“When You Let Everyone Play… Nobody Wins”
You’d think I’d have some choice words to say about this ad for TheLadders.com, a “premium job site created exclusively for $100k+ people looking for $100k+ jobs,” but I’m coming up strangely blank. I’m not a $100k+ person myself, but this is probably a great idea for someone out there. You know - someone who owns more than one suit, or at least one that they didn’t inherit from their dad.
Sure, people who would use TheLadders.com are all rich and fancy and stuff, but whatever - I’m not going to be all sour grapes about it. If you’re a successful professional and you’re looking for a new job, you probably want a website that caters directly to your needs. One that separates the wheat from the chaff. The commercial might be kind of obnoxious, but I think it gets its subtle message across nicely:
TheLadders.com is for thin, attractive white people, not fat, balding slobs.
If you’re reading this, TheLadders.com, don’t you think that last sentence would be great as your new slogan? I’ll gladly sell it to you… for $100,000. Think it over and meet me at the bargaining table. You know - the one out back. Yeah - the one by the dumpster. That’s perfect.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
This post is beautiful. I am not a 100k+ person but am not far off. Do you know how I found my current job? I rhymes with blonster.blom. They also have jobs for floor sweepers. Imagine that. And an FYI. The commercial now says “100k+ job seekers” instead of “100k+ people”. I hope the employees of theladders.com have the resume ready when their company goes belly up and gets sold to Google.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am
My word, kingmonkey…I think I love you. Those are some of the funniest comments I’ve read in kind of a while. Personally, I think the name “Tiberius Monkeyhedges” practically screams professionalism.
Have a wonderful day!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
My Ladders account was deactivated for unprofessionalism. I stated my career was space explorer. Some 100k+ people have no sense of humour.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Actually, I’m creating a Ladders profile now. I’m under the name Tiberius Monkeyhedges, so if any Cracked readers are 100k+ recruiters, look me up!
February 27th, 2008 at 8:41 am
I took a look at ladders.com and I’m suspicious. According to their very vague graph in the flash presentation, 2 million users, and 50,000 recruiters are represented with identical graph lines. Also, they seem to think that Leeds, England is in Canada.
You’d think the 100k+ people who no doubt made this website would at least have a working knowledge of geography.
Also 100k+ people apparently start at 75k. Can you imagine? Ugh, who let the 75k people in here? They smell like shit sandwiches!
February 26th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
OK, lets take a vote:
Who is more annoying, cora or true?
And justify your answers!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are all part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1% now hold 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah acknowledged that it was at about 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST 1% HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for all of their ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. At any given time, there is a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the middle class slip further into debt and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars. Transfered FROM US TO THEM. Over a period of about 27 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They will never settle for a reasonable share of ANYTHING. They will do whatever it takes to get even richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductable crumbs and call themselves ‘humanitarians’. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end just like a game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. So don’t fall for all of this PR CRAP from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductable contributions. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, sub-prime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth to the rich. Anyway, those other factors are all related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers and executives. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. The credit industry has been ENDORSED by people like Oprah, Ellen, Dr Phil, and many other celebrities. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for their ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTABLE PR CRAP. Bottom line: The richest 1% will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions to suffer and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. EXTREME WEALTH HAS MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Hate/love someone (could be one and the same person)… send them a card from NeilsNotes.com (FREE and can be sent ANONYMOUSLY!). If they don’t get a kick out of it…you certainly will…LOL! I’m off to go touch myself (again).
February 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am
And no plug for sugarmommymeet.com anywhere in the comments?
For shame, cracked, for shame.
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:46 am
No, Vimmy. She are wrong.
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 am
nice site keep it on
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
So, if you go to ~~~~Tallmingle.com~~~, you’ll forget everything you know except for the words “dating” and “love”?
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
Dammit cora!
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:34 am
Really? hard to believe.i heard this news times from many friends playing on a tall dating site~~~~Tallmingle.com~~~,i did not believe, i think that they are know nothing but dating and love.
i am wrong.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
You know… I’m an IT professional, and I have to say… no one ever gets a $100k/yr job from a website or the classifieds. You can’t pull that kind of money without a personal connection. I suspect this site will bomb horribly once they realize none of the applicants get hired because the hiring manager’s cousin or frat brother or friend of a friend always gets the job instead.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
“If you think about it, this is the trouble with most job search sites.”
This commercial would be so much more awesome if they’d ended it there, and left us to figure out the analogy for ourselves.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I’m a 100k person —- I’m a 1 Million type of guy that gives about 10k effort….
Also, in that commercial is a REALLY fat dude running, nay, SPRINTING with a tennis racket, which is higher than two hot chicks undressing and fighting each other in a fountain over a Bud Light on the “Completely unlikely to happen in reality” scale
(By the way, there are two hot chicks undressing and fighting each other in a fountain fairly close to me right now, but that’s only because I told them whoever wins gets to go out with me for a night on town, because of my looks AND my charm)
February 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
how do they tell if i’m a 100k person? cause if they don’t ask, i’m definitely a 100k person, and would like a job.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
This post is fuckin’ stupid.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Is… is that serious? It looks like something Montgomery Burns or Mr. Krabs would make.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Maybe one day I’ll be a 100k+ person, but for now I can only run at most like 10k before my legs hurt too bad. That is what this is about right? Sports and running or something?