Tech Challenges Enthusiast Mugs

Youtube just made it impossible for me to earn a living from my channel! How so? It used to be you needed 10,000 views of your videos, and then they'd start running ads on your channel. Now you need 4,000 hours of watch-time and 1,000 subscribers! It took me a year to get 10,000 views, and then the bottom drops out! I'm missing out on $400/year now, according to Social Blade. Have you ever heard something that you just know would've made zero sense if you'd heard it ten years ago? First Facebook

The Future: "Sorry, but I have to show you an ad now."

'The check is in the email attachment.'

In the Guru District

Dear, could you please pick up some batteries? The ones in the remote are dead and I feel like I'm Amish.

'3 Second Loading Zone.'

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

'Do you remember when our time away from the office was our time...'

"There's smart phones and smart cars, so why can't there be smart rooms that clean themselves?"

'Let me through, I'm at Doctor.com.'

Woman uses a remote control to turn on the sunset.

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

Claus 2.0

It's a male thing - I saw a toaster with power assist, and I bought it.

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"He might not have got the job with Google, but they weren't going to stop Brian skateboarding to the office."

'That's about it so far, Son.'

'Why can't we have a texting bee?'

Girl with smart phone enters door that says "Social Media Studies"

"I need a deeper access to his brain. Only google has the records."

Evolution.

"One more time, Mr Claus - who sold you the data?"

'...and in 1/100000 of a second, it can compound the programmer's error 87,500 times.'

'Who changed the password to 'arf'?'

"My online account predicts the things I should own, then buys them with my credit card. It�s very convenient, but I do now need to move to a larger house."

"In the old days, we had to constantly feed the screensaver."

Gen-Next Library

"If Google Translate is correct, they want our women and our cattle."

The Little Search Engine Who Could: 'I think I can...I think I can...'

"Uh-oh...it's starting to delegate work to me."

"Would you like to keep eighty-seven tabs open?"

"The article you sent me on how technology causes stress crashed my computer."

'He's not talking yet, but his texting skills are excellent...'

"Once I connect with my server over there, I can turn my lamp on and off."