Digital Cynic Gifts

The iFart Economy

Ask Sadie. Dear Sadie, BOO! Did I scare you? Regards, Rick in Seattle. (Actual reader letter). Ask Sadie at asksadieshow@gmail.com. Yeah, I'm really scared. Aren't you, Rudy? Boo, Rudy! Boooooo! That, however, terrifies me. Sorry, you were saying? Some guy tweeted his breakfast menu.(This cartoon was originally published on 2014-07-07)

"Amazing what you can buy online these days."

'How can we believe anything when we can disprove everything?'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

Stop! Stop what? Do not change the channel! Sex, death, harrowing footage of the most remarkable story you've ever seen, tattoos, rock-n-roll, action, action, action! It's all coming right up, right after this five second break for station identification. Five seconds ... You're watching Rock Television. And now back to our ... bored. Welcome to ABC. We've got thrills, action, more thrills ... Click. I've got your action right here. We've created a monster. Click click click click click cl-

"We've now got a higher approval rating than the media."

"Dear, if the news stresses you out so much, turn it off!"

Social media and privacy

"If you are a Pulitzer-prize winner, press 1. All others, please press 2."

Unsocial Networking.

"Well, if you can't trust software upgrades, who can you trust?"

"Just saying, if you can't trust your software upgrades, what can you trust?"

The first accurate poll.

"Oh, the usual bills and a friendly reminder from Satan that there's a special place in Hell reserved just for us, but only if we ACT NOW, blah, blah, blah."

iPhone: Leading Our Grand March Into Mass Mediocrity

"Trust your instinct son, not the rubbish spewed on Social Media..."

Don't worry, Bob. There are some jobs a robot just can't do...like kissing ass.

Old Rope

'It's like home from home, really-rubbish telly, lousy grub..'

"Ahem, if you're planning to rob the place could you please get a move on."

"So much for the news, now for the corrections."

Warning! The next programme contains no celebrities.

"I'd better read the official view before I form an opinion."

Finally, a news network that doesn't fill me up...it's 97 fact free!

"Podcasts, blech. It's like eavesdropping without the intrigue."

"Of course your data isn't really in a cloud. That's almost as silly as thinking your money is actually in this bank."

'Never read it,mate-too much doom and gloom in it!'

'The movie doesn't scare me - the commercials do.'

"Am I covered for the brain cell damage caused by your TV commercials?"

"Oh my God have you seen this sh-"

'I'll tell you, Ed, this new technology is starting to realy spook me out.'

'I don't know about you, but even I'm getting bored with all the cat stuff on Facebook.'

We value your privacy. . . . . yeah, right.

"We interrupt this endless stream of mind-numbing adverts to bring you a TV programme..."