Need a Friend? Rent One Online 134
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samzenpus
from the you-get-what-you-pay-for dept.
from the you-get-what-you-pay-for dept.
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.
I guess my "friends" weren't lying (Score:4, Funny)
And my mom was paying them.
Re:Another one ? (Score:3, Funny)
Or you could simply add a bunch of random people of Facebook and see how many accept your friend request.
Communist!
Re:Ewww. (Score:2, Funny)
Is it just me, or is this creepy beyond belief?
It's not just you.
Re:Ewww. (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:This is just beyond lame. (Score:1, Funny)
Then you wake up in a bathtub full of ice noticing a stitch where the kidney should be.
One question. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Are they hiring? (Score:1, Funny)
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?
Re:Ewww. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:People laugh at stuff like this (Score:2, Funny)
You know what they say... it's all parties and lap dances until you run out of other people's money.. err.. blood.
Friends with Benefits? (Score:4, Funny)
Like what..Medical? Long Term Disability?
Re:Another one ? (Score:4, Funny)
That would be via Chat Roulette!
Re:This is just beyond lame. (Score:2, Funny)
Why joking? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Another one ? (Score:4, Funny)
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!
Re:People laugh at stuff like this (Score:3, Funny)
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.