Elon Musk Releases App to Help You Remember Why You Walked Into the Room
This is completely satire. Hope you enjoy.
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Joe Pearlman
1/15/20253 min read
In an unprecedented move of "innovation," Elon Musk has unveiled his latest brainchild: an app called RoomRite, designed to help you remember why you walked into a room in the first place. The app, which combines cutting-edge AI, advanced thought tracking, and a generous dose of Musk’s usual flair, promises to revolutionize the way we experience life's most pressing mystery—remembering whether you came to the kitchen for water, or if it was, in fact, a sandwich you were after.
“People are walking into rooms, and then—bam!—they forget what they’re doing. This is a global crisis,” Musk said in a press conference, standing in front of a green screen depicting Mars, which may or may not have been part of the app’s launch plan. “With RoomRite, you’ll never have to wonder why you’re holding a can of beans in the living room ever again.”
The app uses a complex network of brainwaves, biofeedback, and infrared sensors installed in your home to track your every movement and mental whiff of distraction. Using machine learning, RoomRite can determine, with 98.7% accuracy, that you entered the room because you wanted to check if the refrigerator light was still on, and not because you had a fleeting thought about your ex’s Instagram story.
"RoomRite is the ultimate in tech that solves problems we didn’t know we had," Musk continued, as the app flashed an encouraging pop-up on his phone, reminding him he was, in fact, headed to his office to schedule a meeting with his hairdresser. "And for those moments where you're deep in thought about something—like why the Wi-Fi is so slow—the app will gently remind you that you were actually supposed to take a shower... two days ago."
The app’s features are nothing short of groundbreaking:
Mood Swing Predictor: In case you walk into a room and get distracted by your own reflection, RoomRite will flash a series of motivational quotes to keep you focused on the task at hand. (Your task, by the way, was to grab a pen and not critique your outfit for the 100th time.)
The “Not Another Snack” Button: This feature can track your impulse to visit the kitchen for the fifth time in an hour. It will use AI to predict the exact snack you’re about to grab and warn you that it’s not actually dinner time yet.
Memory Boosters: RoomRite doesn't just track your movements; it enhances them! It has partnered with a cutting-edge brainwave company to “reinforce” your memory through light pulses emitted by your smartphone screen, so you definitely remember that you came to the bedroom for your phone charger, not a quick nap.
Distraction Tracker: Using sophisticated sensors embedded in the app, RoomRite will alert you whenever you get sidetracked by daydreaming about taking a nap, buying a new car, or researching how to build a house out of recycled paper. It’ll remind you, “Remember, you were looking for the laundry basket.”
AI Personal Life Coach: If the app detects you are really lost in thought (or worse—staring at a wall), it will assign you a personalized “life coach” character to yell at you through your speaker, prompting you to finally make that phone call you’ve been procrastinating on for weeks.
“Think of RoomRite as your personal assistant, but instead of helping you schedule meetings, it just helps you not forget why you walked into the room,” Musk elaborated. “That’s the future. Forget about curing world hunger or solving global warming. Remembering why you walked into the kitchen is the true game changer.”
Skeptics, however, are raising eyebrows. “Isn’t this just a step backwards?” said one concerned tech analyst. “I mean, we used to just… remember things. Without an app. And now we need an app to remember why we walked into the room? What’s next? An app that helps you remember how to breathe?”
Despite these concerns, Musk remains undeterred. “We're solving problems that have existed for millennia,” he insisted. “When you think about it, humanity has been walking into rooms for thousands of years, and we’ve never really known why. RoomRite changes all of that.”
The app is set to launch next month, and if you want early access, Musk recommends downloading the app’s beta version, RoomRite Lite, which comes with a free 3-day trial—though you'll need to remember to use it. Otherwise, it may just end up sitting on your phone with the dozens of other apps you forget about.