• imtired [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        "Honey you've been steaming to an audience of 1 for 10 years now maybe it's time to move on."

        "Mom I'm gonna make it I used to have 0 viewers."

        "Ok well I'm not watching you lose elections in the HRE anymore. It's 1450 you should be emperor of the entirety of Europe by now."

    • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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      2 years ago

      The fact that the most depressing scenario is the one in which this is a real person means this is a real person.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        Modern telemarketing typically targets people with automated spam in the initial run and then redirects anyone who shows interest to a live individual on standby. This allows for a much higher rate of market saturation with a lower downstream labor cost.

        Of course, the consequence of this strategy is my phone blowing up ten times a day with robot messages asking me to Press 1 To Hear Our Special Offer. But since there's no cost associated with wasting my time, its the most profitable move.

      • teddiursa [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        It’s a real person, but that person doesn’t even see your information when they send you those emails. When an employer posts a new listing on Indeed, Indeed shows them a list of people on Indeed in the same city, but it doesn’t show them their resume.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    It's kind of hilarious in a depressingly morbid way

    I'm fortunate enough to be employed in my field and possess a Master's. I've had someone try to contact me about working in a call center

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Working as a recruiter in a call center to hire more people to work as recruiters in call centers to hire more people to work...

      Capitalism at its Most Efficient, folks.

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    The robots on the job search sites I've been using this year will suggest things like, Pediatric Surgeon, based on my searches for grocery stocker/receiver.

    :sickomogus:

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It would be funny if we all assumed it was a scam, but Smokie Mo's was spinning up a lab-grown meat division and actually needed biotech experts.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Is this a good thing? I don't know anything and I'm too exhausted to research it. My prejudice is that it should be good because it offers an alternative to animal agriculture but I'm sure there's a catch.

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I think it's good, it's just a question of whether we can do it at scale without using so much electricity that it renders it somehow worse than animal agriculture currently is. In terms of ethics lab grown meat is equivalent to a plant or bacteria.

        • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Long term assuming we can make the switch to renewables or at least nuclear energy, the energy concern stops being as much of an issue?

          • Apolonio
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            1 year ago

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  • Commander_Data [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure this is either some kind of scam or fake. Ian Poulter is the name of a professional golfer from :england-cool: Also, there's a BBQ chain in Texas with this name, but it's spelled differently.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Probably a recruiter for a temp agency. They'll directly email you to avoid paying the indeed fees, then sub you out and take 20% of your pay for finding you work