• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    99% sure this is a parody, mainly because she only mentions her childrens’ ages in the context of a bachelor’s degree not being enough, but it troubles me that I can’t say I’m 100% sure.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      An article on the subject

      Yesterday I found an incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost (on Lemmy - couldn’t find it again so sourced it from Facebook). Reverse analyzing the details revealed that the selfies were modified to increase duckface, a pile of cigarettes were added for the narrative, and an accompanying news report screenshot was expertly modified using two different articles and changing many details. I can’t in good faith believe any social media meme after this:


      All the selfie captions are fake.

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      It reads like a combination of multiple people’s ridiculous individual requirements wrapped into one listing. Like one person said no spare room, someone else said to bring educational stuff, another is only paying $18 a day, and so on.

      So definitely a parody, but I would bet each individual thing is based on someone and maybe slightly exaggerated.

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      I get the same feeling on this one. I’ve seen serious ones wanting a degree in early childhood development or similar and offer babysitter rates, but I think they went slightly too far on this for it to be taken seriously.