Making Me a Freelance Offer I CAN Refuse

The original job posting that spawned this conversation was innocuous enough. Nevertheless, the poster deserves a Middle Finger Award of epic proportions, don't you think so?

Original Job Ad: [sic] "I'm looking for writers that have experience writing about IT subjects, please send me on your rate and any samples you might have."

Buyer, in response to my application: "The IT articles are finished however, I do also require some article writing if you prefer, the articles would be snippet articles of 150-200 words for 50c each, I'll give you a list of the topics. I can give you a contract for 50 articles @ 0.50c a piece with a deadline of 1 week.

Tell me if that sounds interesting to you and I can send them onto you today,

Thanks a million, C."

Me: "Are you aware that according to the Editorial Freelancers Association (http://www.the-efa.org/res/rates.html), the going rate for one-page articles is $50 to $110? That said, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that your offer is an egregious typo and that you meant 50 DOLLARS per article as opposed to 50 cents. If I am correct in that benefit-giving, then yes, your project sounds interesting to me."

C.: "No, your first assumption was right, the rate is 50c for 150 word articles,"

Me: "Well then, good luck finding someone who will work for slave wages. Since I earn more than 50 cents per minute, that someone is NOT going to be me."

Addendum: "Screw you, C., SCREW YOU!"