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saltnotsugar lemmy.world saltnotsugar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
#2 · Quote Reply

I make over 73 cents a month staring at the sidewalk as I walk to work. With 3 easy payments of 59.99 I can show you how.

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movies lemmy.world movies@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply

Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.

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SomeoneSomewhere lemmy.nz SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-14
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has".

Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

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bitwise lemmy.ca bitwise@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-12-19
#5 · Quote Reply

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has". Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

"But not many people know how to use it to it's full advantage"

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himezero lemmy.world himezero@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-17
#6 · Quote Reply

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has". Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

Other it’s. Some would say people don’t know how to use “it” to its fullest advantage.

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Diplomjodler lemmy.world Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-08
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

If you could make that kind of money with copy writing, I'd be rich. Copy writers, tech writers, basically any kind of writers are always underappreciated and underpaid.

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rose56 lemmy.zip roserose56@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-17
#8 · Quote Reply

Actually this
https://www.404media.co/larping-how-influencers-fake-being-rich/

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blitzen lemmy.ca blitzen@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
#9 · Quote Reply

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has". Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

Sure. Not here, though.

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
#10 · Quote Reply

Why are you teaching him why his scam isn't working?

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
#11 · Quote Reply

Ad: Send me 50€ and learn how to play the guitar!

If you send 50€:

"Thank you for the 50€, now don't forget to learn how to play the guitar."

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Axolotl feddit.it Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
Joined: 2025-10-10
#12 · Quote Reply

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has". Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

"It has helped me..." doesn't sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong

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SomeoneSomewhere lemmy.nz SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-14
#13 · Quote Reply

"But not many people know how to use it to it's full advantage"

Missed that one...

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Flagstaff programming.dev Flagstaff@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-02-18
#14 · Quote Reply

Why are you teaching him why his scam isn't working?

Why not try to protect the general populace?

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

"It has helped me..." doesn't sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong

English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue.

So past perfect: It had helped me.
Present perfect: it has helped me.

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OfCourseNot fedia.io OfCourseNot@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-03
#16 · Quote Reply

English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue. So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.

No. 'Has helped' is the present perfect.

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
#17 · Quote Reply

No. 'Has helped' is the present perfect.

Whoopsie

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Elgenzay lemmy.ml Elgenzay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-07
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

How to Make a Million Dollars
Paperback
$1,000,000.00 - Add to cart

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
#19 · Quote Reply

... how... does copywriting... have ... margins?

What are you classing as expenses?

You need an AP Style Guide, and your brain, and working eyes and fingers and a keyboard mouse and computer.

Wtf are margins?

You have an ongoing regular cost?

... this is a guide on how to set up some kind of LLM to do your copywriting, isn't it?

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Robust Mirror aussie.zone Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-09
#20 · Quote Reply

... how... does copywriting... have ... margins? What are you classing as expenses? You need an AP Style Guide, and your brain, and working eyes and fingers and a keyboard mouse and computer. Wtf are margins? You have an ongoing regular cost? ... this is a guide on how to set up some kind of LLM to do your copywriting, isn't it?

He's also accidentally claiming expenses in the realm of 40k a month. Even the most expensive llm don't need that.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#21 · Quote Reply

How to Make a Million Dollars Paperback $1,000,000.00 - Add to cart

Shit you're right. If I price it half a million, no way two idiots buy a copy

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#22 · Quote Reply

Missed that one...

It's nice to see them all

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giacomo lemmy.dbzer0.com giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
#23 · Quote Reply

"But not many people know how to use it to it's full advantage"

this is why I hate its vs it's. if "it" was Dave, it would be to Dave's full advantage.

this shit will likely never make sense to me.

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psud aussie.zone psud@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-26
#24 · Quote Reply

"It's" is a valid contraction of "it has". Edit: glossed over the other "it's"... doh.

I think he's settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn't really a copy writer

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Axolotl feddit.it Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
Joined: 2025-10-10
#25 · Quote Reply

English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue. So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.

Thank you!

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Snapz lemmy.world Snapz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#26 · Quote Reply

You wouldn't want the answer, it's like, boring

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baggachipz sh.itjust.works baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
#27 · Quote Reply

The word “journey” has been completely ruined by business idiots.

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gramie lemmy.ca gramie@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-02
#28 · Quote Reply

I think he's settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn't really a copy writer

As noted grammarian Dave Barry notably said, the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader: "look out, an 's' is coming!"

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
#29 · Quote Reply

"No money down!". Snake Oil is still a thing in this complicated techno landscape.

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GalacticSushi piefed.blahaj.zone GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-02-04
#30 · Quote Reply

The broker that my retirement account is through is pushing some new AI insights tool. The screenshots show an example of a conversation that essentially goes.

Q: "How can I reach my retirement savings goals faster?"

A: "Consider contributing more to your 401k from each paycheck."

People will actually pay money to have some slop chatbot tell them that they can have more money in their account if they put more money in their account. Preying on stupid or lazy people is an extremely lucrative industry.

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laranis lemmy.zip laranis@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-02-02
#31 · Quote Reply

The broker that my retirement account is through is pushing some new AI insights tool. The screenshots show an example of a conversation that essentially goes. Q: "How can I reach my retirement savings goals faster?" A: "Consider contributing more to your 401k from each paycheck." People will actually pay money to have some slop chatbot tell them that they can have more money in their account i...

