Most based take I've seen on LinkedIn. And I mean the original definition of based.
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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Apart from the fact she threw her son right under the Megumin-bodypillow-shaped bus, this is actually the most real take I've ever seen on LinkedIn...
And that's what makes it Lunatic, because nobody making this kind of take should care about posting on LinkedIn - getting suits to care about the everyman is like trying to get a wolf to care about the sheep its eating.
the reason this doesn't work as a LinkedinLunatic post is that there isn't any bootlicking, we needed a twist at the end where she somehow brings it back to a bootlicker's perspective (like it turns into an ad for her pillow company, and she was actually trying to sell us on the efficiency of the pillow as an opportunity for employers to cut labor costs and wages and a reason people should just settle for a body pillow instead of a livable wage)
I know it is not really a wild take but I dunno I just thought it was funny as hell to see them relate all of this to their son's Konosuba body pillow.
Also they posted it to LinkedIn, a site for.... Business stuff? Man I don't get that site.
if this was really posted on LinkedIn, then it belongs here for sure - but I just assumed it was fake and didn't well enough as satire (oof)
Fair enough. My lunatics I see are always a little more just... Broken rather than businessy.
Like this
see, at least that gives a "can-do" chipper attitude employers want to see at the end with:
I wouldn't have it any other way though
(just in case anyone thought he was complaining about the lack of good boundaries in his job)
Oh. God I think I just got it. Its a terrifying place of people wearing masks to pretend to be the good workers companies want only and this community is supposed to be more for pushing into the gaps in their armor. Where someone finally broke enough you can see the sadness but you aren't supposed to read it that way.
The aim is for the stuff that hurts your brain reading it more than they did writing it. So someone being honest with themselves isn't really a lunatic even if they are crazy.
honestly I think LinkedinLunatics as a community is mostly about satirizing LinkedIn culture (and the larger management culture, entrepreneur culture, etc.).
I don't think it's about being broken or sad, like you can absolutely have good LinkedinLunatics posts that don't have an element of sadness or brokenness, even if it's true that authentic LinkedIn lunatics are generally "broken" or dysfunctional in some way.
Ok.
So I am basically both reading to much into and also not enough at the same time. Not deep just make fun of how corporate speak is double toned.
Thanks, I will try to keep my eye out for a good one.
oh, in case I wasn't clear I think your OP actually does fit as a LinkedinLunatics post because of how unhinged it is to actually use your son for that example - it's a good post because it's real.
If it were a fictional or made-up, it might fall short of the formula, but that's fine too, really - more of a refinement than anything.
Genuinely boggles the mind that she actually wrote that 🫠
She's lunatic because intern writing that won't be an intern for long.
I say it is a lunatic, because who says this on fucking LinkedIn, lol. Also I really would hate to be that person's son, even if they're trying to make a valid point because they're totally throwing their kid under the bus here.
Basically it's like LinkedIn poisoned their brain's ability to form an argument and before that they were a perfectly reasonable adult with sensible values that are still there, hidden under the c-suite talk.
I just love that she basically admits that her son definitely does not have culture fit.
Is culture fit not being weird, or is not having culture fit just resistance to working yourself to death?
Does the pillow have any holes?
Looks fake. Digital marketing INTERN? who has a 27 year old son?
To be fair, that's not that unusual anymore
That's not lunatic at all, though.
Thats what I am hearing. I'm fine with it being removed if thats the consensus, just thought it was a wild thing to post and figured this was closest to the community for it.
Oh it's wild for her to post alright
Also cue my old lady rant about being young and unemployed fresh out of college and selling blood to go on dates and out to social events while looking for work. Kids these days smh
Most sane lunatic on LinkedIn.
Yunyun supremacy
Dang... I always forget about Yunyun.
Did she say anything wrong tho
/m/lost lemmings/ (?)
Megumin is about tied for most mentally stable member of the cast, along with Yunyun. Also Wiz is kinda senile and wastes money endlessly while Megumin is a couponer.