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This is a link post delusional unpaid job ad #437
Idle time-killing saw me just stumble across this ad, which left me speechless in more ways than I can begin to explain.



note: I am not actually looking for a job, an if I were it wouldn't be as a magazine editor. I just read anything I can find on the internet in order to avoid doing any actual work.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 10:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Best bit
"A C.V would be most appreciated, but not absolutely needed."

I can't quite work out what the scam is though. it's on Gumtree so there must be one
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:07, , Reply)
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there's loads of these daydreamers on Gumtree, few as 'away with the fairies' as this one though.

Own thread hijack:

on the bus last night, heard a drunk guy blathering on to some poor cow he'd just sat next too. He provided this gem, when lamenting his choice of girlfriend:

"I should have known better. She already had three kids by four different blokes."
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Eh?
"It would also be advantageous if you are someone with proclivities for personal amelioration and edification."

I'm a bit thick. Can someone tells me what that sentence actually means?

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post It means...
"I'm trying to sound clever by using long words."
 (eccentrica, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post It basically means you're going to be editing an unreadable magazine with a wanker.

(I helped save b3ta! Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:29, , Reply)
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for fuck all.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:30, , Reply)
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who are you to question his (certain it's a bloke, for some reason) sentences?

He's creating a GAME-CHANGING magazine.

edit: okay, he says his name's James, which may be why I felt sure it was a bloke.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post ameliorate
[miljret]
vb
to make or become better; improve
[from meliorate, influenced by French améliorer to improve, from Old French ameillorer to make better, from meillor better, from Latin melior]

edify [dfa]
vb -fies, -fying, -fied
(tr) to improve the morality, intellect, etc., of, esp by instruction
[from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificre to construct, from aeds a dwelling, temple + facere to make]

proclivity [prklvt]
n pl -ties
a tendency or inclination
[from Latin prclvits, from prclvis steep, from pro-1 + clvus a slope]
 (I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post So
It means:

"It would also be advantageous if you are someone with tendencies for personal improvement and improvement of your morality or intellect.

So. He wants someone who's a bit thick and could do with their morals updating....

*thinks*

He means me, doesn't he?

Cheers
 (I helped save b3ta! Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post It means nothing at all.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:35, , Reply)
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sounds a bit like Johnson off peepshow...
 (bruxia, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:30, , Reply)
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splice with Jacob Rees-Mogg
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Irony being
that the person who's apparently to keen to employ a brilliant, erudite editor can't write for toffee, despite chucking some big words about.
 (SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:33, , Reply)
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quite.and he seems to think hyphens are commas.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not sure that it's ironic.
It's more likely that he's at least sufficiently self-aware that he wouldn't be able to do the job.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm
'Self aware' wasn't the main impression I got from reading the ad, but maybe.
 (SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:55, , Reply)
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nicely put.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Did he swallow a thesaurus as a child?

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:07, , Reply)
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he'd have been better off reading it.
 (I helped save b3ta! feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh you cynical souls, how could you reject such an opportunity so out of hand?
The website should convince you of their professionalism: www.eruditemagazine.com/
If not that what about their stunning PR? www.meridianevents.co.uk/2012/02/erudite-magazine-launch-april-2011/
And following their big launch in April past a sizeable FB following:http://www.facebook.com/EruditeMagazine?fref=ts
 (PhosphorBurnedEyes Swastika Shop opening here soon, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 16:26, , Reply)