Anyone who buys it deserves what they get.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#32 · Quote Reply

"No money down!". Snake Oil is still a thing in this complicated techno landscape.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#33 · Quote Reply

... how... does copywriting... have ... margins? What are you classing as expenses? You need an AP Style Guide, and your brain, and working eyes and fingers and a keyboard mouse and computer. Wtf are margins? You have an ongoing regular cost? ... this is a guide on how to set up some kind of LLM to do your copywriting, isn't it?

Of course it is.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#34 · Quote Reply

Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.

1000% this guy just uses an LLM

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

this is why I hate its vs it's. if "it" was Dave, it would be to Dave's full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.

You only do "it's" for "it is".

The rest are "its". That simple. You don't do it for possession with "it".

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arc99 lemmy.world arc99@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-10
#36 · Quote Reply

Reminds me of those ads where scammer pretends if you invest in some obvious scam you too will own a jet and a Ferarri just like him. If it was such an amazing way to make money the last thing they'd do is tell anyone else about it.

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toynbee piefed.social toynbee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-12
#37 · Quote Reply

I make over 73 cents a month staring at the sidewalk as I walk to work. With 3 easy payments of 59.99 I can show you how.

I have two things to say to you.

I once unexpectedly saw my username embedded in the ground while staring at the sidewalk walking home from work and ...

Once my cousin confused the salt and sugar while visiting my childhood home and accidentally sugared her spaghetti. I don't think she finished it.

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87Six lemmy.zip 87Six@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-19
#38 · (edited) Quote Reply

Anyone who buys it deserves what they get.

And we the people deserve everything that the scammer gets out of the idiot, just so

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Juice midwest.social Juice@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-04-24
#39 · Quote Reply

Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.

This is broing but it mkaes me $400,000K a munth an 90 present margarines
Copyediting.

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baines lemmy.cafe baines@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2024-10-26
#40 · Quote Reply

this is why I hate its vs it's. if "it" was Dave, it would be to Dave's full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.

because english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much

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explodicle sh.itjust.works explodicle@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-04-11
#41 · Quote Reply

Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.

Scammers have been filtering this way for decades.

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Blackmist feddit.uk Blackmist@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-04
#42 · Quote Reply

Actually this https://www.404media.co/larping-how-influencers-fake-being-rich/

If nothing else, that Louis Theroux documentary about the manosphere exposed how all this influencer crap is built on a bunch of exceptionally dubious finance apps, that make Bernie Madoff look like a legit business mogul.

They all talked about how wealthy they were, but none of them really seemed rich. Rich people aren't up at 6am editing YouTube shorts and putting in the right hashtags. They're all living on borrowed money, and you get the feeling that if any of them tried to step off the treadmill, there'd be no life left to go back to.

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-07-09
#43 · Quote Reply

This is broing but it mkaes me $400,000K a munth an 90 present margarines Copyediting.

Retiring after a couple months sounds pretty sweet tbh.

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bitjunkie lemmy.world bitjunkie@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-19
#44 · Quote Reply

He's also accidentally claiming expenses in the realm of 40k a month. Even the most expensive llm don't need that.

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Hupf feddit.org Hupf@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-24
#45 · Quote Reply

The broker that my retirement account is through is pushing some new AI insights tool. The screenshots show an example of a conversation that essentially goes. Q: "How can I reach my retirement savings goals faster?" A: "Consider contributing more to your 401k from each paycheck." People will actually pay money to have some slop chatbot tell them that they can have more money in their account i...

https://youtu.be/-AX1a61oHHk

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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#46 · Quote Reply

It's nice to see them all

You really hit the nail on it's is head

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SystemDisc feddit.org SystemDisc@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-05-20
#47 · Quote Reply

this is why I hate its vs it's. if "it" was Dave, it would be to Dave's full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.

If you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe.

“It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.”

vs

“Its day was good.”

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mindbleach sh.itjust.works mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-27
#48 · Quote Reply

If nothing else, that Louis Theroux documentary about the manosphere exposed how all this influencer crap is built on a bunch of exceptionally dubious finance apps, that make Bernie Madoff look like a legit business mogul. They all talked about how wealthy they were, but none of them really seemed rich. Rich people aren't up at 6am editing YouTube shorts and putting in the right hashtags. They'...

Basically the locals with flashy suits in fuckoff-nowhere central Africa, flexing for strangers who might believe they own two of anything.

Thanks to the internet, they don't even need gas in their clapped-out third-hand Bentley. It can sit in their garage that for some reason is also their living room.

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mindbleach sh.itjust.works mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-27
#49 · Quote Reply

... how... does copywriting... have ... margins? What are you classing as expenses? You need an AP Style Guide, and your brain, and working eyes and fingers and a keyboard mouse and computer. Wtf are margins? You have an ongoing regular cost? ... this is a guide on how to set up some kind of LLM to do your copywriting, isn't it?

It's possible he means "copyrighting" and is also an idiot.

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
#50 · Quote Reply

Why not try to protect the general populace?

By helping a scammer better scam ppl?

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Krudler lemmy.world Krudler@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#51 · Quote Reply

"from my tiny, 1 bedroom apartment...."

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