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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

Edit: I saw this online and assumed it was satire. After some digging, I was actually able to find the actual craigs list posting: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

I am not sure if this is a joke CL job add, or if it's a serious call for seat fillers. Replying to the CL add to see if it's legit, or bullshit.

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[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago

"Paid in cryptocurrency" there it is

So it's a volunteer gig

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's a dumb take. Unless you sit on it, you'll sell it and get most of that value.

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fight fight fight LLC, lol

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

Sad part is although the ad is fake, Fight fight fight LLC is real and it's one of two entities that owns the $TRUMP meme coin.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

"Paid in crypto currency"

Lol, so they can rug pull the coins before anyone actually cashes out.

[-] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Literally thought this was real for a second until I read the title lol

[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I edited the title to tag it as satire. Every day brings new absurdity. We are on a memes forum, but I could totally imagine people seeing this and thinking it's real because the zone is so flooded with bullshit.

[-] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 9 points 1 week ago

Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet

The 4,000 California National Guard soldiers who President Donald Trump surged into Los Angeles remain unpaid due to delays in issuing official activation orders, leaving compensation and benefits in limbo.

According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but also unlocks pay, Tricare health benefits and eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs services. Without those orders, troops remain in a legal and administrative limbo.

This is not satire :-)

[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The image I posted has NOTHING to do with the military.com article. The military.com article relates to national guard troops being dispatched to LA and not being paid. The image I posted is a call for actors to be paid stand ins/seat fillers at the trump parade.

After some digging, I actually found the craigs list posting exists: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

However, no way to know if the CL posting leads to real jobs or if it's just a joke.

However, the fact that Trump never pays his debts is not satire. That is correct.

[-] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 6 points 1 week ago

I know. It's just that unlike the satire post, which says they pay, the 'real' jobs don't get paid. Just wanted to joke around, but probably I'm mistaken or it was a dumb idea (sorry, if so).

[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

My bad. I saw this image and assumed it was satire. I did find a real CL gig post, but have no way to determine if it's a real job posting or if it was put up as satire. The joke about Trump never paying his debts went over my head, and in that case it is not satire. I'm sorry I misunderstood.

[-] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 1 week ago

No problem. Have a great time.

[-] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago
[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago
[-] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Maybe I’m just getting old, but it gets harder and harder to tell.

The problem of this timeline we live in is that this could totally be a real ad nowadays.

[-] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Had me fooled.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Free RED hat you say? And $1,000?

Fucking sign me up to be a pariah for the next hundred years because fuck it, we already deserve it.

- Me-ica.

[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It was the free fast food and soda that sealed the deal for me.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You ain't getting paid, any more than the "Soros shills" you think are getting paid

I feel like we might also be being trolled magats aren't out of stupid money/time yet

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