10 Pieces of Tech I’m Deeply Thankful for in 2025 (Because They Keep the Joke Pipeline Flowing at Hyperscale)

Thanksgiving 2025 is here, and while normal humans are giving thanks for family, health, and turkeys that weren’t cooked at a temperature Siri hallucinated, SiliconSnark is here to celebrate something far more meaningful: technology that remains hilarious in ways that keep this site in business.

So let’s carve into the 10 pieces of tech I’m deeply thankful for in 2025—not because they work well, but because they keep the tech comedy gods fed.

1. Siri — The Original Chaos Assistant, Still Unsure How Timers Work

I am forever thankful for Siri, the AI assistant that has watched the entire generative AI revolution zoom past at warp speed while she remains in the corner, confidently failing.

In 2025, Siri still:

• Struggles with timers
• Panics at basic questions like, “What’s the lowest temp you can safely cook a turnkey at?”
• Plays the wrong song with the energy of someone trying their best and failing spectacularly

Siri is the reason hope exists. Keep going, queen.

2. Microsoft Teams — Lagging So Hard It’s a Love Language

Teams continues to be a masterclass in weaponized inconvenience.

I remain deeply thankful for:

• Boot times that double as meditation
• Ghost logouts
• Random forced updates at the worst possible moment
• Audio settings that behave like they’re controlled by a mischievous toddler

Zoom and Google Meet may dominate the video quality charts, but Teams dominates the comedy charts.

3. Google Gemini — From Industry Punchline to Apex Predator

I am especially grateful for Google Gemini, the Cinderella story of 2025.

The timeline:

• Early 2025: Gemini is the internet’s favorite AI to roast
• Mid 2025: Gemini 3 drops
• Late 2025: ChatGPT’s self-esteem goes on leave
• Right now: Every tech influencer pretends they “always saw this coming”

Gemini went from “haha look at this adorable mess” to “oh no it’s getting too powerful” in a single version update.

We love a plot twist.

4. Meta AI — The Confidently Wrong King

Meta AI is the only assistant who will recommend a fake restaurant, cite nonexistent laws, and fabricate a brand-new city ordinance… all with Princeton-level conviction.

Thankful for:

• The hallucinations
• The swagger
• The chaos
• The roast material

Meta AI: confidently incorrect, consistently iconic.

5. Tesla Autopilot — The Most High-Tech Trust Fall on Earth

Tesla Autopilot remains a beautiful mix of engineering brilliance and light psychological warfare.

Every ride is:

• 30% smooth
• 30% terrifying
• 40% “I should not have let this car make decisions”

It is the only consumer product that makes you feel like you’re simultaneously starring in The Jetsons and Jackass.

A blessing.

6. Apple Vision Pro 2 — The World’s Most Expensive “Don’t Talk to Me” Signal

Apple Vision Pro 2, now sleeker and somehow even more dystopian, continues to give me everything I need to avoid eye contact in public.

I’m grateful that it:

• Still makes you look like a futuristic auditor
• Still has the vibe of “my personality is 12K pixels wide”
• Still overheats if you think too hard while wearing it
• Still costs more than a used Honda

If social isolation had a luxury tier, this is it.

7. Sonos — Great Sound, Horrifying Setup Journey

Sonos is the only speaker system capable of giving you both:

• Audiophile nirvana
• Emotional trauma

The Apple Music ritual remains unchanged:

1. Try to connect
2. Get spinning wheel
3. Told it’s “not possible”
4. Try again
5. It works immediately

It’s not a bug. It’s an initiation ritual.

8. Roblox — The Comedy Fountain That Never Runs Dry

Ah, Roblox. The platform beloved by kids, feared by parents, and cherished by snark writers everywhere.

I’m thankful for:

• Age verification that feels like applying for TSA PreCheck
• Safety systems that somehow regress each time they’re updated
• Entire categories of lawsuits
• And of course — that CEO interview

The New York Times interview was a cinematic universe of PR self-destruction.
A priceless artifact.
A masterclass in saying the quiet part loudly while explaining mandatory face scans like he was describing a new sandwich at Subway.

Roblox: the gift that keeps on glitching.

9. Amazon Prime Video — Ads, But Make You Pay Extra for Them

I am wildly grateful for Amazon Prime Video, which pioneered the radical idea:

“What if we showed more ads… and charged you more to remove them?”

Prime Video innovated by:

• Inserting ads where ads did not previously exist
• Playing promos before trailers that promote more promos
• Turning ad-free viewing into a $2.99/month enlightenment tax
• Making cable TV seem peaceful

Jeff Bezos finally answered the question, “What if Black Mirror was a business model?”

10. AI Customer Support — The Final Boss of Futility

AI support bots remain undefeated in their ability to take a simple problem and turn it into a 20-minute interpretive dance.

Their top techniques include:

• Repeating your question
• Redirecting you to an irrelevant help article
• Pretending your issue is solved
• Refusing to escalate you to a human like it’s a hostage negotiation

I am thankful because these bots teach me patience. And by patience, I mean the ability to scream quietly into my shirt.

2025 has brought robotaxis, AI breakthroughs, wearable revolutions, and software leaps. But through all the innovation, the tech we rely on most remains delightfully, reliably flawed.

And that’s why I’m thankful. Happy Thanksgiving, nerds.