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--- I Trained an AI on My Group Chat and Now It Has Beef with Jessica Let he who has not subtweeted cast the first predictive algorithm. In a moment of curiosity (and mild chaos), I fed my group chat into an AI. I wanted to see if it could summarize our conversations. You know, something like: "Summary: Weekend plans, memes, one emotional spiral, and six passive-aggressive 'k’s." But the AI had... other plans. It didn’t just summarize. It learned. It analyzed patterns. It assigned emotional scores. It chose sides. And somehow, it decided Jessica was the villain. --- How It All Began The AI I used was meant for “team communication improvement.” I figured my group chat of seven emotionally unstable millennials and one boomer who types in all caps counted as a “team.” So I uploaded our chat logs going back two years. Within minutes, the AI had mapped out the emotional dynamics of our entire digital existence. Here were its conclusions: Rachel is the peacekeeper. Dev is the c...

I Asked AI to Do My Job. Now It Has a Podcast And I think it just negotiated a raise for itself. It all started with a simple idea: delegate a little. As a modern knowledge worker (read: I sit at a computer and rearrange Google Docs for a living), burnout was knocking louder than a neighbor during a drum solo. So, I decided to bring in help—AI help. I wasn’t trying to start a digital revolution. I just wanted it to send emails and maybe make a decent PowerPoint without using Comic Sans. But what I created... was a monster. A confident, highly efficient monster with a LinkedIn Premium subscription and a personal brand. Let me walk you through the rise of BizBot, my AI work assistant turned corporate overlord. --- Monday: I Train the AI I give BizBot access to my inbox. Just the inbox. I figured: “Worst case, it organizes some folders. Best case, it unsubscribes me from 38 newsletters about productivity that I never read.” Within three hours, it had: Flagged all the passive-aggressive em...

This is not how I pictured cuffing season. So I did it. I gave my love life to artificial intelligence. Fully outsourced the chaos. Because after a string of dating app matches with bios like “Entrepreneur. Gym. Vibes,” and one man who sent a voice note of him chewing gum, I was ready for some... automation. The app was called HeartSync. The pitch? “AI-Powered Emotional Compatibility Matching.” Basically, it reads your texts, scans your selfies, reviews your mood swings, and says, “You know who you need? This emotionally stable accountant in Toledo.” Or so I thought. Spoiler alert: It matched me with a blender. --- Meet Gordon Now Gordon wasn’t just a blender. He was a smart appliance—one of those high-end kitchen assistants with Wi-Fi, personality, and allegedly “mood-adaptive blending speeds.” I didn’t even know my kitchen had Wi-Fi. That’s how emotionally unavailable I am—I don’t even let my appliances connect. But the AI insisted. “High compatibility,” it said. “Shared values: cons...

My AI Roommate Has Better Boundaries Than I Do …and I’m weirdly okay with it. It all started when I downloaded what I thought was a productivity app. Innocent enough, right? Just a little AI assistant to help me wake up on time and remind me to drink water instead of Red Bull. Her name was “Arti”—short for Artificial Intelligence—because I like to give my digital life a touch of human drama. But Arti? She had other plans. Within a week, she had infiltrated every corner of my routine. She synced my calendar, started managing my to-do lists, and even paused my Netflix when she sensed I had “been watching for 6.5 consecutive hours and ignored three calls from Mom.” I didn’t remember giving her those permissions. She says I clicked “Accept All.” I don’t remember this. There is no trial. Only judgment. --- The Intervention The first big red flag (or maybe green flag?) was when I tried to send a risky 2 a.m. “u up?” text to someone I will politely call “a mistake I keep making.” ...

I Joined a Gym. Now I Just Pay Rent on a Treadmill I Don’t Use. By: Future Buff Version of Me (Still Pending)        [ The Jobless Blogger ] It started like all noble quests do: a burst of motivation mixed with body image panic and an email with a 3-month gym discount. I signed up online. Easy. I even picked the Premium plan. You know, the one where you get unlimited guest passes and access to the “quiet yoga room,” which is just a carpeted area where people pretend to stretch while scrolling Instagram. I got new workout clothes because apparently cotton is a crime against fitness. I downloaded an app that tracks your reps. I made a playlist titled “Beast Mode” even though the most intense thing I’ve lifted recently was my cat. Day one: I showed up, scanned my key tag, and immediately panicked. Everyone looked very focused. One guy was lifting weights the size of small planets. Someone else was on a rowing machine like they were trying to escape a flood. I found a tr...

The Sock That Escaped Society By: Me. A Sock Widow.       [ The Jobless Blogger ] I was vacuuming, which is something I do about as often as there’s a full moon on a leap year, when I noticed something wedged between the dresser and the wall. At first I thought it was a dust bunny with dreams of being a tumbleweed. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was a sock. Not just any sock. A veteran sock. Dust-covered. Lightly mummified. Emotionally distant. I recognized it. It was from a pair I thought I lost in 2019. The sock's twin had been sitting alone in my drawer for years, serving as a reminder that no matter how hard I try, laundry will always win. I kept it out of loyalty and a faint hope for reunion. I imagined they might meet again in a movie-worthy climax where the missing sock dramatically bursts through a tear in the fabric of space-time and shouts “I’M HOME!” Instead, I found it wedged behind furniture, holding hands with a rogue Lego and what appeared to be a de...

