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humor Cloud Gadget 2026-04-16

Billion-Dollar Pool Robot Guarantees Elite Status; Will Also Just Float

This $1,200 'Robotic Pool Cleaner' is basically an overpriced Roomba for your infinity edge, marketed to freshly arrived Pescaderoites desperate to signal they are above manual labor. It assures owners they are now swimming in the aesthetic calm of a successful, self-sufficient lifestyle, while subtly ensuring neighbors know they can afford enough disposable income to buy a vacuum cleaner that operates autonomously. The spectacular point of failure, however, will be the sheer, unpredictable amount of sand that infiltrates its sensitive infrared sensors during a breezy Baja sunset.

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