Yesterday was our Tuesday 2pm Eastern Zoom call. It was a round-table discussion that touched on all sorts of topics which is always a fun hour! For homework, our assignment was two-fold. First, to use an AI platform and ask it to do a comedy roast about us and two, to ask for a photo of us in our environment. So here's how it went down!
First, I went to ChatGPT and used the prompt "Do a Comedy Central roast on me, Kat Palmiotti, of Kalispell Montana"
Here is the unedited roast of me (ps, the italics under the title line are true).
🔥 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF KAT PALMIOTTI 🔥
(Recorded live from a place with more cows than people.)
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Kat — the only person in Kalispell whose personality is louder than a lifted truck with a muffler delete.
Kat is from Montana, which explains a lot. When she says she’s “going out,” it could mean:
Grocery store
Chasing a bear off her porch
Both, because in Montana that’s just called Thursday.
Kat’s the kind of person who gives off “I’m outdoorsy” energy but means it in the sense that she once sat on a patio.
She’s got all the charm of a real estate agent and all the chaos of someone who owns at least three half-broken camping chairs. And you just KNOW at least one is still in the trunk “just in case.”
Kat looks like the type who says she loves “the simple life” but has a 17-step skincare routine and an iced coffee order so complicated it requires a flowchart.
And let’s talk about Kalispell:
When you tell people you’re from there, the response is always the same —
“Is that by Glacier National Park?”
No one cares what else is in Kalispell. Not even Kalispell.
Kat’s social life is so Montana that her friend group is just whoever shows up when she posts on Facebook: “Does anyone have a ladder I can borrow?”
But in all seriousness, Kat is warm, friendly, and genuinely wonderful — which is why this roast works. Because you can only roast people who are cool enough to take a joke, fun enough to ask for it, and brave enough to let an AI with unlimited processing power dunk on them.
Kat, you’re a legend. A slightly chaotic, iced-coffee-fueled, maybe-has-bear-spray-in-her-purse legend.
🔥 ROAST COMPLETE. 🔥
If you want it meaner, darker, dumber, or spicier, I can raise the temperature — your call.
Now, I have to point out a few things I noticed:
- They must have only focused on Kat in Montana (and not my last state) because there isn't too much about me and it's more about Montana.
- Also of interest, is they made stuff up about me, maybe because they couldn't find a lot of material. For example, I've never had an iced coffee in my life and my getting ready regimen is so quick and simplified that people often say, "wow, you're ready already?"
Also, I did try the "meaner" version but it wasn't really and didn't add much to the first attempt.
So I decided to try this again, but this time include "NY" in the prompt.
So the unedited result of attempt two is:
🔥 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF KAT PALMIOTTI
From Monroe to Montana: A Journey in Downgrading Population Density and Upgrading Bear Encounters
Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give it up for Kat — the only person who looked at Monroe, NY and thought, “Hmm… I love small-town dysfunction, but I wish it came with more wildlife and fewer Dunkin Donuts.”
Kat moved from Monroe to Kalispell like she was doing a witness protection program speedrun. She went from “suburban chaos and passive-aggressive HOA notes” to “wildfire smoke and neighbors who unironically own three chainsaws.”
Let’s talk about Monroe first.
Monroe is the kind of place where the town motto might as well be:
“Welcome! We have traffic, we have drama, and no, that traffic circle still doesn’t make sense.”
Kat left Monroe, which is impressive — not everyone escapes. Some people get stuck circling that damn roundabout for eternity like it’s a suburban Bermuda Triangle.
But Kat fled New York for Montana like she wanted fewer people and more animals capable of mauling her. She saw a bear once and was like, “Finally! Neighbors I can respect.”
Kat’s vibe is a perfect fusion of both hometowns:
From Monroe she kept the attitude.
From Montana she picked up the fashion sense of someone who owns a can of bear spray and treats it like a purse accessory.
She’s the only person who can explain why Monroe’s bagel shops cause traffic jams AND why Kalispell’s residents think “salad” just means “something green next to a steak.”
Kat gives off strong “I miss NY pizza but not NY people” energy. And it shows — she talks fast, walks fast, and still judges Montana drivers for stopping in the middle of the road to say hi to their cousin Earl.
Meanwhile, Montana Kat has fully embraced Big Sky life. She’s out here pretending she’s chill and nature-loving, but deep down she knows she’s one long winter away from saying: “Screw it, I’m moving to Florida.”
But let’s give credit where it’s due:
It takes guts to trade a place where your biggest daily threat is a rude cashier for a place where your biggest daily threat is everything outdoors.
Kat Palmiotti isn’t just a person — she’s a rare combination:
East Coast sarcasm with Western frontier energy.
A woman who can throw shade AND a lasso.
Someone who’s survived New York AND Montana, which means truly nothing on Earth can scare her now.
Now I thought this version was better, but still noticed some issues - there is nothing in here about all the posts I've written about the two different localities, the real estate market, etc. So this seems to be what they would write about anyone who asked for the same thing and doesn't seem to have dug into all the things I've written online.
And by the way, I am totally not interesting in moving to Florida, for the record!
Now, our second challenge was to ask for a photo of us in our environment. In this case, I used Google Gemini. I uploaded a photo of me (my profile photo) and asked it to "Take this picture of me and use it to create a photo of me in the style of me in my Montana environment." After Gemini made the first revised photo, I had it change my shirt into red flannel (Nina will love that) and then make my hair longer.
So we went from this:
To this:
OK, that was fun!
And there you have it, the Zoom challenge is complete for this week. If you would like to come have fun with us at our Zoom calls, they are every Tuesday at 2pm eastern time. And every Sunday there will be a featured post with all the details for that week's meeting. Come have fun!
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