so a guy asked me to explain how being an affiliate works

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 05-04-2010, 04:00 PM

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

**mechanicvirus** · 05-04-2010, 04:01 PM

was this guy a goon by any chance

**brentbacardi** · 05-04-2010, 04:05 PM

wooow, those are the people that make their career at pumping gas, feel sorry for him

**dav3** · 05-04-2010, 04:09 PM

This affiliate mumbo-jumbo sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.

**Farang** · 05-04-2010, 04:11 PM

You must have been feeling so smart, woman.

**woj** · 05-04-2010, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

**J. Falcon** · 05-04-2010, 04:14 PM

He'll be posting on GFY giving others advice before you know it...

**halfpint** · 05-04-2010, 04:17 PM

You should have said that in order to be an affilaite, he has to have his anus bleached

**seeandsee** · 05-04-2010, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by SarahLLO

and when i showed him a sponsor's website as an example, he somehow interpreted the "we pay you $40 per every sale you send us" stuff as "affiliate has to pay the sponsor $40 every time the affiliate refers a sale"

and then he was like oh no, i don't think i can afford to do this!!

i agreed and stopped talking to him, because what.

**TeenCat** · 05-04-2010, 04:20 PM

excuse me for bothering you, i will never ping you on icq again

**Bman** · 05-04-2010, 04:38 PM

He should start a tube site...

**dyna mo** · 05-04-2010, 04:49 PM

i think he just wanted to look at the porn with ya. did things get weird?

**NickB.** · 05-04-2010, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

sorry that was fucking funny

**VikingMan** · 05-04-2010, 05:04 PM

A large part of the population (1 in 7 in usa) cannot even read.

**SarahLLO** · 05-04-2010, 06:00 PM

Originally posted by mechanicvirus

was this guy a goon by any chance

no, but if he bothers me again shall i direct him to you guys again like the last one?

**awxm** · 05-04-2010, 06:08 PM

Send him my way, I'll only charge him 20 bucks for any sales he generates me.

**alias** · 05-04-2010, 06:34 PM

Lost cause.

**The Porn Nerd** · 05-04-2010, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by SarahLLO

and when i showed him a sponsor's website as an example, he somehow interpreted the "we pay you $40 per every sale you send us" stuff as "affiliate has to pay the sponsor $40 every time the affiliate refers a sale"

and then he was like oh no, i don't think i can afford to do this!!

i agreed and stopped talking to him, because what.

(he also asked me why wordpress themes are called themes, and when i was like, well a theme is a recurring motif or design, and themes bring a uniform design to a blog, this also baffled him. he is 25 years old and does not understand the definition of "theme" - when i asked him to give me an example of a theme, trying to help him grasp it, he gave me an example of... a splash landing page. no. no, something that only occurs once, on the landing page, by definition is not recurring, and thus not a theme. shut up, i hate you.)

Stop talking to idiots, you'll live longer.

**mechanicvirus** · 05-04-2010, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by SarahLLO

no, but if he bothers me again shall i direct him to you guys again like the last one?

lol yea, we need a new challenge

**Screwed Up** · 05-04-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by halfpint

you should have said that in order to be an affilaite, he has to have his anus bleached

hilarious!

**LoveSandra** · 05-04-2010, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

**MetaMan** · 05-04-2010, 11:05 PM

WHOAAAAAAA guy cant ask questions anymore with everyone up in his business. DAM SORRY I ASKED FOR HELP.

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 05-04-2010, 11:25 PM

Originally posted by MetaMan

WHOAAAAAAA guy cant ask questions anymore with everyone up in his business. DAM SORRY I ASKED FOR HELP.

quit bitching and just get your asshole bleached already...

**MetaMan** · 05-05-2010, 07:52 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

quit bitching and just get your asshole bleached already...

**Tom_PM** · 05-05-2010, 08:09 AM

I really hate arguments or discussions that for some, hinge on some stupid fundamental misunderstanding. Facepalms were invented for that.

