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[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 133 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Let's synergize and offer value-added guidence with some D&D.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 42 points 5 days ago

it's called a wargaming teambuilding exercise

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let's share each other's emotions and experiences of the week while drinking beers.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

What a novel idea, let's call it "Happy Hour"

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember before the plague it became fashionable to talk about "having your personal advisory board". It was just a friend group for socially stunted MBAs.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

I see it as symptomatic of something worse: the tendency to monetize, advertise, and exploit everything that you are. For anyone willing to go hard enough on those ideals, it's (theoretically) possible to achieve more income. The thing that's keeping the rest of us from doing this are opposing ideals like privacy, quality of life, respecting boundaries, and healthy relationships.

[–] RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Pretty sad really, just like in general.

[–] missingstring@retrolemmy.com 53 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I don’t know how you all feel about ChatGPT but I was curious if the robots would understand how silly this post was. It delivered.

[–] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 52 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When your post is so vapid that you get roasted by an LLM.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 25 points 4 days ago

So there is a real world use case for chatgpt, roasting LinkedIn bros.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

OpenAI fed this thing a steady diet of internet forums as training data. You'd better believe that it knows how to verbally destroy anything and everything, at every conceivable level of sass and/or vitriol.

[–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The fourth point "okay, first meeting. Let's talk about death, aliens and your ex" actually sounds like riveting conversation

[–] Tum@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I am unironically going to start using "fostering gratitude loops with dish-based reciprocity"

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm game. Sounds fun.

Also: should there be a "AI writing prompts" community?

[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 3 points 3 days ago

I think there should be. Gemini gave me a really good giggle when I asked it to write a short story about what would happen if cops and courts started interpreting the law the same way sovereign citizens do.

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

I would be down as well except maybe discussing personal relationship issues with random stranger I just met.

[–] Chemo@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is really good. I'm impressed.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I especially love the "cohort of 1 (yourself)" bit. Don't think I'd dare push the parody that far myself but it works.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 66 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This sounds like the guy who suggested "virgin edibles" as an idea worth trying out.

Or, to rephrase it, "food."

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Fuck, imagine if someone ONLY ate edibles for all their nutrition needs

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 32 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Hey if this gets more men to make actual meaningful friendships instead of succumbing to the roganverse I'm all for it.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 41 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

I don't think this is bad advice. However I don't think that it should be limited to just men.

Also I think the group should align politically and be able to support each other in solidarity. They could also use meeting time to plan resistance to fascist regimes.

However there are quite a few people (I am mostly thinking of men I know) that tend to isolate themselves from friends when they need help the most or once they get into a romantic relationship. This is probably not just a men's issue however.

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Cut it off after the first 2 points and it sounds ideal.

A bunch of 4-5 guy friends who are open to talk about anything with the motivation being to get a better understanding.......where do I sign up?

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[–] crimeschneck@feddit.nl 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also I think the group should align politically

I think it's best if people get along well with each other despite possible conflicting political views.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If I have to explain to anyone that genocide is wrong and that human rights are good. Or if I find someone votes to promote genocide or reduce human rights. Then they are not my friend.

I might try to talk in good faith to them, I might attempt to negotiate with them, i might even exchange pleasantries with them. But they will never have my full confidence.

I do not have to "get along" with a fascist.

[–] crimeschneck@feddit.nl 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

"Conflicting political views" doesn't necessarily mean "fascist". I don't understand why this topic always causes such misunderstandings. This is something I also noticed when I made a thread on the Fediverse community asking about possible advantages or disadvantages about the mostly limited range of views on Lemmy. Some users replied in a similar fashion. Maybe it's just a deliberate exaggeration, i don't know.

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[–] 01011@monero.town 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's not a question of isolating, it's because people only have a limited amount of time and energy and we're all forced to prioritize. Once you factor in romantic relationships, family and work/business many of us don't have much time left for regular meetings with friends.

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[–] illegible@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Diamond Dogs! 💎🐶🐶🐶

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago
[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago

Ngl I read this as a positive thing at first

Like friendships should be about creating a safe space where people can talk about sensitive subjects without being judged. A lot of toxic masculinity influencers keep saying that men shouldn't have feelings, men should just bottle it up, etc. and that's just not a good and healthy mindset.

Then I realized this was on linkedin lol

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (4 children)

They could make some shitty startup named BroBar that creates public places where the atmosphere is chill, beer is served, and where you could find people for your "core group". Maybe even play some pool.

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

But first of all, you have to think about the monitarization and scalability! Make it a subscription service! And you need an app to track your ~~pay slaves~~ customers! And you need merch! This "friendship"-business model must be profitable!

/s

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 19 points 5 days ago

Hey, if that’s what it takes for Nathanael to have some human interaction, I’m cool with it. I don’t necessarily want to be involved, but I’m not against it.

[–] msage@programming.dev 10 points 4 days ago

Is this for his AA meetings? Because it sounds kinda fire for that.

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Men need to start forming cute groups of 4-5 where

  • no clothing is off limits
  • the goal is to give headpats
  • each person is accountable to their goals (:3)
  • the group helps strategize a roadmap for the person to live into their fursona
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[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I propose adding "dressing up in leather" and "worshipping the devil" to this list; Just to make it spicy.

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Smoke meth and hail Satan!

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 points 4 days ago

Finally. Somebody talking sense in this thread.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

idk what kinds of 'friends' you have, but none of mine are like this.

This is more of ...what, a mini business incubator but for life goals?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There are people who literally have like become capitalism. They don't see human interaction as a thing beyond some sort of gain. And this is basically someone realizing that maybe just having supportive friends is a good thing, but can't frame that outside of the realm of pure capitalism and how every interaction must be a transaction.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit, that's right -- you just reminded me of a guy like this. Every "friendship" seemed to be transactional, and he didn't seem to understand friends who just wanted someone else to succeed with nothing in return.

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