The Atlantic rightly points out that a new universal caption can be made applicable to (virtually) every New Yorker cartoon (as part of its weekly caption contest). And it is this: “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”
The designer Frank Chimero came up with the clever idea via a few posts on Twitter, with some readers adding to the choir:
Genius. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t think those unsolicited requests to add you on LinkedIn are uncool and spammy?
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About 1 in 5 requests like this that come into my box is genuine…. but increasingly, they are persons of shady intentions, promoting some sale, or a product, or even – heaven forbid, sex…. which proved to be best seller since cavemen walked into the day light.