When it comes to New Yorker cartoons, one caption apparently can be a catch-all. Credit artist Frank Chimero, via The Atlantic, with the latest idea.
The idea:
https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/646388501890617344
Here’s a sampling of how Chimero’s idea plays out. And you know what? It works pretty well.
https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/646389331947614209
https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/646391288930148353
https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/646390063283208192
https://twitter.com/frank_chimero/status/646391807794913281
But “Hi, I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn” isn’t necessarily the be-all, end-all of New Yorker captions, and there have been other attempts to create a one-size-fits-all approach for those cartoons.
First, as reported by Gawker, there was, “Christ, what an asshole.” Which probably would have worked well for this cartoon.
Actually, “Hi, I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn” would have been funny as well.
Later, there was “What a misunderstanding,” but quite honestly, Chimero’s latest idea is probably the best one of all.
But the most unfortunate part of this story is that it appears we can’t send that line to Chimero himself. It appears that he isn’t even a member of LinkedIn. How are we supposed to network with him now?
H/T The Atlantic | Photo via Joe Dator/The New Yorker