I do the exact same @Beth! 
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Wow! And I simply subtract 15. We all are so different 
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It’s too funny! Should move to humor section. I would do exactly what your wife does.
If I looked as young as you I’d do that too! Perhaps one day…
His symptoms sent him straight to the hospital, where doctors found Rimington’s blood pressure was off the charts, and his stomach pain showed no signs of letting up. Initial thoughts were food poisoning, but when tests revealed high levels of gelatin in his system, the cause became clear—he had overdosed on the very ingredient that makes gummy candies chewy.
Gelatin, the backbone of most gummy treats, is a common culprit in diverticulitis, a condition in which small pouches form in the colon and become infected. Rimington’s extreme consumption triggered a painful flare-up of this condition, and doctors quickly treated him with IV fluids and pain management.
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And the Darwin Award goes to….
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AIUI that is also about having chidlren. Do we know the answer on that?
I don’t have children, so I guess I have a competitive edge.
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“I used to hate weddings – all those old dears poking me in the stomach and saying, 'You’re next.” But they stopped all that when I started doing the same to them at funerals."
– Gail Flynn
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Married to an engineer which makes that the funniest thing I’ve ever seen!!! 
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Of course… reality is not so far away from satire in many areas these days:
Here are other examples of AI companies (or startups) that have explicitly advertised or positioned themselves as being able to replace humans (or human roles) — useful for your macro-/labour disruption modelling.
1. Artisan AI
- Artisan ran a billboard campaign in San Francisco with slogans such as “Stop Hiring Humans”, “Hire Artisans, not humans”, and “The era of AI employees is here”. Yahoo News+3Windows Central+3Ars Technica+3
- They claim their AI “employees” (called “Artisans”) can fully automate specific roles such as outbound sales / business development reps (lead-discovery, outreach, meeting-booking). Ars Technica+3Business Insider+3Yahoo Tech+3
- According to a press article: “the startup claims it works with ‘no human input’ and costs 96% less than hiring a human for the same role.” Ars Technica
- Their own blog acknowledges the provocative nature: “We don’t actually want people to stop hiring humans … the real goal for us is to automate the work that humans don’t enjoy, and to make every job more human.” The Independent+1
2. Mechanize
- Founded in April 2025 by AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu. The startup publicly states it “is trying to automate the entire global workforce”. eWeek
- The language is broad and ambitious: “automate … every human worker, everywhere” (or variants thereof) in media coverage.
3. IBM (and large corporations with similar statements)
- As summarised in a Tech.co article: “IBM plans to gradually replace around 30% of its back-office roles with AI within the next five years.” Tech.co
- Several major banks and other enterprises are reported to be “planning to replace workers with AI” (especially entry-level white collar, data-inputting, presentation assembly) rather than full automation yet. Tech.co
4. Intel Corporation
- According to a report: Intel’s internal notice states plans to outsource its marketing tasks to consulting firm(s) and AI technologies; human employees in certain marketing roles will face terminations. 80 Level
Additional broader signals
- The CEO of Anthropic (Dario Amodei) has said AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within five years. TIME
- According to a Business Insider article, Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) stated that “95% of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative professionals for today will easily … be handled by AI.” Business Insider+1
These signal the broader industry rhetoric and expectation of human-role displacement.
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