Rent-a-Friend.

[Suu]

No. Really.

http://www.rentafriend.com/

Yes. You can even sign up to charge people to be your friend.

http://www.rentafriend.com/beafriend

[Jasper]

I didn't see "testify in court" on their list.

[Dimocritus]

Dude, I'm totally gonna sign up to rent myself out.

[Freeky]

I would do it, except I have reservations about this. It's creepy.

[Dimocritus]

I would do it, except I have reservations about this. It's creepy.

That's kinda' why I like it.

[Triple Zero]

Thanks for reminding me to get the brilliant Dutch movie of the same name. Probably one of the funniest Dutch movies ever made. Except the fucking torrent seems to be stuck at 78%

[Kai]

Isn't the whole point of having a friend, you know, that you don't /have to/ pay them for them to stick around you?

[Triple Zero]

Isn't the whole point of having a friend, you know, that you don't /have to/ pay them for them to stick around you?

And that's just ONE of the many ironic-funny sour-sweet themes in the movie!

[Richter]

I wish we had more emotionally complex films like that.  Beyond text book emotional situations, shock, R rated torture, or scadenfreude, anyways.

[Suu]

Dude, I'm totally gonna sign up to rent myself out.

Oh I already did. That'll be $20 an hour, plz.

I would do it, except I have reservations about this. It's creepy.

No physical contact allowed. There's a whole terms of service agreement the client has to agree to when they join the site, which costs them money. So since they're already paying for the site, they aren't total wacks. AND, if you get creeped out and don't want to be someone's friend, you don't let them hire you.

[Richter]

I am tempted to sign up for this almost purely in light of how BAD an idea it is. 

[Suu]

You think I didn't see the horrormirth in this? Lol.

[Richter]

Well yeah.  Random schmoes you feel no emotional investment in, likely little social connection to you, they're the sort who feel like using this site.  Train wrecks you get paid to wintess

And I make very little habit of pretending to know what others think 

[Doktor Howl]

Well yeah.  Random schmoes you feel no emotional investment in, likely little social connection to you, they're the sort who feel like using this site.  Train wrecks you get paid to wintess

And I make very little habit of pretending to know what others think 

This concept is kind of a recipe for enabling sociopathy, isn't it?   

[Richter]

You say enabling, sir.  I say IMPROVING.

I usually have reservations aout treating people ONLY as means to an end, most of the time.  Then again, if we used that mentality exclusively, we'd never get new healthcare worker, lawyers, or psychologists trained.