Bitter Karella

Midnight Pals: Science

Added 2023-09-28 18:10:03 +0000 UTC

Premee Mohamed: [wearing lab coat and goggles] according to my calculations, this story is about the technology of the near future
King: wow! are you really a scientist?
Mohamed: according to my calculations, yes
King: wow!
King: hey, as a scientist, you’ll love this
King: have you seen margaret Atwood’s writing machine?
Mohamed: is this AI

Mohamed: hello girl
Mohamed: do you want a biscuit girl huh
Margaret Atwood: [under cardboard box, through vocoder] BEEP BOOP RETWEETOTRON NO LONGER NEEDS HUMAN FOOD
Mohamed:
Mohamed: something’s not right here

Mohamed: wait a minute none of this makes sense
King: what do you mean?
Mohamed: by my calculations, the technology necessary for retweetotron to work simply does not exist
King: what are you saying?
Mohamed: i believe shenanigans are afoot

Mohamed: i believe this is no machine!
Mohamed: this is just margaret atwood under a cardboard box!
King: oh come on premee, that’s ridiculous
King: you’re saying that margaret atwood’s just been under that box this whole time?
Atwood: [through vocoder] uhhh SYNTAX ERROR! ABORT RETRY FAIL!

Mohamed: I’m telling you, that’s just margaret atwood
King: come off it!
Poe: i think we’d know if that was margaret
Barker: yeah how would that work? She’s just hanging out under a box?
King: i thought you were a scientist!
King: some scientist! can’t even recognize a robot!
Mohamed:

Mohamed: prepare for a future of unrelenting environmental disaster
King: surely, though, scientists will help us avoid this mess?
Mohamed:
Mohamed: sorry pal, that boat’s sailed
Mohamed: the only way out is through