28 LinkedIn Posts From People Who Use Sandwich Choices as Personal Brand Public Statements

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Apr 19, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

Linkedin cringe is its own special category. It's way different from Facebook cringe or Twitter cringe. It's more polished. More intentional. It comes wearing a blazer, and it wants you to know it woke up at 4:47 AM to get there.

LinkedIn is the only place on the internet where people genuinely believe that describing their morning routine counts as thought leadership, and where losing a SaaS client in Nebraska becomes a profound meditation on resilience tagged under #hustle and #grateful.

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  • × I proposed to my girlfriend this weekend. Here's what it taught me about B2B sales: ...see more
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  • Tim Denning in ⚫ 3rd+ Aussie writer with 1B+ content views... View my newsletter 7h. Edited ⚫ → + Follow The traditional retirement model is a scam designed to keep you obedient.... more Tim Denning @timcdenning in Don't retire at 65 to travel the world. Retire at 35 and travel the world.
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  • Amos Bar-Joseph in ⚫ 2nd • + Follow CEO @getswan.com | hire yo... Visit my website 10h our Al bill just hit $113k in a single month (we're a 4 person team). i've never been more proud of an invoice in my life. here's why......more A Anthropic, PBC Invoice from Anthropic, PBC $113,421.87 Due April 15, 2026 ↓Download invoice To Swan Al From Memo Anthropic, PBC While we prefer electronic payment methods, any checks must be sent to the address below, NOT to our San Francisco office. PAYMENT ADDRESS:
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  • 3rd+ + Follow Investment Sales Broker 5h My son asked me for a $5,000 loan to start a "vintage thrift store" on Depop. Most fathers would see a risky handout. I saw a venture capital opportunity. I agreed to the loan, but structured it as a Series A round. I took 80% equity in "His Closet, LLC." He is the sole employee and is paid in store credit. The loan has a 12% APR, amortized over 24 months. He's already missed his first payment, so I've initiated a hostile takeover of his video game consol
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  • Everything gets reframed as a business lesson, because that’s just the culture here. Your dog passed? Post about it. Your kid said something cute? Post about it, but make sure there’s a pivot to disruption somewhere in paragraph two. The platform has this miraculous ability to take the most ordinary human experiences and squeeze them through a productivity filter until they come out the other side as motivational content that makes you want to close your laptop and stare at a wall.

  • Show all 10 experiences → Experience GS Goldman Sachs 45 minute interview. (Was not accepted.) 2019
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  • Since I started wearing a Rolex i've been treated differently Most people wear a watch to tell the time For me... it opens doors - People take me seriously - People want to talk to me - People idolise my wrists First impressions are everything I was walking down the street this weekend and an elderly man caught my wrist "Nice watch" he said "It's not just a watch..." I told him. "It's a symbol of consistency, discipline, and the 4am starts that nobody sees" He smiled and handed me his business c
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  • Fry Cook M McDonald's Feb 2024 - Present - 1 yr 1 mo Intern Technology Consultant EY EY pwc KPMG Jul 2023 - Nov 2023.5 mos Intern Digital Transformation PwC Jan 2023-Jun 2023-6 mos Intern - Risk Advisory KPMG Jul 2022-Dec 2022-6 mos Intern - Audit & Assurance D. Deloitte Jan 2022-Jun 2022-6 mos
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  • And everyone on LinkedIn is optimizing. They don’t have hobbies, they have passion projects with scalable potential. They don’t have friends, they have networks. They don’t have lunch, they have working meals, which is just eating at your desk but with more suffering. The whole thing is one giant one-person PR operation, where each user carefully constructs a persona that is somehow simultaneously vulnerable and inspiring, relatable and impressive, deeply human and also a productivity machine that hasn’t taken a day off since 2019. It’s performance art, except the performer is completely convinced they’re not performing, which is honestly the most LinkedIn thing of all.

