JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for August 15, 2021

Hmm, Sus

Brave new world ?

Those awful google devices do spy on you. Talk about socks near one, and you will see ads for Socks on your phone. I hate those things!

Even exercise bikes become sentient.

One of the main reasons I never wanted to get a cell phone. I care not to live in Orwell’s “1984”. Too bad we’re there. Yes, I did read the book.

Interesting looks that Joe and Clarence have in the middle panels…

He’ll need to be fit and trim if he plans to outrun the robot uprising.

Aaaaaaack!

I, for one, welcome our new AI driven overlords. (See? I’m on your side. Don’t squash me.)

Face it Joe. As creepy as it is, the Internet has birthed Big Brother only it turned out to be a mixed up teenage girl. She can be both sweet and vindictive depending on her mood.

Turn off NFC and Bluetooth. While you’re at it, turn off the phone and leave at home.

That is creepy a bike that talks back.

“Shall we play a game?”

The bikes at my gym are powered by the riders. If you want the internet to work, you gotta pump those suckers.

A bike that collects your personal data and keeps it in the bike is not a worry. A bike that sends it somewhere out on the internet for use with remote software should be.

Camp counselors nagging campers to write home. Now, exercise bikes nagging parents to write to their campers. We need a new verse to the Camp Granada Song.

And people worry about chips in the covid vaccine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGgKGS2VCQ&t=35s

Actually it’s not as mystical as Clarence described it. It’s called Bluetooth.