UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE MONEY

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Why it worked

The video likely resonated due to its satirical take on the performative nature of online professional branding and the common use of buzzwords to project success. The humor in the exaggerated and unrealistic scenarios appeals to a wide audience familiar with these online tropes.

Summary

The video humorously depicts unethical ways to appear successful and make money, focusing on self-promotion and buzzwords rather than actual achievement. It satirizes the use of vague titles, irrelevant skills, and social media validation to create an illusion of success.

Structure

1Title card: Unethical ways to make money
2Updating LinkedIn profile with inflated titles and skills
3Showing a calendar with no employment history
4Listing buzzword skills and claiming to have crushed deliverables
5Posting vague updates about exclusive opportunities
6Receiving congratulations and job offers despite lack of qualifications
7Showing zero income but many LinkedIn connections
8Concluding with printing 'certificates of momentum' and a focus on 'filthy profit'

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Product placement

NETWORK: (a) it ACTS - it is the name of a social media platform shown on a laptop screen, where a user is posting updates. Removing it would change what happens in the video. (b) it APPEARS - it is a logo at the top of the screen. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.

On-screen text

UNETHICAL WAYS TO MAKE MONEY LEGAL? UNETHICAL FUCKING 121 121 TO AND TITLE BEHOLD. STRATEGIC CHIEF PERSONAL OPERATIONS EMPLOYED EMPLOYED ENDED AGO IRRELEVANT SKILLS PARADIGM DISRUPTION IDEATION BLUE OPTIMIZATION WORD BEHOLD! BECAUSE ASK MEANS UPDATE POST UPDATE LIKE HAVE EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY SHARE GRATEFUL MORE NO ARE THERE WITHIN HOLY SHIT YOU PEOPLE YOU COLLEAGUES RECONNECT RECRUITER JOB UNQUALIFIED YOUR POST CAPTION GENERATED LINKEDIN THE WHO SOMETHING IN ECONOMY MOMENTUM JUST FILTHY PR$FIT FOLLOW PROFIT

Transcript

Unethical ways to make fucking money part 121. Go to LinkedIn and update title. Behold. Strategic visionary and CEO of personal operations. You are not employed. You have not been employed past 14 months. Your last job ended 14 months ago. That's irrelevant. Add five skills. Thought leadership, paradigm, disruption, ideation, blue optimization. Q3 deliverables... crushed. Behold! Results. Because nobody is going to ask what that means. Now post an update. Like, I have an exclusive opportunity that I cannot share details about yet. Grateful for the journey. More soon. There are no opportunities. There are no details. There are no details. Within 48 hours, you will have 63 people congratulating you. Former colleagues will reach out to reconnect. One recruiter will send you a job you are completely unqualified for. Your aunt will share the post with the caption, so proud, Aunt. You have generated $0 LinkedIn connections. The energy of someone who absolutely has something going on in the economy. Momentum. You just printed certificates of momentum, official badass graduate. Follow filthy profit. Cha-ching... profit.