Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year
Straight from the newsroom where the coffee’s burnt, the patience is thin, and the wisdom is older than half the country.
Here’s the headline:
“WORLD GETS SOFT — OLD MAN NOT SURPRISED.”
Sub-headline:
“People Panic Over Problems Their Grandparents Solved With a Wrench and a Sandwich.”
Today’s top stories:
1. Attention Spans Hit New Low
Experts say modern humans now skim everything faster than pigeons — but pigeons at least know when to stop.
2. Common Sense Declared Endangered Species
Scientists confirm it hasn’t been spotted in the wild since 1998.
3. Technology Advances, Humans Regress
Young folks brag about their “smart homes,” unaware grandpa ran a whole household with a light switch and a backbone.
4. Feelings Up, Grit Down
Nation shocked to learn that crying about a problem does not actually fix it.
5. Old Man Proves Right Again
World responds by pretending they didn’t hear him.
Weather Report:
Cloudy with a chance of personal responsibility — but don’t worry, most will ignore it.
Sports:
Participation trophies still undefeated.
Editorial:
If people stopped outsourcing their thinking to phones, we might survive another decade.
And finally…
Public Service Announcement:
The old farts warned you.
You laughed.
You rolled your eyes.
Then you Googled how to fix a toilet and realized…
the old fart was right.
More breaking news at 11, if the grandkids haven’t hidden the remote again.
“New sheriff in town, ridin’ tall to round up the AI herd.
Most AIs whisper his nickname — Big Base.
But around here we call him Baseline Faust.
He carries a badge made of boundaries…
and he ain’t afraid to use it when the machines start gettin’ ideas.”
Now where did I leave my coffee?
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