The Middleman Ruins Everything

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A surreal sketch follows a man trying to buy a shape, but a self-appointed middleman inserts himself into the transaction, raises the price, and takes a cut. The scene then shifts to the buyer at home, where he realizes that middlemen still appear everywhere in modern online shopping and services, from Uber and eBay to Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb, and car dealerships. The deadpan dialogue, escalating absurdity, and occasional thunk-like sound make the joke about intermediaries especially funny. EN: A surreal sketch follows a man trying to buy a shape, but a self-appointed middleman inserts himself into the transaction, raises the price, and takes a cut. The scene then shifts to the buyer at home, where he realizes that middlemen still appear everywhere in modern online shopping and services, from Uber and eBay to Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb, and car dealerships. The deadpan dialogue, escalating absurdity, and occasional thunk-like sound make the joke about intermediaries especially funny.

I like shapes. Why, hello. I sell shapes. I will take one shape, please. Five coins, please. Okay. I am the middle man. Wait. What? I'll connect you two and make the handoff for you. Can't I just buy from that guy? Did you just kill him? No, he's just far away. Hey, I'm just far away. It's time to pay up. And it's six coins now. I need a cut because I'm taking a risk. Ah! Oh, what's the problem, Haas? I was dreaming I was in this horrible place where every purchase had this middleman. Good thing the internet fixed that by connecting everyone to wholesale vendors. Oh, I gotta go my Uber's here. Can you see if my eBay purchase arrived? Yeah, I'm waiting on someone from Amazon. Cool, what should I watch on Netflix? What was that? I keep getting lost in this AirBnB. Something, something car dealerships.

• @antichirst / 18126 2024-10-31