This thread on another board started out mundane enough - although perhaps more than a little self important - but it devolved into people mocking the OP by posting sarcastic job creation schemes.
Here’s an example response, but you should read the original thread on DU.
I thought that we could have some fun with this by posting our own job creation schemes here in this thread (NOT on DU). Ideally they should involve shopping carts or at least be retail related, but other things may be acceptable if they’re amusing enough.
Flick those cig butts, butt cans be damned, where ever the place cares enough to clean 'em up; law firms, upscale restaurants, luxury apt/condo complexes. Jobs Jobs Jobs everywhere!
Does this count? It’s not phony job creation, but real life.
I work at a law firm, and we have on our system documents in Word format going back to the mid-90s. We’ve been told repeatedly not to copy and create from old documents, as they will eventually fall apart and cease working abruptly. We must create new documents through our latest version of Word so that they’ll be healthy and continue to function. The attorneys ignore this and will create docs from ten-year-old documents and then get pissy when they suddenly stop working.
This results in job creation and job security for the rest of us! We keep a word processor busy almost full-time fixing old re-re-re-copied over documents when they freeze. I’m pretty well-versed in how to stabilize old documents, too, so I feel needed and loved here.