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TIFU by losing a job over a reddit post

I got a call yesterday morning informing from the employer I signed a work contract with informing me that my reddit account had been linked with a post about falsifying information on my resume. I am not even sure how the employer I signed a work contract with even found my reddit as it isn't linked to any personal email, my name, or other social media usernames. But the post they linked me to was a COMMENT I made on a post in r/illegallifeprotips where a user suggested people lie and fake documents on their resume to get a job. My comment was essentially saying that was a terrible idea and I would just really sell myself on the duties I have done in the resume rather than lie and fake documents. I tried explaining how I did not make the post but rather a comment on the post basically telling people not to obey the post. This wasn't acceptable to them apparently, the recruiter and his manager I went through to get the job even went as far as to tell my "future employer" that the post was nothing to worry about. I guess they didn't accept that answer because I got a call later saying my offer of employment had been rescinded for "embellishments on my resume" but when asking for specific examples of embellishments I on what the embellishments were they wouldn't ever give me any and just said "I have embellishments on my resume". They had encouraged me to put in a 2 weeks notice so I could start with them early as well so now I have already quit my current job but lost the job I was going to over a reddit post that i didn't even make.. This position would have been a $20k a year pay raise from my current job and I lost it over some stupid confusion and my reddit account being linked to the title of a post I commented on basically. I had already signed all sorts of work agreements with them and had a start date...

TLDR: My future employer found my reddit account somehow, linked a comment I made to the title of the post, decided they didn't like the title of the post or the sub it was in, explained it my comment and not my post, rescinded my offer for "embellishments" and never told me what those embellishments were.

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