I don't think we as a society are quite to the point where we can all work from home and make tons of money, although I for one would welcome this. Since as a side job I am a futurist, I know that there will be a period from 2017-2033 where work-from-home jobs will be held in high esteem and over half of the US population will telecommute in their jammies. This of course predates the eventual abolition of all labor starting 2034ish, which comes about threefold: increased robotization, the changeover to an energy-based currency, and the recreation subsidies.
For now though we must wade through piles of spam and scam trying to pluck out the real jobs when we apply on the Internet. I bet there are more fake jobs listed than real ones, if we take the aggregate total of Internet job listings everyday. This is excellent news for the fake jobs economy, which unfortunately has no real effect on the real world. It is good however for fake people, who are more in abundance than you would think.
Sometimes I wonder if I am deluding myself as to whether I am fake or real. Judging by the amount of fake job offers I get, I could be persuaded that I am fake. When did this happen? But seriously, maybe if I switched over to this fake economy I would be better off.
Hiding on the side of your Gmail is an outlet to this parallel fakeverse. It is the Spam filter. You thought you were getting enough fake job offers? I dare you to take a peek in this filter, but first avert your eyes. This is where the fake job offers reside that obviously aren't trying very hard to be real. A few highlights: multiple e-mails addressed from a MARK HANCOCK that are exactly the same except that they are always signed from a different person, multiple e-mails from the same "company" that loves to use size 28 font, e-mail job offerings that have unsubscribe links, e-mails that don't mention the name of the company, e-mails that use bad grammar, and e-mails that offer to save you money.
I actually like to check the Spam filter. I get excited to see if my fake friends have been thinking of me. I am tempted to de-spam all of them, so that they show up in my regular inbox. Wouldn't you love to have fake friends that never bug you (except with phony e-mails) and that you never have to do anything for?
Look, we all have pseudo-fake friends on Facebook. Just take the next logical step into the blindness. Embrace the scam.
You forgot to mention that all these fake friends always have the longest messages in the history of the world. They go on and on for hours and take so much time to read that you have no time for your real friends.
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