Avocado 'n' Toast

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A machine-generated four-panel comic where an avocado and a slice of toast discuss whatever millennials are being blamed for this week.

What it is

Avocado 'n' Toast is a machine-generated newspaper comic strip for millennials. Press Generate and, after a fake loading sequence about deep learning and spidering news articles, you get a four-panel strip: a cartoon avocado and a slice of toast, both with faces, discussing whatever millennials are being blamed for in the press this time, until a character called Mister Boomer arrives to speak his mind.

How to play

Press Generate. Read the strip. Laugh, or wince. Press Generate another. Each strip has a masthead, a number in the billions, a topic in quotes and today's date, and the topic changes every time: the avocado and the toast have opinions on all of them. Copy and share buttons sit under the strip, and a row of the site's other toys under that.

What makes it different

It is a parody of two things at once: the newspaper gag strip with its fixed cast and its one joke, and the endless supply of articles about what young people have killed this week. The template is rigid on purpose, the same beats every time, and the fun is watching a new topic get forced through it. The fake loading screen, with its binary and its scrolling news URL, is a third joke about how these things get made.

Why it is on Bored

Two breakfast items with opinions are hard to stop pressing, and the strip is quick enough to send to a group chat mid-argument. It is one of many toys from the same British workshop, whose hub is on Bored as its own link.

Tips

  • Generate at least five, the topics are the variety
  • Check the strip number, it is part of the joke
  • Copy a strip and send it to the millennial or boomer of your choice
  • The row at the bottom is the rest of the workshop, all worth a click

FAQ

Is Avocado 'n' Toast free?

Yes. It is free in the browser with no account, no ads and no cookie banner.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The strip fits a phone screen and the buttons are big.

Does it end?

No. Every press makes another strip.

How many strips are there?

The strip numbers run into the billions. In practice, as many as you press for.

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