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This almost feels like a greentext

[–] nick@midwest.social 384 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I love this guys posts.

Peak lunatic satire

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 111 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Truly the Ken M of LinkedIn

[–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago

Oh fuck how could i forget the legend Ken M? Thanks haha imma go look him up again

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago

He is both the hero we need and the hero we deserve.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 104 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thank goodness, I was hoping this was satire.

[–] nick@midwest.social 68 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, Ken fools a lot of people. He’s maybe even inspired the actual lunatics, wouldn’t be shocked.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago

It hit me when he said 5 of my friends with MBAs, and there's only 3 of them.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So good.

That said, who is he trying to impress?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

Can comedy not exist on its own? The meta-irony of a dude making fun of the “our existence is only for generating shareholder value” is pretty funny in the context of “yeah but who’s he generating value for?” question

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Obviously not the people with PhDs.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 175 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For people who don't know Ken Cheng is satire and making fun of LinkedIn people.

He is hilarious, and the comments he incites are even better.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I did not know, so I appreciate this heads up.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 125 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ken Cheng is a British comedian. He likes to take the piss out of business people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Cheng

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I was about to say, this guy is glazing MBA's way too hard for this not to be a joke.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 109 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I’ve never met anyone with an MBA who wasn’t a moron.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 85 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe the non-morons don't make a point of telling you they have an MBA.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep. I know a few people who got their workplace to pay for it. It was an incredibly easy way for them to pad their resume and ensure higher pay ranges at stupid workplaces that gated stuff like that.

Only came up when we were talking about schooling (I was still finishing mine).

Everyone that made a big deal of it though, complete morons.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

stupid workplaces that gated stuff like that

May not be working at Lowe's much longer, but they make a point that a piece of paper isn't a big deal. I think it's the CFO that doesn't have a degree?

Anyway, CEO is proud to say that a diploma on the wall isn't a free ride. Busted my ass there for 3-months, got a promotion in the bag tomorrow. OTOH, just got a surprise interview for a tech job that pays 3x more. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Win either way!

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Kind of like how the worst people in tech brag about their certifications

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You should meet my brother then. He has an MBA and CPA and runs an accounting firm. He's pretty chill and treats his workers extremely well, while taking most of the lame work for himself.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“He must not have gone to a good school for his MBA then” - people with MBAs, probably

Lol. It's one of the better ones.

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[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago (4 children)

ITT: Commenters so eager to shit on people they miss the most obvious satire.

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Commenters so eager to shit on people

To be fair, that’s the only purpose of this community. But the post is brilliant 😄

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[–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This guy spent the whole date creticing the restaurant we were in. Not once did he mention that satern was visible, or that the JWSt is scanning the Orion cluster looking for new young planets. Brought up the moon and he mentioned mineing rights and opertinitys to Frack the moon. Only thing he was exited about space was Elon and his polluting starlink WiFi adapters that have destroyed the night sky.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Dude, you gotta fix your autocorrect, or at least set it up.

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's kind of adorably misspelled in a way you don't see too often anymore. I hope they don't edit the post

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As if an MBA was an achievement. My wifes brother made a Harvard MBA in his free time (paid for by his employer), and considered it laughably easy. I've read the course books he gave me, and I agree. For someone coming from the natural sciences side of things, MBA is kindergarten level. It is amazing with how little actual knowledge people get into high business positions nowadays.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A lot of the elite business communities are entirely extended social groups. Lots of nephews. Lots of professional self-promotionists. Lots of gurus, promising to deliver quasi-spiritualist business secrets. The system they're attached to is swimming in surplus revenue, so doing relatively simple arbitrage with a big enough line of credit can enrich these well-connected individuals quickly. And putting someone with connections to easy credit onto your board is a great way to grow your company.

MBAs get to operate at the kindergarten level because they're playing with billions of dollars in a game that is designed to guarantee they (mostly) walk away winners.

Trump is a classic example. Lose a billion dollars, go out and find another line of credit, gamble on double or nothing, market goes up so you win it all back again. Nobody asks where this credit is coming from or why The Donald is uniquely positioned to draw on it. Elon has a similar story. He just keeps spinning the wheel and doubling down, confident that the game has a positive ROI, so he'll always come out ahead in the end.

[–] drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're less funny to me when they're intentional/satire.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Indeed, for me, it was the astrophysics PhD. Reading it hurt me physically, besides killing his joke at the spot.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to assume it's sarcasm, but honestly I'm not sure.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do people believe this is real?

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Just to be sure: This is a meme, right?

As in, not serious?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a guy on LinkedIn who has made minor internet celebrity out of posting cringe. He makes regular appearances on LinkedInLunatics. Not entirely sure if he's a deranged business geek or a Dril still hoax account. But he baits enough people for it to be a moot point. Dude is definitely channeling a vibe.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Lemmy is not beating the spectrum rumors with satire detection skills like this.

[–] Panamalt@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

3 friends is actually impressive, considering

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

People that actually think this way probably do have binders full of "elite-level females".

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah, these fucking idiots without an MBA. Einstein, Hawking, DaVinci, etc

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago
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