Work Reform

I'm pretty sure...

You're not gonna believe this but...

I think it all came from web marketing guru funnel-builder-ebook-masterclass-mentor-course types.

And it circlejerked with business types to capitalize on shorter and shorter attention spans.

I was like you. I was a normal guy. And one day I decided to take a guess at where this irritating "writing style" came from...and why it was EVERYWHERE...

...and you won't believe what I came up with (Or maybe you will, because you're ultra smart , I can tell just by the way you're reading this, you're not like everyone else, you're special, click the button at the end of this really long pointless babbling)...I think it's because...

People scroll, and short little paragraphs keep you reading.

In bite-sized little chunks. So you keep scrolling and scrolling waiting for it to get to the point....

...so what are you waiting for? Lame call to action by clicking the button below to get added to my email spam list and an empty ghost town "Master Life Changer" Discord / web forum! Filled to the gills with...

...obvious filler nonsense...for 900 days absolutely risk free...

...I wouldn't bet my couch and my sister's angry little chihuahua, Señor Gordito Cabrón if I wasn't 100% serious about the value in these stupid paragraphs...

If you don't get any value from this offer, I'll personally ship that little jerk to Cesar Milan. Just so he learns some respect after stealing my tacos

You can even keep the couch and any change you find in its depths as mygift to you.

~~I'll even finally get the sister to therapy, as an Internet marketing family we've neglected all the signs and cries for help for far too long.~~

All you gotta do is keep scrolling until the wheel on your mouse pops out...

...and one day you too can have a Lambo. You deserve it.

Normally, my grift is valued by myself (and nobody else) at an obnoxiously high number that ends in a 7 for some reason...but today is special.

Still here? I knew you were The Chosen One Destined for Greatness .

Time is running out, even though this special offer has been sitting on this static page for months. It's only like ~~$1234.57~~ $667.97 now. Just for you. (I'm practically giving it away because you're so cool. I have to sell one of my boats now just to make ends meet. My wife is so upset she's taking the kids to her mom's for a few days, but I believe in you THAT MUCH.)

Still not convinced?? That's understandable. This can continue saying the same gibberish 18 different ways...

...until you've read so far clicking the button is basically sunk cost fallacy at this point...

...Ugh that made me physically sick writing like that even as a joke LOL.

EDIT: In some twisted way I'm so proud of this marketer mockery I keep editing it when I think of a way to make it even stupider lol. I'm gonna touch grass soon I swear...

EDIT EDIT: Oh no, it has formatting now. And got increasingly unhinged. What have I done?!

That sounds like a very privileged mindset to me. Most of us don't have the resources to have that luxury.

Not everybody has all the information to know whether a company is known for this kind of shit. I've heard a lot of stories about PayPal screwing over sellers in particular by freezing their funds for no justified reason, but I can see people falling for the "they must have been doing something bad they aren't admitting" you always see in response to anyone complaining about some authority imposing arbitrary punishments on them.

My personal gripe with PayPal is, I was once relying on income from sales through them, and had withdrawn money to my bank that I needed to pay my rent. A customer filed a spurious dispute (later resolved in my favor) on a sale that was only a tiny portion of that, and their response was to immediately reverse the whole completed bank transfer. So I almost missed paying rent and had to scramble to figure it out at the last minute.

Anyway, fuck PayPal, sympathy to all their victims.

That was the very first thing I thought of. For the unaware, promissory estoppel is when party A is damaged by party B promising something, then later rescinding it. It is something you can file a lawsuit over.

For instance, maybe someone says “I’ll buy you a brand new Maserati if you drive your current car off a bridge.” You know they can afford the car, and a reasonable person would believe this promise. So you shake on it, and proceed to dump your car over the side of the bridge. Then that person laughs and goes “yeah, I changed my mind. I’m not buying you a Maserati.” Now you have been damaged because of an action you took due to their promise. You can sue them, to force them to fulfill their side of the promise, or at least to make you whole again.

In the screenshot’s case, it sounds like he made some major financial investments in this job. He moved to a new location, turned down other job offers, etc… He could sue PayPal to force them to repay the costs that he incurred as a result of their rescinded job offer.

The only reason employers still do shit like this is because individuals either don’t realize that they can sue for it, or don’t realize that lawyers will take their case.

I got unemployment in California in a very similar scenario, pretty sure they explicitly state something like this is a valid reason somewhere on that hellhole of a website

Idk about other places in this dumpster fire of a nation, but silicone valley is here, so maybe?

He's being held hostage by unemployment in 2025. Even though it seems like he's caving it's not a bad move. He exposed the situation and at the same time kept an optimistic stance for future opportunities.

Bro's been brainwashed by hustle & grind culture. He's not ready to accept he's a victim.

In such a case he should sue the recruiting company

IANAL, but it certainly seems like he may have a case for promissory estoppel.

The giant red flag is the name "PayPal".