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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

saw this ridiculous shit on the side of a jag on the highway a little bit ago

best guess is rental-contract jag by a hustler, but the half-hearted AI non-mention is why I thought to post it here. we're rapidly evolving in the grift cycle!

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It looks like a media prop making a soft parody of buzzword laced sites that don't actually say anything. 'we provide business solutions and services' lol

And of course, due to my browser being slightly locked down (or the whole site being broken) the whole 'check it out' button does nothing.

The animated button that looks like it might direct you to a chat option (but actually just scrolls you back up to the start of the page for some unknown reason) is also great. (This is isn't really their fault btw, it is that wordpress themes one (if you image search on the people being happy with the services provided you will find a few other sites with the same theme, and same stock image).

Hello world!

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] jaschop@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

This reminded me of a gag from Pyramids (discworld novel) where quantum accounting is invented to manage a reality-warping pyramid building business. So I was trying to get a quote...

...only to discover that Quantum Accounting is an actual grifting term in recent use. Please marvel at this LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/roadmap-quantum-accounting-milestones-evolution-garrett-irmsc

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

yeah, the whole site’s a journey

I was hoping it’d have some content along with the buzzword headings, alas