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This Isn’t a Cartoon, It’s a Rough Translation of Every Single Post on LinkedIn

03.26.2024 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Sometimes when I worry about running out of material for Writing Boots, I remind myself that people are always saying dumb stuff—usually, on LinkedIn—that I can make fun of here!

For instance, a communication consultant writes about his team:

And I reply:

And as long as I’ve been commenting on and around business communication, Hugh MacLeod has been eating much the same meat, slapping down fatuous and phony foolishment via his distinctive cartoons—beginning around the dot.com boom and the “new economy,” lasting through the social media revolution and enduring long enough to face down the current craven age of LinkedIn logrolling.

To which his latest clearly refers.

Reproduced with MacLeod’s permission. Sample (and purchase) his work at his website.

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