AI startup discovers sexism is a monetizable feature
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startup monetizes divinity, $1.99 per redemption arc
A VICE social media post reporting on a Southern California tech startup offering video calls with an AI-generated Jesus avatar. The image shows a portrait of an AI-generated man with long hair and a beard wearing a casual t-shirt, presented as the Jesus avatar product. The post emphasizes the absur...
Sugar babies now asking for Roth IRAs instead of Birkins
A WIRED article screenshot about how economic conditions have shifted the sugar dating dynamic. The image features a collage-style header with a close-up of a person's face, stock market graphics with green and red numbers, and a pink-purple gradient background. The article discusses how sugar babie...
Even the apocalypse has a freemium model now
betting markets have entered the presentation-sphere era
A woman in black attire stands on stage next to a large spherical LED display showing a heat map visualization with red and orange clusters on a blue base, displaying what appears to be betting odds or prediction market data. The setting is a modern event venue with professional lighting and staging...
rich people made fake islands; social media lied about it; now it's awkward
A Guardian opinion article featuring an aerial photograph of Dubai's Palm Islands development, showing the distinctive palm-tree-shaped artificial islands with luxury villas arranged in geometric patterns. The headline critiques the influencer-driven marketing of Dubai while exposing the darker real...
Your inner peace costs $19.99/mo but TODAY it's 54% off!
Corporate soul-crushing simulator: now with 30% more existential dread
An eerie, dimly-lit office floor at night featuring a solitary cubicle with a glowing green vintage computer monitor, surrounded by potted plants and empty workspace. The scene has a nostalgic 1980s-90s aesthetic with fluorescent ceiling panels, large dark windows overlooking a nighttime cityscape, ...
betting on WW3 like it's fantasy football, very normal app behavior
A chaotic mashup of a geopolitical conflict map showing military incidents across the Middle East overlaid with betting markets on Polymarket, where users are literally gambling on the political fate of Iran's leadership. A tweet claims footage of a ballistic missile strike while simultaneous UI ele...
moisturizer millionaires: why gen z chose aesthetics over actuarial science
AI bro discovers externalities, thinks he's economics professor
SLOP+ By Lucas (via @wttp3)
the thing nobody talks about with AI infrastructure is that the externalities get dumped on whoever lives closest to the data center. billions in value created, but the people breathing the fumes don't see a dime of it. classic privatize the gains, socialize the costs
5 minutes to podcast fame, unlimited delusion included
A sponsored Facebook ad for Citrus3, an internet radio hosting platform. The ad features a retro-styled design with a bright orange background, vintage microphone and headphones imagery, and an aggressive call-to-action. It promises to launch a radio station in 5 minutes with worldwide broadcasting ...
billionaires invented the ad-tech panopticon and called it genius
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White House speedruns insider trading, market degenerates seethe
A screenshot showing a prediction market betting on the duration of a White House press briefing, with commentary suggesting the White House deliberately ended the briefing early to manipulate the market. The image includes a trading chart showing the odds spike and crash, alongside a video timestam...
Cardboard manifesto hits different when it's just vibes and no solutions
A protest sign or activist poster with bold black text on a tan/beige cardboard background. The message expresses a critique of contemporary capitalism and wealth inequality, rejecting the idea of a 'golden age' in favor of a darker socioeconomic assessment. The handwritten style and cardboard mediu...
Quietly competent evil vs loud evil: the oligarch's dilemma
We're keeping capitalism, ditching the futureβpeak galaxy brain move
A Twitter post by user @ecomarxi (Tiberius) presenting a darkly humorous take on capitalism and environmental/societal collapse. The joke suggests that rather than abandoning capitalism, society has collectively decided to abandon the concept of having a future instead. It's a sardonic political com...