Craigslist Joe.

unsuitableguy • 349 followers

I've always been a bit sceptical about community spirit in general. And even more so after the emergence of the age of social networking and texting and burying our faces in laptops and smartphones, blind to what is actually happening around us in the so called real world...But I digress.

I read something last night about a new docu-film. You know docu-films like Catfish? If you have'nt seen Catfish and you are an avid user of facebook, you have to watch it...Really, it could be the difference between life and death...I'm getting off track again.

I read something last night about an upcoming docu-film entitled "Craigslist Joe".
It's about a 29 year old man, named Joe (obviously) who decided to cut himself off from everyone he knows. And with the clothes he was wearing that day, a toothbrush, a laptop and a phone with no contacts, he embarks on a quest to discover the sense of community in America by living off of Craigslist.

Over 31 days, he posts adverts on the site, and relies on respondents for food and shelter amongst other things.

Needless to say, I'm eager to see how things pan out.

Perhaps a little too eager, so I posted an ad on a similar site to see how viable the idea would be in the UK.

Within the space of 3 hours, I had 32 responses.
And besides the offers of fellatio, "cheap cannabis", a free puppy, and the questionable sexual propositions of eastern european woman...and men. The results were'nt as fruitful as I had hoped.

I hope Joe had more luck.

#community-exploration #documentary #general #internet-culture #modern-adventure #social-experiment

How did you like this story?

Your feedback helps unsuitableguy understand what's working

Comments & Feedback (15)

VikingHorn

Jul 9, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Did you offer to do any work, or did you just ask for food and shelter?

unsuitableguy

Jul 9, 2012 at 10:51 PM

@VikingHorn Indeed I did offer my self for work, I listed my "skills" which I think many had misinterpreted. 😳

VikingHorn

Jul 9, 2012 at 10:55 PM

Oh dear, I hope you claim to be a skilled orator ...

RichWithey

Jul 9, 2012 at 10:57 PM

[This comment has been deleted]

unsuitableguy

Jul 9, 2012 at 10:58 PM

@VikingHorn ha "orator" yea I think they'd have misinterpreted that even more 😒.

unsuitableguy

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:00 PM

@RichWithey Yes, I gathered that when I looked at the U.S site. I'll definetly give it another go in the future.

sjw

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:06 PM

What a cool idea shame you didn't get a better response tho 😏

unsuitableguy

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:10 PM

@sjw 😓yep. Although, the inexplicably weird and humorous responses made up for it.

VikingHorn

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:21 PM

@unsuitableguy Whoops, I meant to have a "didn't" in there. And yes, while there is a fair amount do shady crap on Craigslist here, there is a lot of legitimate work set up and normal items sold. The "free and fee fellatio" crowd does seem to get the jump on everybody using obscure network sites.

sjw

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:22 PM

So it wasn't a complete failure then lol 😉

unsuitableguy

Jul 9, 2012 at 11:23 PM

@VikingHorn So I've noticed.

ckahn

Jul 10, 2012 at 2:11 AM

😂😂😂

Barknbite

Jul 10, 2012 at 6:33 AM

Interesting, not exactly a worthwhile pursuit, my jaded view from the outside in is about being informed, pornography and sifting through the trash... Sounds like this is what you found? We are at war, the Internet is merely one weapon, survival depends on many others...