Rent-a-Friend is Real?! Ontario's on Another Level 👯♀️💸
How you can rent a friend with this new Ont. platform. Fam, Ontario just dropped a "friendship" app where you can literally rent a friend. CEO was feeling lonely, so he made a whole platform. Rates are $5-$25 an hour. Is this peak dystopia or nah? 🤔
TL:DR
Fam, Ontario just dropped a "friendship" app where you can literally rent a friend. CEO was feeling lonely, so he made a whole platform. Rates are $5-$25 an hour. Is this peak dystopia or nah? 🤔
The Deets
Okay, so listen up. There's this new web app outta the Waterloo Region in Ontario called "Friendly Connections." Basically, it's like, Tinder, but for friends... who you pay. 👀
The CEO, Ethan Brooks, was struggling to make connections, so he said, "Bet, I'll just make an app for that." And now you can "rent" a friend (they call 'em contractors) who's down for the same stuff you are. You pay them by the hour, anywhere from $5 to $25.
Contractors, like Ahsan Salman, are saying it's a W for both sides. Customers are using it for everything, like Chris Hodgins who needed an extra player for his hockey team. Talk about clutch! 🏒
But fr tho, safety first! You gotta be 18+, and the contractors get background checks and interviews. Plus, you can chat with your potential "friend" before you meet up. If anyone breaks the rules, they get yeeted off the platform. No cap!
Abbreviations Glossary
| Abbreviation | Full Form |
|---|---|
| W | Win, something good. |
| No Cap | No lie, for real. |
| Sus | Suspicious. |
| Yeeted | To throw, to remove quickly. |
| Bet | Okay, sounds good. |
| Fr tho | For real though. |
| Clutch | Coming through in a key moment. |
| Outta | Coming from. |