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A publication of The Trying TimesFirst edition ยท October 2026Price: Your last nerve
โ€œCommon sense isnโ€™t common anymore.โ€   |   โ€œSatire is the last refuge of the sane.โ€   |   โ€œTruth: Now considered controversial.โ€
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Local Diner Replaces Laminated Paper Menu With 45-Minute Software Update

A local breakfast joint threw away their $0.50 wipe-clean plastic menus to save paper. Customers must now point a camera at a tiny square barcode, download an 80MB app on one bar of cell service, agree to sixteen pages of digital tracking, and create an account just to find out how much a short stack of pancakes costs.

You didn't come here to manage an enterprise IT project. You came here for two eggs over easy. Now you are trapped in an authentication loop while your coffee goes stone cold.

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Meeting Called to Discuss Why Nobody Has Time to Get Any Actual Work Done

The quickest way to solve a lack of productive time is to gather everyone together and burn another two hours talking about it.

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