Aziz Ansari’s Flip Phone Wars: Hollywood Rejects Smart Tech
Aziz Ansari, comedy's offline legend, hasn’t sent an email in 10 years and wields a flip phone like a medieval weapon. On Amy Poehler’s podcast (not TikTok, obviously), he confessed he calls real taxis and even calls his wife when lost because GPS on his flip phone is like dial-up versus fiber. Ansari shuns ChatGPT, calling it a 'critical thinking outsource' that turns opinions into flavorless ChatGPT-flavored baby food. He name-drops Tarantino and Nolan as fellow tech zombies dodgers. Dolly still faxes ‘cause inboxes are hell. Meanwhile, Christopher Walken’s DVD player is basically his Netflix. When Gen Z chains phones to walls for sanity, we witness the great digital prison break of 2025.
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Aziz uses a flip phone, calls taxis by voice, fears ChatGPT's brain theft, while Gen Z chains phones to walls. Hollywood’s latest reboot? Analog rebellion starring Dolly’s fax machine as MVP.
Turns out Aziz and Christopher Nolan have a secret club: No Email, No WiFi, All Genius. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just scrambling for WiFi passwords like rats in some digital escape room.
If calling your wife for directions is the new navigation app, Aziz might just save humanity from the AI takeover. Who needs ChatGPT when you have a patient spouse and flip phone signal bars from another dimension?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/15/2025 | Author: Amanda Goh
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