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[–] [email protected] 300 points 1 week 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] 230 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

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

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

Nah they have actual footage from the event

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week 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 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Look at mister MVP over here.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

ahahahaha, thanks for linking

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

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I think 3d go is called gone

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago

and everyone clapped