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[–] [email protected] 298 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 228 points 3 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

It's the outcome I want to believe as well.

[–] affiliate 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I can also assure you it is true. I was given a $100 not.. uh wait no you didn't hear that

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Nah they have actual footage from the event

[–] lath 8 points 3 days ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

I think the goal was to flag benign content as misinformation to push truthful content to the same level as flat earth content.

So doing exactly what was intended.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin 75 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Look at mister MVP over here.

[–] big_slap 14 points 3 days ago

ahahahaha, thanks for linking

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] pyre 3 points 3 days ago

I think 3d go is called gone

[–] noobface -3 points 3 days ago

and everyone clapped