



“No, no, Grok, we love your creative voice! Ort is just here to do a little punch-up.”

“When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones. We had to come up with our own extremist views.”


“Mom? For my birthday, can I have a jerk kid ride me in a circle?”

“Just say they're the greatest pancakes. You don't need to add 'of these United States.' ”

“How many more cubicles do you think he's going to annex?”

“Well, we know I didn't do it. I gave up stabbing years ago.”


“None of this research would have been possible without all the bitter professional vendettas that kept me going . . . ”


“This is not the summer banger I was promised.”