Silicon Valley

Enshittified StartUps

This entry was posted in comics and tagged artificial intelligence cryptocurrency Patreon self-driving cars Silicon Valley technology Waymo on March 24, 2026 by Brian McFadden

This month’s comic for patrons who signed up for Exclusive Early Access predicts the next big things in shitty technology. I’m running a 20% discount for this tier for the next two weeks. Check it out and get access to all the previous exclusives as well.

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Choose Your Chatbot

This entry was posted in comics and tagged artificial intelligence Silicon Valley technology venture capital on July 31, 2025 by Brian McFadden

Companies are pushing A.I. hard, and no one wants it. We know it’s done for because Zuckerberg is convinced it’s be the next big thing. He’ll toss onto the garbage pile with the Metaverse while raking in billions from his websites for the elderly.

Like NFTs and crypto before, Silicon Valley is scrambling for the next big thing without having to do the messy business of creating or innovating anything. Getting users addicted then charging them rent or showing them ads are all they’ve “innovated” since the smartphone came along.

Renewable energy technology is where the innovation is now, and we’d be on the precipice of a green energy revolution if venture capitalists didn’t melt their brains huffing the farts of online forums’ sweatiest racists and bigots.

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Sam Altman’s A.I. Bubble Burstin’ Blowout!

This entry was posted in comics and tagged artificial intelligence Fox News OpenAI Sam Altman Silicon Valley technology on August 9, 2024 by Brian McFadden

The A.I. bubble’s burstin’, after every tech company spent the past year forcing it into their previously useable products. There’s no consumer demand for this crap, but it’s all they have, and their stockholders demand growth. It’ll join the Metaverse and crypto in the trash heap along with all the processors that were wasted rendering boobs on anime cartoons.

In the world of useful innovations, green energy has been on a feverish pace this year, but it’s boring and requires actual technical know-how, so the tech bros will have to invent a knew scam for their next round of pump-and-dumps.

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New Tech Trends

This entry was posted in comics and tagged capitalism Silicon Valley social media technology on February 9, 2024 by Brian McFadden

Apple started selling their dumb goggles this week, so we’re being subjected to another round of hype trying to sell this garbage. Every “big idea” Silicon Valley’s tried to sell over the last decade or two has either been outright fraud (self-driving cars, Theranos, crypto, etc.) or just re-inventing something that already exists, but with middle-men to extract money from users and the people doing the real work (gig economy, rideshare, streaming, etc.).

I swear I’ll get off my “Capitalism Bad” kick next week.

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Wearable Tech Expo

This entry was posted in comics and tagged health insurance Silicon Valley technology virtual reality on June 9, 2023 by Brian McFadden

Things are still bad, and tech companies are still trying to make VR a thing, including Apple now. No matter how hard Silicon Valley tries, VR will always be a niche thing for nerds, just like comics that make fun of them. Even wearable tech has an upper limit of people willing to pair and charge all that shit, THEN strap it on. People wear pajamas to the grocery store for a reason.

Volunteers for Elon Musk’s brain chip are a whole other thing. And that thing’s a cult.

Actual bad things continued to happen in the world, but I needed a break. I’m starting to suspect following and commenting on everything terrible about our current dystopia might be making me less fun at parties.

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Tainted Halloween Treats

This entry was posted in comics and tagged drugs gun control guns Halloween pharmaceuticals Silicon Valley on October 4, 2019 by Brian McFadden

The annual “Marijuana Candy” panic has already started on our garbage local news. Having waited in line forever at the Brookline recreational place, I’m not inclined to give that stuff to friends, let alone random kids.

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Highlights from CES

This entry was posted in comics and tagged Chris Cillizza economy Facebook Jeff Bezos Mark Zuckerberg Silicon Valley technology on January 13, 2018 by Brian McFadden

The Consumer Electronics Show is another opportunity for me to avoid more depressing current events. I guess I’m skeptical of the current Silicon Valley bubble, or maybe I’m just an old luddite now.