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[–] [email protected] 125 points 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

that really is how those subhuman scum talk; my first tell was seeing women as at least hypothetically equals, and the fact the profile pic just looks like a normal guy who hasn't been dipped in grease or made very shiny.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Commenters so eager to shit on people

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As someone who grew up in Ireland, we are sarcastic cunts. Hence, I always read everything as satire.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do people believe this is real?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No? I think the other question is what the community is for? I think it's appropriate based off the community description, although I don't remember the last time I have seen a post that wasn't obviously satire.

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[–] [email protected] 173 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Reminds of a twitter account called the goldman scachs elevator gossip.

[–] [email protected] 385 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I love this guys posts.

Peak lunatic satire

[–] [email protected] 111 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Truly the Ken M of LinkedIn

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 103 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Thank goodness, I was hoping this was satire.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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

As in, not serious?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

He's a professional comedian. He realized that linked in is actually social media that people hate and have to actively use.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I'm convinced its an elaborate joke, yea.

Kinda gives Ken M vibes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Honestly the pacing to me, the final punchline, etc. all scream that it's intentional satire. That and the "I want to connect with you emotionally :)" cemented it for me

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 3 days ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (2 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.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 days ago (9 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Lemmy users be like "Is the guy with the "I want to connect with you, emotionally :)" being serious?"

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Reddit was real bad at this. Lemmy is so much worse.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I went to business school and was in classes with people from a bunch of different business majors.

Most people are book smart and can pass a test, but are otherwise stupid.

I also regularly meet different C-suite executives for work. Again, most are only good at one or two things. Efficiency isn't one of them.

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