  • - Follow Here's my SUNDAY morning routine: 05:30 Wake up 05:35 15-minute outdoor walk for light exposure 05:50 3-5 minutes of breathwork - 05:55 Lemon juice with Celtic sea salt 06:00 Electrolyte drink 06:10 - 10 minutes in the sauna 06:20 Coffee #1 06:30 Ice bath (3 to 6 minutes) - 30-minute workout 06:40 07:10 Coffee #2 07:15 Shower and get ready 07:30 Write down my goals 07:40 - Review all bank accounts 07:50 Coffee #3 + audiobook on 08:00 Arrive at the office - 08:05 Breakfast: eggs, avocado
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  • jordanreviewsittt 6d Starting a new business. Do you have an annoying boss or pretentious coworker? For the low low price of $5/month I'll comment on their LinkedIn "that's a stupid idea" every time they post something.
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  • Shivam Dubey Talent Acquisition Coordinator |... 4 Tage → I once hired someone within a day. Not because I was in a rush. Not because the resume was perfect. But because of one answer. I asked him: "What would you do if your manager constantly took credit for your work?" He smiled and said, "I'd keep delivering. Because results have a way of speaking louder than people." In that moment, I didn't see just a candidate. I saw maturity. I saw emotional intelligence. I saw a future leader. Sometimes,
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  • These posts are proof that we, as a society, should do better, strive to be mostly fine. LinkedIn, on the other hand, should just give up.

  • Jimmy Lai in ⚫ 2nd Immigration Lawyer | LinkedIn is my Insta ... View my services 5h • I forgot my wife's birthday. No card. No cake. No present. I'm still here typing this. So that's a good sign. + Follow
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  • Miloš Vučić in ⚫ 1st • Lead, Customer Succes & Onboarding | D... 15h - 60 hours. Zero phone. First time ever. Friday 8 PM → Monday 8 AM. No scrolling. No notifications. No "just quickly checking." I'm terrified. And that's exactly why I need to do it. Will share on Monday how did it go. ☑ Have you ever done a phone sabbatical? How long did you last? PS. This one will not be 0 screen, only zero phone.
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  • You're not busy. You're just lazy. Most people think 8 hours at work = no time left. Wrong. You have 16 hours when you're not working. Even if you work 12 hours, that's still 12 hours free. It's all about priorities. Example: I'm 18 with the same 24 hours as you. - Got into an Ivy League - Made 8 figures in crypto - Built a 6 pack - Own a Lamborghini - Have 200k followers - Read 7 books a week I don't have more time than you. I just want it more. If you wanted it bad enough, you'd make time for
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  • Marc Seitz in ⚫ 3rd+ Co-Founder Papermark | Open Sour... Visit my website 1d. + Follow When I was a VC, I would always ask Founders one question: "Do you own a bedframe?" If they answered yes, I'd stop the interview there. The most successful founders are so focused on scaling they don't bother spending time on purchasing unnecessary things like bed frames. Every dollar spent on something for their personal life is a dollar that could be spent on Claude credits. However, the most successful foun
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  • Former co-CEO of FTX heads to federal prison today to serve 7.5 years. But not before he drops this banger on Linkedin Ryan Salame 2nd Previously Co-CEO FDM (FTX Digital Markets) 17h- + Follow ... I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Inmate at FCI Cumberland!
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  • Wei Long Lee Nanyang Technological... 582 followers 1d For the last day (not really) of me being present in university, I decided to come back to the Year 1 Physics Lab, not as a student, but as an observer. Watching the freshmen present their experiments on magnetic damping, atomic spectra and friction on an incline brought back a wave of memories. Some even used tools and software I had never encountered in my first year, a reminder of how much both the curriculum and we, as students, evolve o
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  • UPD Food Processing and Safety Update Rubel Miha • 3rd+ 1w. Who Deserves the Seat? A Small Choice That Reflects Big Values Join Sometimes, the smallest decisions say the most about who we are. You're sitting comfortably... and then you see: A mother holding her baby An elderly woman struggling to stand An injured young man on crutches → A tired, worn-out man behind him Now the question is - who truly deserves your seat? There's no single "correct" answer. But your choice reflects your empathy, a
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  • Melissa Deaton • 3rd+ Founder @ Recruiting Rebel | O... Visit my website 4d- hey LinkedIn fam do me a solid. + Follow If a recruiter sends you an InMail about a job and you're not interested, just reply "no thanks." We get our InMail credit back. You keep your inbox clean. And we both get the small joy of giving LinkedIn a tiny middle finger Everybody wins. Cheers, Your Recruiting Rebel on a budget CO 142 22 comments • 2 reposts
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  • AI slop on a dumb Linkedin post is wild.

