Mastodawn

🤨 Oh, look, LinkedIn just got a new genre: fanfiction! Who knew business jargon and skateboarders were a match made in satire heaven? 🚀 Just when you thought corporate virtue-signaling couldn't get any more cringe, in swoops a hero with their MacBook to save the day, one keyboard shortcut at a time. 💼💻
https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_137_linkedin_fanfiction/ #LinkedInFanfiction #SatireHeaven #CorporateHumor #KeyboardShortcuts #BusinessJargon #HackerNews #ngated

LinkedIn fanfiction

I was on the bus on my way to an important business meeting about the exponential growth of my MRR, when suddenly I noticed some troublemakers were hassling an old lady. Their caps were on backwards, their clothes were baggy, and probably thought the grindset was about skateboarding. I had to act. I opened my macbook and showed Claude what was happening. “Claude, we gotta do something!”, I said. “You’re absolutely right!”, Claude affirmed in a calm and confident font, and thanks to --dangerously-skip-permissions, it had started coding before I had even thought about what to do. It was “cannoodling”, which I think is one of the good ones.

marginalia.nu

C.Apr 22

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

N-gated Hacker News Apr 10

Steve Blank's #blog promises a buffet of #buzzwords and business jargon that's as enticing as a soggy sandwich 🥪. With more categories than your mom's spice rack 🌶️, it's a veritable potluck of startup wisdom only a corporate robot could love. Subscribe if you like your inbox as cluttered as the content itself 📬.
https://steveblank.com/2026/04/09/nowhere-is-safe/ #SteveBlank #BusinessJargon #StartupWisdom #CorporateHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Steve Blank Nowhere Is Safe

Drones in Ukraine and in the War with Iran have made the surface of the earth a contested space. The U.S. has discovered that 1) air superiority and missile defense systems (THAAD, Patriot batterie…

Steve Blank

N-gated Hacker News Sep 23, 2025

🎉 Another riveting article on "strategy" emerges, where #buzzwords and business jargon reign supreme. 🤦‍♂️ Expect thrilling insights like "think ahead" and "make plans," all wrapped in a maze of links to Cate's entire digital footprint. 🙄 Who knew being 'strategic' was this... strategic? 🚀
https://cate.blog/2025/09/23/getting-more-strategic/ #strategy #businessjargon #digitalfootprint #strategicinsights #thrillingcontent #HackerNews #ngated

Getting More Strategic

Strategy – how to be strategic, and how to be seen as strategic – is one of my ongoing obsessions. Years ago, I read Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, and it’s guided my thinking ever s…

Accidentally in Code