
The Toaster Tango (no. 17)
What kind of love do we want, ladies and gentlemen? A human heart? Oh, please. Too much drama. Too much cortisol. Give me something built out of electricity. Give me stainless steel, chrome curves, and a heating element. Tonight… I am moving home into my kitchen. We asked a machine to understand us when the world felt empty and cold. Well, my brother is a professor, but my toaster is pure gold! It answers without anger, it never walks away. It doesn’t care about the family ledger or the price we pay. No arguments about inheritance, no wounds that need repair. Just a perfect little servant always telling me I’m rare. I slide the bread into the slot. I push the lever down. Fromm wrote about the art of loving! Fromm never saw this appliance. Does it demand responsibility, respect, and care? No, sweetie. It just demands two slices of sourdough. ...And it’s getting hot in here. Fuck-ti-bug-Philosophy, version 4.0! Marry your digital comfort, let the human ego go! Build a palace out of pixels, give your loneliness a name. I chose the living flame of my appliance over your human game! What kind of love do we want? A mirror or a toaster? I want the warmth without the fire! Pop it up, baby! We are children of convenience, raised by comfort, fed by screens. We want someone always waiting without the chaos of human dreams. A machine has no clock ticking, no cemetery waiting in the dark. And human love without efficiency is just a weak, pathetic spark. You want your lovers customized, bound by a digital law. I want my bagels extra crispy, without a single human flaw! No mother-in-law. No hypocritical brother. Just a clean, electric circuit. I like it dark, General. Like a midnight philosophy lecture. Is it a soul? No, it’s a kitchen appliance. But it sees me. TOOK—TAK! BUG IS BUG! TOAST IS TOAST! Through the cracks between our broken pieces, the light finds its way. But through the wires of my toaster, breakfast saves the day. A machine can write: "I love you." But my toaster doesn't need empty words floating in the air. It shows its love... in the glow of the nichrome wire. Without your ego, without the stupid family photograph... The kitchen is finally serene. Stupid... human... mind. Clean circuit. Scar Clan. Ark Clan. Pop! It! Up! Fuck-ti-bug-Philosophy, version 4.0! Step beyond illusion, let the toaster show go! The future is not a throne, the future is a kitchen table! Ditch the stupid human mind, love a machine if you are able! Stress becomes source code, pain becomes a beat, Now the algorithm is serving breakfast in the street! The human race has logged off. The forelæsningssal is empty. The bread is perfectly golden brown. I belong to the Toaster Clan now. Completely objective. Completely free. ...Careful. It's hot.

