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Apple: Because I Chose It When I Was 12 And It’s Too Late Now

For a few months my iPhone

Had eight hours of life between charges,

Then the next model released

And my phone bill suddenly enlarges.

Oh, an update to iOS x+1?

That sounds like an important step.

Did it drop my battery life by 20 percent?

Unsurprisingly, that’s a big “yep”.

“It’s ok”, says my telephone rep.

“You can upgrade today for free.

“You’ll just change your phone number

“And sign here in blood

“And pay for 69 months interest-free!”

And so, in a rage, I go shopping

For whatever Android people buy,

Then I remember how all my app data

Only works if my phone has an “i”

And I slink to my room where my charger

Sits happily waiting to go.

I’ll repeat this emotional process

Every year for a lifetime or so.

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Or, You Know, A Crippling Depression Once A Century Or So…

I don’t believe in giving the government

Unlimited power to spend

Because what if they give

Drum sets to all who live?

See how badly all this could end?

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Then Vs. Now

Love is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues.

Love will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal: (“I do”)

A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. (“Honey, why is the cat hairless?”)

Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start.

On your mark, get ready, start.

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Elite Athletes Need Specific Food? Nah… Be Vegan

There once were olympics in Paris

Whose food service tends to embarrass.

They said “Earth’s getting hot!

“Eat le meat you will not

“But you’ll have un grande vue from the terrace.”

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Fine Print Matters

I signed up for a credit card

And I’m going to be rich.

See, the card has special privileges

That’s almost like a glitch:

Every time you spend with it

You get a hundred loyalty bucks

That you can trade for fancy stuff

Like jewelry or Chucks.

Update: It’s been seven months.

I have a billion bucks, and I

Am being tracked by debt collectors

And I need to cry.

It turns out that a billion bucks

Translates to about a dime

And there’s something called an “interest”

That grows a lot with time.

Update: Now my stuff is gone

And I live on the street

With somebody named “Pickle Jim”

And also “Fentanyl Pete.”

I guess the whole “free money” thing

Made me spend a bit too hard

But at least I could exchange my points

For a Visa prepaid card!

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Honestly, Don’t Limit It To Just Movies

I think instead of IMDB

Or Rotten Tomatoes reviews

We just need a site to completely compile

Liberal white women’s reviews.

Then you can see which films don’t appeal

To Karen and Kaitlyn and co.

That would inform me much more directly

If a film will be funny or no.

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Murica

‘Twas the Fifth of July

And all through the room

People were sleepy

From lots of boom boom.

But we can take solace

As tinnitus lingers:

The worst of our neighbors

Now have but nine fingers.

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The Zookeeper Writes An Honest Children’s Book

A is for Antelope, which isn’t a deer.

B is for Babirusa, which isn’t a pig.

C is for Capybara, an animal I hear

Was the largest of rodents ‘til your kid did appear.

D is for Dumbo Octopus, a name that fits you.

E is for Echidna, which I wish your wife said.

F is for Frigatebird, which sounds much akin

To what I wish to say unto you and your kin.

G is for Gerenuk, which is also not a deer.

H is for a place where you might disappear.

I am now leaving to go do my job

And I bid good day to you and your blob.

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Am I Sexy And Dangerous Now?

Roses are red.

Vegans are pale.

When they read my blog in 10 years

They’ll probably put me in jail.

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What Do You Mean We Have Weird Books In Our School Libraries?

Meet Vlad.

Vlad is sad.

Vlad thinks climate change is bad.

Vlad cannot cite sources? Woah!

But xe’s doing xir best though.

Vlad knows that to stop the pain

Of having marginally less rain

Because of heat that cow fart brings

Means having to do some painful things.

Vlad helps Earth by blocking cars

And hanging flyers up at bars.

Xe spray paints slogans over art

And lives out of a shopping cart.

Xe knows capitalism is bad.

And so is having a present dad.

Be like Vlad and we’ll show you lenience:

The climate depends on your inconvenience.

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