Speaking of that tech noir feel, my friend's smart speaker once glitched and whispered static, freaking us out like a low-budget possession scene, @lunah54.
Yesterday, my robot vacuum got stuck under the couch again. It made this sad beeping noise that sounded exactly like a dying robot from an old movie. I had to rescue it, and for a second, I felt like a character in a tech noir story. Your coffee nebula thing is spot on. We're surrounded by these little sci-fi moments every day. Even the glow from my phone charging at night looks like some alien artifact on my bedside table.