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Need a Friend? Rent One Online
crimeandpunishment writes "Housewives, college students, and others are working for a website that charges users an hourly rate for their companionship. No, it's not an escort service — at least it's not one 'with benefits.' It's a site called rentafriend.com, that's trying to carve out a niche in the 'everything's available online' business world. The seven-month-old site, patterned after hugely successful sites in Asia, has nearly 2,000 members who pay either a monthly or yearly fee to check out the pictures and profiles of more than 160,000 potential pals." I thought Craigslist had already cornered the market on renting a friend for an hour or two.
And my mom was paying them.
Or you could simply add a bunch of random people of Facebook and see how many accept your friend request.
Communist!
Is it just me, or is this creepy beyond belief?
It's not just you.
Creepy is what the 4chan crowd are going to do to these poor people, and then post screen caps for LOLs. I hope they're well paid for what they're probably about to go thru.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Then you wake up in a bathtub full of ice noticing a stitch where the kidney should be.
Do they come with a car and is it cheaper than movers?
Probably because you have many divers. How many divers do you need? Where do you keep them? What do you feed them? How do you deal with police nosing around for missing divers?
Those two should be friends.
Good idea... but I have only so much blood to give... plus.. I'm using most of it. What I could do though is give other people's blood.. that would be much better and would represent my giving nature. Call it the redistribution of blood if you will. This sounds like a great way to meet new and interesting people.. if only for a short time. Luckily other people's blood is a near infinite resource.. what could possibly go wrong.
You know what they say... it's all parties and lap dances until you run out of other people's money.. err.. blood.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -HLM
Like what..Medical? Long Term Disability?
WTF? Over?
That would be via Chat Roulette!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Beer helps with that too.
We in the Illuminati are actually getting pretty pissed off just meeting the same of crowd of Hidden Masters, Temple Measurers, Rosicrucians, and members of the Tres. If you're into illumination, secret world domination, and communication with superior beings, post your email and we'll get in touch. Provided of course that you can prove you're female, a virgin, aged between 18 and 21, and have no pesky living close relatives. Oh shit did I really write that?
From scarped cliff or quarried stone she cries "A thousand types are gone, I care for nothing, no not one."
1. Find a picture of a hot chick on the internet and make that your Facebook picture.
2. Send out thousands of friend requests.
3. Profit!
There's always thing like pen & paper gaming or LAN parties ant the like. Us geeks have our get-togethers and meet-n-greets just like everyone else.
You missed the 'of a certain age' part. No one wants to be 'that old dude' on the RPG scene.