{"id":46942,"date":"2026-07-03T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=46942"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:05:11","slug":"we-are-in-the-dumbest-possible-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/we-are-in-the-dumbest-possible-future\/","title":{"rendered":"We are in the dumbest possible future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of <a href=\"\/yo\/gijclas174b.php\"><i>GI Joe Classified<\/i> Budo<\/a>, the opening was a reference to this popular screenshot joke:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/flashcontent1.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"215\" alt=\"In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout: (You are trying to view Flash content, but you have no Flash plugin installed.)\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If you try to search for it, Google's A.i. results treat it like it's real and explain what actual samurai actually meant when they actually said it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/flashcontent2.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"255\" alt=\"Screenshot of a Google results page with an A.i. summary at the top: &quot;They used this phrase to teach a deep lesson about wisdom. A warrior might have the best sword, but it is useless if they lack the tool to see what is in front of them.\n\nFor a look at how this ancient meme evolved on the internet:&quot; etc etc etc.\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Remember when reality used to <b>not<\/b> be bafflingly stupid every minute of every day?<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Even Wolverine has his limits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/even-wolverine-has-his-limits\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Even Wolverine has his limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Licensed Contest of Champions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/06\/licensed-contest-of-champions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Licensed Contest of Champions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"TMNT x GI Joe: Buzzer Rocksteady addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/08\/tmnt-x-gi-joe-buzzer-rocksteady-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">TMNT x GI Joe: Buzzer Rocksteady addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"He'll fight for freedom, wherever there's trouble\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/hell-fight-for-freedom-wherever-theres-trouble\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">He'll fight for freedom, wherever there's trouble<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"GI Joe and the Search for the Stolen Idol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/gi-joe-and-the-search-for-the-stolen-idol\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">GI Joe and the Search for the Stolen Idol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of GI Joe Classified Budo, the opening was a reference to this popular screenshot joke: &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;GI Joe Figure Subscription Service: Barrel Roll addendum The gift everybody wants GI Joe Kre-O Zarana review GI &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/we-are-in-the-dumbest-possible-future\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,377],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-46942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-memes","tag-gi-joe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46945,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46942\/revisions\/46945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}