It has come to my attention that some of you actually think I paid a plumber $2750 to fix a leak that only took 15 minutes and tried to shill this guy AI…..
I *did* have a plumber over to fix a leak… buuuut it took him multiple hours (not counting his travel time to come to my house at 8:30 in the morning), he did some checks on other stuff, and it only cost $300 (plus a $240 “diagnosis” fee, that part was real).
I also did NOT mention AI at all because I’m not a douche and it would be stupid.
You see, this is what some people call “satire.” Satire means “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.”
What I’m doing here is creating a plausible but ultimately absurd situation. The plausibility is key, because the joke becomes even funnier when many people don’t realize it’s a joke.
I hope this is helpful. Jokes are always funnier when you explain them.
called a plumber to fix a leak in our ceiling.
he arrives. $250 just to "diagnose"
turns out it's some valve thing.
easy fix.
i see him writing out a paper invoice.
i chuckle. so quaint.
i tell him "you should be using AI for that."
"what?" he says.
"yeah, you should get a mac mini and set up openclaw and automate all of this with your own personal ai agents" i say.
"huh?" he says.
clearly he's not getting it... I clarify in simple terms: "you're writing invoices by hand using paper. you're handing me a physical piece of paper for my invoice. this should all be digital. you can have your ai agents automatically generate invoices you verbally dictate into your phone via a telegram chat with your own personal ai workforce. they can handle billing too. this is just really inefficient and you're wasting time. time is money, after all."
"ok. i'm going to go fix your leak now" he says.
maybe he's finally starting to get it??
the job takes 15 minutes.
he hands me the invoice. it's $2500. plus the $250 "diagnosis."
i stare at the total.
$2750.
he looks at me and says “you’re right, time is money.”
then he adds one more line to the invoice... a discount...
$5 off for “AI consultation fee”
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