the reason this doesn't work as a LinkedinLunatic post is that there isn't any bootlicking, we needed a twist at the end where she somehow brings it back to a bootlicker's perspective
like the end needs to reveal this was an ad for her pillow company, and she was actually trying to sell us on the efficiency of the pillow as an opportunity for employers to cut labor costs and wages and a reason people should just settle for a body pillow instead of a livable wage
I know it is not really a wild take but I dunno I just thought it was funny as hell to see them relate all of this to their son's Konosuba body pillow.
Also they posted it to LinkedIn, a site for.... Business stuff? Man I don't get that site.
Oh. God I think I just got it. Its a terrifying place of people wearing masks to pretend to be the good workers companies want only and this community is supposed to be more for pushing into the gaps in their armor. Where someone finally broke enough you can see the sadness but you aren't supposed to read it that way.
The aim is for the stuff that hurts your brain reading it more than they did writing it. So someone being honest with themselves isn't really a lunatic even if they are crazy.
honestly I think LinkedinLunatics as a community is mostly about satirizing LinkedIn culture (and the larger management culture, entrepreneur culture, etc.).
I don't think it's about being broken or sad, like you can absolutely have good LinkedinLunatics posts that don't have an element of sadness or brokenness, even if it's true that authentic LinkedIn lunatics are generally "broken" or dysfunctional in some way.
Apart from the fact she threw her son right under the Megumin body-pillow-shaped bus, this is actually the most real take I've ever seen on LinkedIn...
And that's what makes it Lunatic, because nobody making this kind of take should care about posting on LinkedIn - getting suits to care about the everyman is like trying to get a wolf to care about the sheep its eating.
I say it is a lunatic, because who says this on fucking LinkedIn, lol. Also I really would hate to be that person's son, even if they're trying to make a valid point because they're totally throwing their kid under the bus here.
Basically it's like LinkedIn poisoned their brain's ability to form an argument and before that they were a perfectly reasonable adult with sensible values that are still there, hidden under the c-suite talk.
Thats what I am hearing. I'm fine with it being removed if thats the consensus, just thought it was a wild thing to post and figured this was closest to the community for it.
Also cue my old lady rant about being young and unemployed fresh out of college and selling blood to go on dates and out to social events while looking for work. Kids these days smh
Megumin is about tied for most mentally stable member of the cast, along with Yunyun. Also Wiz is kinda senile and wastes money endlessly while Megumin is a couponer.
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dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 135 pts · 161d
the reason this doesn't work as a LinkedinLunatic post is that there isn't any bootlicking, we needed a twist at the end where she somehow brings it back to a bootlicker's perspective
like the end needs to reveal this was an ad for her pillow company, and she was actually trying to sell us on the efficiency of the pillow as an opportunity for employers to cut labor costs and wages and a reason people should just settle for a body pillow instead of a livable wage
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 38 pts · 161d
I know it is not really a wild take but I dunno I just thought it was funny as hell to see them relate all of this to their son's Konosuba body pillow.
Also they posted it to LinkedIn, a site for.... Business stuff? Man I don't get that site.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 161d
if this was really posted on LinkedIn, then it belongs here for sure - but I just assumed it was fake and wasn't written well enough to be good satire
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 12 pts · 161d
Fair enough. My lunatics I see are always a little more just... Broken rather than businessy.
Like this
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 161d
see, at least that gives a "can-do" chipper attitude employers want to see at the end with:
(just in case anyone thought he was complaining about the lack of good boundaries in his job)
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 8 pts · 161d
Oh. God I think I just got it. Its a terrifying place of people wearing masks to pretend to be the good workers companies want only and this community is supposed to be more for pushing into the gaps in their armor. Where someone finally broke enough you can see the sadness but you aren't supposed to read it that way.
The aim is for the stuff that hurts your brain reading it more than they did writing it. So someone being honest with themselves isn't really a lunatic even if they are crazy.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 161d
honestly I think LinkedinLunatics as a community is mostly about satirizing LinkedIn culture (and the larger management culture, entrepreneur culture, etc.).
I don't think it's about being broken or sad, like you can absolutely have good LinkedinLunatics posts that don't have an element of sadness or brokenness, even if it's true that authentic LinkedIn lunatics are generally "broken" or dysfunctional in some way.
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 161d
Ok.
So I am basically both reading to much into and also not enough at the same time. Not deep just make fun of how corporate speak is double toned.
Thanks, I will try to keep my eye out for a good one.
Demdaru@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 161d
She's lunatic because intern writing that won't be an intern for long.
brax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 136d
If megumin is wearing boots on the pillow, there might be undocumented licking. ...just saying.
Th4tGuyII@fedia.io · 55 pts · 161d
Apart from the fact she threw her son right under the Megumin body-pillow-shaped bus, this is actually the most real take I've ever seen on LinkedIn...
And that's what makes it Lunatic, because nobody making this kind of take should care about posting on LinkedIn - getting suits to care about the everyman is like trying to get a wolf to care about the sheep its eating.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 161d
I say it is a lunatic, because who says this on fucking LinkedIn, lol. Also I really would hate to be that person's son, even if they're trying to make a valid point because they're totally throwing their kid under the bus here.
Basically it's like LinkedIn poisoned their brain's ability to form an argument and before that they were a perfectly reasonable adult with sensible values that are still there, hidden under the c-suite talk.
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 12 pts · 161d
I just love that she basically admits that her son definitely does not have culture fit.
BranBucket@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 161d
Is culture fit not being weird, or is not having culture fit just resistance to working yourself to death?
Akido37@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 161d
morrowind@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 161d
Most based take I've seen on LinkedIn. And I mean the original definition of based.
yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 161d
This opinion is offered by a basehead?
passepartout@feddit.org · 25 pts · 161d
Most sane lunatic on LinkedIn.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 161d
That's not lunatic at all, though.
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 11 pts · 161d
Thats what I am hearing. I'm fine with it being removed if thats the consensus, just thought it was a wild thing to post and figured this was closest to the community for it.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 161d
Oh it's wild for her to post alright
Also cue my old lady rant about being young and unemployed fresh out of college and selling blood to go on dates and out to social events while looking for work. Kids these days smh
drsilverworm@midwest.social · 17 pts · 161d
Looks fake. Digital marketing INTERN? who has a 27 year old son?
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 161d
To be fair, that's not that unusual anymore
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 161d
Yunyun supremacy
Krauerking@lemy.lol · 8 pts · 161d
Dang... I always forget about Yunyun.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 161d
Does the pillow have any holes?
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 161d
Megumin is about tied for most mentally stable member of the cast, along with Yunyun. Also Wiz is kinda senile and wastes money endlessly while Megumin is a couponer.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 161d
Did she say anything wrong tho
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 5 pts · 161d
/m/lost lemmings/ (?)