    The Social Media Campaign You Just Saw We... 18h Choose wisely Who would you save first + Follow WHO WOULD YOU SAVE? GIRLFRIEND WIFE A 50 FRIEND 27 why is this persons mother a crocodile Like 2 Reply 2 VALUE: $450 Million MOTHER 67 comments
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  • Invitations (1) 100 iq person 1 mutual connection 12 hours ago ↑ (X)
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  • Why is she sitting on a trash can? how does the ai slop help your post's engagement? I'm genuinely confused!

    Agile Coaching in the Age of AGI | Business Agility Coach 14h - → Most Agile Coaches who get fired already knew it was coming. They just didn't want to admit why. ... more STOP BEING A LOSER | Helping Agile...
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  • Visit my website 4h⚫ One of the bleakest things I've ever seen on this website. + Follow AJ Orbach @AY_Orbach Follow One of our team just got married today... and still popped online for a bit. Not because anyone asked. Is on fully approved PTO. Just genuinely excited about what they're building. That kind of ownership is special. Also told them to log off → Aj 3:48 PM how is it going? Dylan Gifford 4:01 PM It's going, got married this morning / afternoon but I am back online. 4:16 PM - Apr 7, 2
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  • sanjay baid 3rd+ + Follow i write viral linkedin posts for foun... 2d. LinkedIn Experts: YOUR BANNER SHOULD RELFECT WHAT YOU DO. Meanwhile, Harry from London ↓ Harry X. . 2nd Software Engineer London, England, United Kingdom Contact info GCO 1,214 000 Humanloop IImperial College London 102 comments • 11 reposts
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  • POPENTOWORK Karma... Joseph Lee · 3rd+ Former Samsung R&D Engineer Promoted + Follow When the American CEO didn't hire me because I was a Chri i, his former employee took the stolen IP back to China. God is just. 5
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  • Jimmy Lai in ⚫ 3rd+ Immigration Lawyer | LinkedIn is - View my services 4h-> I forgot my wife's birthday. No card. No cake. No present. + Follow I'm still here typing this. So that's a good sign. Running a firm means making decisions that impact 22 people. Sometimes that means your brain has no room left for dates. Kitti knows this. She's watched me stress over payroll, lose sleep over cases, and forget to eat lunch. She didn't yell. She didn't guilt trip me. She just looked at me like, "I know.
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  • Jake Humphrey. 2nd Host of High Performance/ TV Present... 4h. Edited. On the wall of my home gym, it says: "One hour in here is 4% of your day." + Follow I use this as a reminder when that familiar voice creeps in: "This is going to last forever." It's not. It's just 60 minutes. The truth? I don't know many people who regret a workout (Unless they are 40+ and didn't warm up properly 00) Here's an interesting stat: Exercising for just 30 minutes a day, 5 times a week can reduce the risk of depre
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  • Nazuk Jain • 3rd+ Product Manager in Apple | Creator | Entrepreneur 3d → + Follow Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could have all these by age 33: - My home paid off - A 6 figure passive income - vacation home by the beach - A chef for home-cooked meals - Paid off Tesla and yep I was right, I don't have any of those. okay bye! back to work. You and 6,357 others 334 comments
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  • No body: Lumko Solwandle. 2nd Transforming Infrastructure & Cloud at Nutanix 4d. LinkedIn Influencers: Yesterday I was walking to an interview. There was a starving dog on the road. I stopped to feed him & missed the interview. The next day I got a call asking to come in to do the interview. I was surprised, but I went. Then the interviewer came in. He was the dog. 3,408 113 comments Like Comment Share
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