LinkedIn post overhyping a pot of tea calling it "premium hydration".

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[–] 58 points 4 months ago (1 child)

And his post was clearly written by AI. The phrasing of "This is not X, it is Y", is super typical for ChatGPT prose

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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago

    “I was in Taiwan and had tea on the balcony.”

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago
    [–] 30 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    "Yeah, we ordered those on Amazon. Do you have any idea how expensive traditional clay pots are? Dumbfucks are just going to drop and break them anyway."

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago

    Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago

    I read a LinkedIn post on Lemmy today.

    The style was concise. Painfully concise. Sentences filed down to icepicks that stabbed at my sanity. And yet, somehow completely superfluous - how is this possible?

    The answer separates ordinary workers from real paradigm-shifters in the modern economy: AI.

    You dont have to like it. But when I get an application, I dont even read the resume. Skills and hard work don't matter anymore. That's what AI is for.

    What matters is the cover letter. I look for jargon. Short, meaningless catchphrases. Humblebrags.

    I dont want the next great engineer. I want the next great LinkedIn poster.

    Welcome to the vaporware job market. Get on board or get left behind.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    So insightful and profound. He should start his own religion!

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I understand the words. I understand them together.

    I do not understand what the point of the original post was, other than a linkedinlunatic huffing their own farts.

    Does this person think their post will be seen by a recruiter who will go "yes, this is who we need heading our (insert department/company here)!"

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I don't even understand the words. I'm trying to figure out if he thinks it's bad that they put something special in a generic carafe, or good that they used something "modern"?

    I'm leaning toward the latter (and disagree, seems like it would detract from the experience, but in the end, who the fuck cares?), but I'm not sure.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    He made a post about this? Why?

    I want my minute from skimming his post back please.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    A lot of companies require you to post on LinkedIn regularly for brand building and "presence". Sometimes it's built into your KPIs. So with the advent of AI you just post crap to get it over with. Even if it negatively impacts your personal brand... Game theory stuff I guess.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    This reads like someone who has read everything William Gibson ever wrote without understanding that it was all making fun of people like him.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    this was written by AI, no doubt

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    #StrategicForesight

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like the rubbish the Starbucks CEO was on about not so long back. Each visit an 'experience', or something.

    When did marketing decide I had to have orgasms to be able to drink tea or coffee?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    People who use phrases like "premium hydration" should get slapped in the face.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    What's the last drink you had that felt like an experience, not just a beverage?

    Earl Grey with mint tea, citrus juice, hot weather.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Christ, brother.

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