Last but not least: Journalist wanted

Anna, a 32-year-old «journalist,» is looking for «a man.» Is the dating site Edarling.ch using this ad to critique the media?

On Monday, SRF presenter Conny Brügger via Twitter to this interesting advertisement - placed on Tagesanzeiger.ch:

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Edarling.ch confidently takes up the current debate on quality in the media. Who or what is a journalist? What do they do? Do they have to know the grammatical cases or can they use them? Frank A. Meyer sends his regards - google it if necessary? How long does an internship have to last before you can put "journalist" on your business card? Do child soldiers automatically become journalists when they reach the age of 18? How many more journalists can the PR industry grant asylum to before it falls into crisis itself? So many questions. And yet Anna was only looking for a man. Ideally a journalist too, so that they could laugh together about Kurt Imhof's latest tome.

Sophia might have an easier time of it. After 35 years, the lawyer would like to finally have the opportunity to have some quality conversations. The men's world can rejoice, because she has a lot to talk about: Not only is she a book author and lecturer for "Dutch for self-study"...

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...but also pulls wisdom teeth in her spare time:

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So our Sophia is sure to provide sophisticated, romantic evening entertainment. Wisdom tooth stories are known to be one of the most popular topics of conversation and are a kind of national sport in Switzerland. However, if the doctor suddenly pulls the pliers out of her handbag, say goodbye with a friendly but firm "Vaarwel, ik moet gaan".

Thomas Häusermann

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