this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
475 points (98.8% liked)

Funny

7207 readers
6 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 40 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 165 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn't know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 142 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

We fired our fact-checkers, so we cannot verify whether that is true or not.

[–] talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 weeks ago

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i would like to post a community note saying that i personally believe it to be true

I can assure you it is true as I was there. I was the $100 note.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

They couldn't before they fired them either, so not a lot has changed. Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Literally everything about it's anecdotal so the best result a fact-checker could have is a shrug.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

Look at mister MVP over here.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

ahahahaha, thanks for linking

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's playing checkers, she's playing 3d go.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think 3d go is called gone

[–] noobface@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

and everyone clapped

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

$500 minimum, and I'd really have to think hard about it.
$1000, done deal.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Even at $100 it's a pretty reasonable time/compensation ratio, assuming you only have to spend like 10 minutes on actual performance time.

Of course there is potentially travel time and the overhead of communicating ahead of time to set up the prank.

May not be worth it if you have a full time job already.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any acting student would take the 100 gladly.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any ~~acting~~ student would take the 100 gladly.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

> Any ~~acting~~ student would ~~take~~ the 100 ~~gladly~~.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

any ~~acting~~ ~~stu~~Dent would take ~~100~~ his towel

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's reasonable for a steady gig but not for a one-off contract.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry, someone else already has the job. Thanks for your application though!

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like the basis of a very healthy marriage!

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 weeks ago

he sounds playful. They will be alright

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dealer's choice ehh? Let's go with "explosive herpes".

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Doctor's have never seen anything like it before, explosive, just completely explosive.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like something will Farrell would say. Approved.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've got some free time but I don’t think I could pass for twenty. RIP, $100.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I really want to know how this played out

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I like how OP denotes the actors, as to be very clear in his description of how he's either going to get divorced or murdered.

Let's pretend you accomplish this and she sees the err of her ways. Then what? She's going to kill you when she finds out the kid is not really yours.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually it went really well. The wife thought it was hilarious, according to the husband.

"I can't decide what amused her more... the effort I put into the ruse or the fact that I ended up proving her right in the process. [...She said] 'Next time you can save $100 and just assume you're wrong.'"

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll be damned. He found someone to match his crazy.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not as uncommon as sitcoms make it seem. My wife--brilliant, hilarious, way smarter and better at things than I am--would probably think it was hilarious, too. It wouldn't work for our situation (we got together too early in life for it to be believable), but I wouldn't expect any backlash.

I would expect payback in-kind, though.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My wife found out last year that her mom cheated and that her dad was not her biological dad. He didn't know either. 3 months later he died. Then when she found her biological dad, he had just died too. Then her mom got divorced from her current husband.

Ain't NO way am I fucking around with that right now.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Whoa. Yep, I'd call that...like, the dictionary definition of reading the room. Yikes.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This sounds fun but will for sure end with someone trying to blackmail him for more money or filing a fake paternity suit lol

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

The post, along with any dms for confirmation of the job, payment, etc, would be sufficient evidence of op's innocence