lobster-Chef Interrogation
“Mrs. Peters, can you explain what happened?” “From the beginning, or-” “From the beginning.” “Oh dear, the beginning. Well, I was at the restaurant with all my friends. Christie, and Julie, and Stacey, and Karen, and Rachel, and Rachel’s odd daughter, and Julie’s husband, and Stacey’s cousin-”
By Amelia3 months ago in Humor
Welcome to the AI Toilet
Just relax and ease into the task at hand. Muskary 17th, 2049 It was a woeful day working at the coal face of the Singularity. The chatbots were lying again and were, therefore, not entirely dissimilar to the evil idiot savants they had to thank for their delegated power.
By Ian Vince3 months ago in Humor
Dating Profile
Screw it, nothing else is working. Steven, 27 All I want is to make soup for a beautiful woman and have her tell me that the soup is good and that I am very good at making soup.
By Steven Christopher McKnight3 months ago in Humor
The Top Hollywood Scandals: An Animated Controversy
Not since Fatty Arbuckle's infamous Hollywood parties in the 1920s has there been such a flurry of debate about the morals and behaviour of some of the biggest names in Tinsel Town.
By Parody and Satire3 months ago in Humor
THINGS I’VE SAID TO MY DOG THAT SHOULD’VE GOTTEN ME COMMITTED
I. A SPIRITUAL CONFESSION BEFORE WE BEGIN If you have ever owned a dog, even for eleven minutes, you have spoken to them like they are:
By The Pompous Post3 months ago in Humor
Finding a Needle in a Stack of Needles...
I. PILGRIMS OF THE WRONG PHRASES Idioms are supposed to help us communicate. They’re meant to give us little nuggets of clarity. Poetic shorthand. Verbal seasoning. Linguistic sprinkles.
By The Pompous Post4 months ago in Humor
The Arcane Hourglass
Cosmic Red Alert! Dear Sausage, Owing to my great esoteric sensitivity, the current angle of my pineal gland and my dimensional proximity to the angelic realm, I have become finely attuned to higher-plane spiritual emanation.
By Ian Vince4 months ago in Humor
I Tried Living Like I Was in the 17th Century for a Week...
I. THE EXPERIMENT BEGINS (AGAINST MY WIFE’S WILL) It all started because I read one article... ONE... about “rewilding your modern life.”
By The Pompous Post4 months ago in Humor
MISSION IMPROBABLE: How to Eat All Day on Free Samples Without Anyone Knowing
I. OPERATION: SNACK HEIST - A BRIEFING Black screen... A rhythmic heartbeat... The sound of a toothpick snapping in the distance.
By The Pompous Post4 months ago in Humor
The Miss Gloria Hour with Guest Dharrsheena Raja Segarran. Content Warning.
The Opening Monologue “So, I was told today that my ratings dipped a bit on Spotify. Last week’s episode pulled in 2 million streams, compared to 2.5 million for the debut with Lil Hammertoe. I’m not supposed to talk about this publicly, but what the hoot, I’m Gloria, I break rules. Oliver Olivier and Jason Pooper Scooper are watching the numbers closely. After the sixth episode, this is the fifth, they’ll decide whether this show is a safe investment for an additional 22 episodes. If they see any slippage, the show will be wrapped up, and they’ll ship me back to Yucaipa, California faster than a corpse in a shallow grave.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 months ago in Humor