**The Heron** · 05-05-2010, 08:56 AM

Most people have a very poor grasp of how the world works. They just know if they go to the store there is shit to buy and if they go to work they get paid. Idiots

**dirtybaker1331** · 05-05-2010, 09:04 AM

We need people like that. If everybody knew what they were doing then nobody would make money. The pie would be split so many ways that all affiliates would be left with crumbs.

**Spankys Teens** · 05-05-2010, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

That's funny

**gaffg** · 05-05-2010, 09:17 AM

Tell him it works like this.

Click on this banner here:

Deposit money and bet on the world cup and repeat daily.

That makes me the affiliate.

**PR_Glen** · 05-05-2010, 09:19 AM

buying sales for 40 dollars?? that's just silly... tell him to send you 10g's upfront and you will hook him up with some serious sales! ;)

**ottopottomouse** · 05-05-2010, 09:23 AM

Maybe you're just shit at explaining things.

**ottopottomouse** · 05-05-2010, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by lumenus

A large part of the population (1 in 7 in usa) cannot even read.

It's about 5% here in the UK that cannot read at all and quite a few more that have no comprehension skills.
I used to teach reading - nice feeling when you can see someone actually start to make sense of things when you know its a (basic) skill for life

**Chosen** · 05-05-2010, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/careers/index.aspx

**DamnGoodRatio** · 05-05-2010, 09:50 AM

Ask him to repeat this line and learn it WELL;

"Would you like Fries with that?"

. . .

**Elli** · 05-05-2010, 09:51 AM

It sounds like he's not computer savvy much at all. Probably heard that "there's ways to make money on the internet" and was trying to find out more.

**CDSmith** · 05-05-2010, 12:03 PM

My bank manager asked me similar questions a few years back. I tried explaining the affiliate-program business model using Amazon.com as the prime example, as well as providing several comparative examples such as the franchise system, sub-contractors, etc. We had a very lovely conversation for nearly an hour about this, after which I still sensed major confusion. She grasped the real-world applications, but every time the example was applied to the internet her grasp of the concept seemed to evaporate. Every. Time. And she's not the only one I've tried explaining what I do to.

Conclusion; when it comes to the internet there are still a lot of people out there who have zero grasp of what it is much less how money is made on it.

Thus this guy friend of yours isn't all that alone in his ignorance.

**SarahLLO** · 05-05-2010, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Elli

It sounds like he's not computer savvy much at all. Probably heard that "there's ways to make money on the internet" and was trying to find out more.

I wish that were the case. He's a mod on an internet forum and spends like 95% of his time online, from what he's told me.

**CyberHustler** · 05-05-2010, 02:40 PM

Originally posted by SarahLLO

I wish that were the case. He's a mod on an internet forum and spends like 95% of his time online, from what he's told me.

Hello... You look nice in that avatar. I'd hit it.

**Elli** · 05-05-2010, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by SarahLLO

I wish that were the case. He's a mod on an internet forum and spends like 95% of his time online, from what he's told me.

Well.... then. I got nuttin

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 05-05-2010, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by NanoBot

Hello... You look nice in that avatar. I'd hit it.

Modding a forum and spending your whole day at the keyword doesn't exactly make you insta-savvy with internets...

**dav3** · 05-05-2010, 02:51 PM

Earning commission on sales is a super hard concept to comprehend.

**La_Sexorcist** · 05-05-2010, 02:59 PM

Poor, poor idiot. He should work on those comprehension skills.

**J. Falcon** · 05-05-2010, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by Elli

It sounds like he's not computer savvy much at all. Probably heard that "there's ways to make money on the internet" and was trying to find out more.

I've met my fair share of those.

**LeRoy** · 05-05-2010, 03:49 PM

Does he have money? If yes charge him a fee to consult him.

so a guy asked me to explain how being an affiliate works

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