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[-] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 290 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] SayJess 221 points 2 years ago

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

[-] talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 years ago

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

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

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

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

[-] eltoukan@jlai.lu 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[-] noobface@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

and everyone clapped

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

$500 minimum, and I'd really have to think hard about it.
$1000, done deal.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even at $100 it's a pretty reasonable time/compensation ratio, assuming you only have to spend like 10 minutes on actual performance time.

Of course there is potentially travel time and the overhead of communicating ahead of time to set up the prank.

May not be worth it if you have a full time job already.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 2 years ago

Any acting student would take the 100 gladly.

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

It's reasonable for a steady gig but not for a one-off contract.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Eh I'd even take the gig for an entire evening

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Dealer's choice ehh? Let's go with "explosive herpes".

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Doctor's have never seen anything like it before, explosive, just completely explosive.

[-] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

To shreds you say

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like something will Farrell would say. Approved.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've got some free time but I don’t think I could pass for twenty. RIP, $100.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 15 points 2 years ago

Oh shit I wanna do this

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I really want to know how this played out

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like how OP denotes the actors, as to be very clear in his description of how he's either going to get divorced or murdered.

Let's pretend you accomplish this and she sees the err of her ways. Then what? She's going to kill you when she finds out the kid is not really yours.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Actually it went really well. The wife thought it was hilarious, according to the husband.

"I can't decide what amused her more... the effort I put into the ruse or the fact that I ended up proving her right in the process. [...She said] 'Next time you can save $100 and just assume you're wrong.'"

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'll be damned. He found someone to match his crazy.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It's not as uncommon as sitcoms make it seem. My wife--brilliant, hilarious, way smarter and better at things than I am--would probably think it was hilarious, too. It wouldn't work for our situation (we got together too early in life for it to be believable), but I wouldn't expect any backlash.

I would expect payback in-kind, though.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

My wife found out last year that her mom cheated and that her dad was not her biological dad. He didn't know either. 3 months later he died. Then when she found her biological dad, he had just died too. Then her mom got divorced from her current husband.

Ain't NO way am I fucking around with that right now.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Whoa. Yep, I'd call that...like, the dictionary definition of reading the room. Yikes.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This sounds fun but will for sure end with someone trying to blackmail him for more money or filing a fake paternity suit lol

[-] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

The post, along with any dms for confirmation of the job, payment, etc, would be sufficient evidence of op's innocence

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