Give the book Ra by Qntm a read
The synopsis is strikingly similar… It’s not lazy writing, I really enjoyed that book.

I think it looks like some kind of parasitic wasp, based on the long rear tubule thing (used for injecting eggs into the host, called an ovipositor) and the generally wasp-like body shape.

Don’t worry, it doesn’t sting or parasitize humans.
Very beneficial as they are pollinators, feeding on nectar, and also pest control, as depending on their host, is a major population control mechanism in some pest insect species. The reason Spotted Lantern Flies are so invasive in the Eastern USA is that in their home range, they are controlled by 2 species of parasitic wasp that control their spread, but these wasps haven’t yet made the jump to or adapted to the region yet.

Frozen Nutty Buddy wafer bars were my dad’s favorite growing up… Unfortunately the cheap chocolate that coats them loses the tenuous temper it once had and becomes a liquid sludge at exactly 1 degree below room temperature so it melts all over the place and makes an absolute mess.

My brother and I got good at eating them straight out of the plastic wrapper without touching them.

But haven’t you heard!?! It’s a REVOLUTION!

I will simply turn 360 degrees and walk away.

Are you even a real connected-appliance enthusiatst when you didn’t even link the R180 connect PLUS https://revcook.com/products/r180-connect-plus-smart-toaster Which is $100 more and seems to be exactly the same, with the addition of 22 more useless “bread profiles”

I remember seeing this thing a while ago and scoffing, but actually reading it now, it’s even more absurd. “Our most customizable toasting experience”… Ugh.

I will hand-mine books of mica and wrap nichrome wire around them and plug it directly into the wall like my forefathers did before I install a toaster with a screen in my home.

Actually, though probably physically dangerous, a thriving DIY appliance community to bypass the “screen in everything” future might be kinda fun.