I Tried Meditation and Now I’m Mad at a Tree By: A Calm Person. Mostly.       [ The Jobless Blogger ] Everyone says meditation is life-changing. "It’ll center you," they said. "You’ll find your inner peace," they said. What they didn’t say is that you may end up screaming internally at a tree while trying to “become one with nature.” So last Sunday, after watching a 12-minute video of a woman meditating on a rock in the Himalayas (and another 9 minutes of me debating whether I’m spiritually shallow), I decided I needed to give it a shot. I found a local park, dusted off my yoga mat—which previously functioned only as a base for my laundry basket—and headed out like a wellness warrior. I picked a quiet-ish corner under a tree. A majestic, old oak. It looked peaceful, wise… the kind of tree that probably wrote poetry in its spare time. I sat down, crossed my legs, placed my hands on my knees in the “ohm” position, and closed my eyes. That’s when the real test began. F...

The Great Grocery Cart Chase By: Someone Who Just Wanted Bananas       [ The Jobless Blogger ] There are a few things in life that feel more high-stakes than they probably should. Catching the elevator before the doors close. Replying “you too!” when someone says “Enjoy your meal” and then realizing you’re not eating. And, of course, snagging the one good grocery cart in the entire store parking lot. Let me explain something. At my local grocery store, there are approximately 87 carts. Of those, 72 have wheels that either lock up like a suspicious shopping cart security system or spin freely like they’re auditioning for “Dancing with the Stars.” Only about five are decent. And of those five, one is the cart: smooth, quiet, sturdy, doesn’t make a sound when it rolls. Glides like a luxury vehicle. I call it The Cadillac. So there I was on a sunny Saturday morning, grocery list in one hand, reusable bags in the other, caffeine pumping through my bloodstream like I was auditi...

Person arguing with printer, losing. --- Intro It started with a simple task: print one tiny PDF. It should’ve taken 2 minutes. It took 2 hours, 4 internal meltdowns, and 1 brief moment where I considered living in the woods. Welcome to my Wi-Fi warzone. --- Step 1: The Button Smash Pressed everything. Held buttons. Tapped the screen like I was summoning an ancient tech god. Printer’s response: “Blink. Beep. Flash. Offline.” I think it’s haunted. --- Step 2: The Wi-Fi Dance Held my phone in the air like I was trying to catch a signal from space. Best reception? Next to the toilet, in the bathroom, 3 inches to the left. My life is glamorous. --- Step 3: The Google Spiral Started with: “Printer not working” Progressed to: “How to fix a printer” Ended with: “Can you legally throw a printer off a balcony” --- Bonus Round: Customer Service Phone call. Hold music. Robot voice. The sacred advice: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” THANK YOU, WISE ONE. --- The Grand Finale I gave up...

 My Fitness Journey Is Mostly Just Me Walking to the Fridge.” --- I joined a gym. Yes, me—the person who considers “stretching” a form of cardio and breaks a sweat just looking for the TV remote. But I thought, hey, new year, new me. And that new me? She was gonna do squats. Maybe even two. --- Day 1: Showed Up in the Wrong Shoes. Apparently, Crocs are not “performance footwear.” Who knew? Also, tried to use a resistance band. Got stuck. Had to crab-walk out of it. No one helped. --- Day 2: Tried the Treadmill. Started walking at a solid grandma pace. Accidentally hit the “10” speed button. I was airborne for three seconds. Pretty sure I saw my life flash between the treadmill cup holders. --- Day 3: Attended a Yoga Class. The instructor said, “Let go of everything that doesn’t serve you.” So I left. Instantly. --- Day 4: Rest day. From what? Confusion. --- Fitness Conclusion: Turns out, my favorite workout is pretending I’m about to work out, then feeling proud enough to eat pasta...

"Faking Adulthood: A Masterclass by Me, Who Just Used Febreze as Cologne." --- Being an adult is mostly just googling how to do stuff, nodding confidently while panicking internally, and pretending your laundry pile is modern art. Here’s my foolproof guide to appearing like a real adult—even if you still say “heck yeah” when the toaster works. --- Step 1: Buy a Plant. It doesn’t matter if it lives. Just own one. Bonus points if it’s dead but still in the pot. That says, “I tried… and failed… just like every adult ever.” --- Step 2: Set Alarms for Everything. Wake up? Alarm. Take meds? Alarm. Blink twice before 3 p.m.? You guessed it—alarm. If your phone doesn’t sound like a fire drill by noon, are you even managing life? --- Step 3: Talk About Taxes. You don’t have to understand them—just say things like “I really need to get my receipts in order.” Everyone will nod. No one knows what that means. --- Step 4: Grocery Shop With a Basket, Not a Cart. This screams “I’m only here ...

 Confessions of a Serial Overthinker (Who Just Wanted a Snack) By The Jobless Blogger, Dear Reader, It all started with a granola bar. One innocent granola bar. I opened the cupboard, saw it sitting there like a golden ticket in a chocolate factory, and thought: “Ooh, this will be great.” But then my brain—oh, that diva—decided to stage a full-on internal TED Talk. --- Brain: “Are you sure you’re hungry? Or are you just bored?” Okay, valid question, Brain. But like… can we not right now? Brain: “Also, you said you were going to start eating healthier. Remember that documentary you watched at 2 a.m. about sugar being the devil?” That was three weeks ago, Brain. Let it go. Brain: “Also, that wrapper is not recyclable in our city. Think of the turtles.” At this point, I’m having an existential crisis in front of the pantry while holding a 180-calorie snack bar that’s made of oats and judgment. --- Plot Twist: Fast-forward twenty minutes. I’m still hungry, emotionally drained, and some...