Many Such Takes: Charlize Theron, Sohamgate, Doordash and More

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Charlize Theron

A video dropped this week of 49-year-old actress Charlize Theron on a podcast bragging about having a fulfilling sexual romp with a 26-year-old man. As you can expect, we got plenty of takes asking about what would happen if the genders were reversed:

I actually didn’t see anyone accusing her of grooming, only bringing it up rhetorically to make a point about the comments people make about older male celebrities who have sex with young women.

THIS ISN’T A HOT TAKE! THIS IS WHAT 98% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE!!!

But this guy is saying what I think most of us are wondering:

Sohamgate

Remember at the beginning of WFH, some engineers on Reddit boasted about being “overemployed” and secretly working for multiple companies at once? I had completely forgotten anyone was doing this, until Suhail Doshi, the founder of Playground AI, warned everyone on tech Twitter about a guy named Soham Parekh who is operating out of India and preying on multiple Y Combinator tech companies. Apparently Suhail was one of his first victims, and he continued this ruse after being fired.

Suhail later posted Soham’s resume and said he suspected almost all of it was fake. Twitter responded to ask Suhail how he could possibly have hired someone with a completely fake resume if he was checking references and running background checks:

To Suhail’s credit, I have had multiple background checks run on me during my time in tech, and almost every single time, they were unable to confirm my (truthful!) work history, even at established companies that were still in business. But in these cases, I was expected to provide some kind of proof of employment (like W2s or offer letters) so this still feels suspicious.

Anyway, Suhail’s tweet actually affected Soham’s job prospects as he continued his scam:

Another Soham victim came forward:

Other people found the whole thing humorous:

This woman pointed out that Soham is actually a rookie in the scam game:

The RTO defenders came out. BOOOOO.

Eventually, Soham saw the tweets and reached out to Suhail to see if there was anything he could to to save his career:

Some Twitter users suggested that Soham should start his own interview coaching business, since obviously he’s really good at getting jobs. I agree with this, although I feel like I have to point out that I already wrote a guide on this!

Doordash

While many women have found themselves on the receiving end of a “Karen” accusation simply for telling a waiter about their allergy, this week we got a treat: a real Karen…and HE is a boy!

“Rufus” (not sure if that’s his real name) shared screenshots of his conversation with a new Doordash driver who found herself stuck in traffic, unfamiliar with the area, and in the middle of a dust storm. His response: DO BETTER!!!!!!

“Doordash discourse” is pretty much a constant on Twitter, but usually about half of the people are on the side of the customer—for example, disabled people who can’t easily go out to get their own food (even if sometimes that disability is just ADHD.) In this case, everyone except OP was on the side of the Doordash driver:

Funny Tweets/Other Happenings

Lady Gaga has gone woke:

Let’s see how Milo’s conversion to heterosexuality is going:

In case you missed it…