So … have you had enough of your boring office job? Sick of endless meetings and sharing a smelly lunch room microwave oven with your feral workmates?
Do you fancy a job with travel, white fluffy beasts and just a wee bit of counting involved? Then how about embarking on a new and exciting career as a polar bear adder upperer? Yes folks, such a job does sort of exist. Arctic researchers are advertising for someone to be a polar bear spotter in Siberia. Not everyone is 100% happy with the job ad, given the fact that it’s been deemed greenwashing. But hey, polar bears rock.
Read about the job here: Arctic researchers advertise new post counting polar bears
Speaking of polar bears, a bunch of women trying to donate to Cancer Research UK as part of one of those hashtag things (this time #nomakeupselfie) have been derailed by a typo.
Here’s how it works: using any excuse to post yet another selfie, they take one of themselves not wearing makeup (spoiler alert: most of them ARE wearing makeup, or using filters, or both), post it online with the #nomakeupselfie and then text BEAT to a specific phone number. All good, unless your phone autocorrects BEAT (as in beat cancer) to BEAR. If that happens, you will end up sending a message of interest in adoption to the World Wildlife Fund. I assume it’s more a a figurative adoption, because as cute as I think those wee buggers are, I suspect trying to have one live in your bathtub might get your face ripped off.
Auto correct changes “BEAT” to “BEAR”
Oh, and apparently some of them just mistakenly typed “DONATE” instead of “BEAT” to the same number, which instead sent a welcome donation to Unicef.
Here’s the thing: if you want to support the Cancer Society (or any other charity), why not just give them the money. Directly. Why the online virtue-signalling bullshit? Yeah, I know. If you just donate, you don’t get to brag online about what a wonderful person you are. Sigh.