"Hi, please come and parent for us for below minimum wage, and somehow also manage to feed and house yourself.
No, we won’t help you, just be independently wealthy but not too wealthy or we’ll think you’re better than us.
Thanks!"
not too wealthy or we’ll think you’re better than us.
Nah more like
not too wealthy or we’ll think you think you’re better than us.
18$ - 10$ for “snacks” = 8$ for 4.5h = 1.77$/h
Nice wage for someone with a masters degree lol
It’s 7 to 10 hours a day and they won’t be telling you when they’ll be getting home for you to be able to leave.
I mean the time frame is extremely specific, but yeah realistically they wont ever be back in time.
Also need to subtract housing cost and learning materials.
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.
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.
Thanks for doing the legwork that one got me
I think the post you saw on Lemmy must have gotten removed or deleted. This comment I found seems to be debunking the same post but the link button leads to a blank page. I do wish there was an archive of removed/deleted Fediverse content for reference purposes (with a reasonable level of censorship, such as omitting illegal content and personally identifying information). I think I saw another post on Lemmy of the same misinfo less recently than a day or two ago but I couldn’t find that post.
Oh I actually fell for the original post, I wonder how many more didn’t know it was fake.
There are publicly available mod logs at the bottom.
Does there exist means to identify which deleted/removed post the comment in the screenshot was from or means to view that post as it was prior to its deletion/removal?
Mods typically include a post’s content in the mod logs. Click the three .s under a post/comment on the right side, a drop-down should allow you to see what was logged for that post’s removal and all other mod actions for that user.
The screenshot is from searching comments local to Lemmy.world. There are not three dots anywhere around the comment on that page. I’m also on mobile, and tapping a username to see their specific modlog actions apparently doesn’t work.
Oh, you do have to be logged in, look at the comment from your instance.
incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost
This is considered incredibly convincing?
dammit i ate the onion, now i have to go tell the friends i told.
If your brain doesn’t automatically reject information provided this way (screenshots cobbled together) I’m not sure what to say.
hey at least ill cop to it and do damage control
A good first step heh ;)
yours can be addressing what a smug condescending asswipe you are to well-intentioned folks who don’t think the way you do, for no good reason at all <3
Some of you need to completely get off the internet or at very least take some media training.
I’ll make whatever commentary I want. Don’t like it? Feel free to block me. 👋
Great work! I did think that news article was a bit too perfect of an ending
That was fake?!
Ooof I normally think I’m good at catching these, but took the bait on this story.
The only thing that seemed slightly off when skimming was her use of a cafe style/glass ashtray on the centre console, which would be completely impractical for someone who is “always smoking in the car”.
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I want to believe.
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.
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.
$18 dollars a day for masters degree, snacks and material not included. lol this is true definition of unhinged.
Lost me on the snacks. No one this douchey would let your poor ass bring in Walmart snacks.
Oh…well I brought them chocolate covered espresso beans to help them focus on their studies. It always worked for me during my masters thesis. Anyway have fun tonight!! Byeeeee
I am pretty sure they expect high-end snacks like avocado toast and macadamia nuts.
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This absolutely cannot be real. Masters Degree plus apparently teaching experience plus materials and food for about 5 (probably 8-10) hours a day. For under $20/day. It’s either fake or she never found anyone, and is blacklisted from the nanny community.
Yeah, looks like satire. Who locks their pantry??
The wife of one of my dad’s cousins. She’s not related to that story, I assure you.
What an amazing coincidence. My cousin’s wife isn’t relevant to this story either.
There’s no way this is real, right?
I think it has to be satire, but very light satire. People are insane like this.
It has to be. It sounds like it’s making fun of people who have these exact sorts of exacting requirements.
I’m betting they are. Knew a few international students who nannied for a bit, crazy unhinged parents, mostly felt like they got a nanny just to punch down. Masters degree to watch your mouth breather? Fuck off.
$18 a day
What the fuck economy is she living in
Don’t forget to bring snacks though
Does $4 an hour make it sound better!?
No one replying to this post like it’s real is allowed to ever criticize anyone for being gullible ever again
Yeah no way this is real.
Haha I thought that too. “The cabinets will be locked” is the weirdest part imo. As if people spend hundreds or thousands of dollars installing locks in their own home so they can keep potential nannies out of the snacks.
Honestly I wouldn’t be that surprised if at least some people have done that. The richer people get, the more they hate the concept of sharing. These are the kind of people that would let food rot rather than give it away.
Surely some people have done that. Doesn’t make it not weird af though
Sure but your comment was about it not happening and I’m saying that, weird or not, there’s a high chance at least a few people have done that or something similar.
Not sure why someone downvoted you. The mother of one of my classmates as a child was absolutely psychotic (still is) and she insisted on having locks on every cabinet, not just to keep out the nannies (though I think she paid premium prices for all of her nannies to be Harvard-educated), but to keep out the children, so they couldn’t snack without permission. All of her children got fucked socioemotionally from her insanity.
Uhhh, we got those types in my family. Yup, also rich people.
Saw your comment and thought “Surely there aren’t many people who think this is real.” Then I scrolled down.
Imagine needing a master’s to make $5/hr
“snacks”
If we put aside the fakeness, anyone who actually tried this is just begging to get robbed, and would deserve it.
No they’ll be ok because you see they keep their cabinets locked.
mug the family dog and never return it
Given the PhD job market these days, that’s more plausible than it has any right to be
Yeah, but are you 24-28 with a triple postdoc to educate their kid? Didn’t think so.
I’d pretend I’m interested and haggle with them over the conditions. Just to get them hooked.
You. I like you.
Requirement number 1: You must have fucked up your life so bad that you’re absolutely desperate for any amount of money.
I’m close
You really want that kind of person alone with your kids?
Oh yeah. Get someone with masters in business and watch them make some profit from the little tikes.
They do not keep educational materials at home. Well no wonder the kids are intellectually challenged.
Oh. I thought that’d be a genetic issue if the post were real.
