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humor Cloud Gadget 2026-04-16

New Robotic Pool Cleaner Promises Pool Enlightenment, But Is Too Expensive.

This $1200 puddle-scourer is marketed as a self-sufficient, autonomous domestic god, promising effortless pool purity while also 'upgrading' your life aesthetic. Naturally, every fresh-off-the-jet Portland minimalist expects it because owning one proves they have achieved the necessary level of upper-class apathy. It will inevitably fail when a particularly stubborn desert leaf gets stuck in its 'elite' infrared sensor, leading to a dramatic, chlorine-scented failure of the self-proclaimed modern paradise.

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