Imposter syndrome and thrift stores
this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twitterverse
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e have got an exhaustive list of the high and lows from the business and economics end of Pakistani social media this week. There was more needless posing for pictures, and we give you some more running commentary on why we think LinkedIn is a cesspool of degeneracy. Ariba Shahid brings you all this, mango season, thrift shopping and more in this week’s social media round up.
Enough with the pictures
Math and food don’t go together
I don’t know what’s worse. Islamabad’s food, the expensive daal, or the fact that restaurants don’t have tax inclusive prices. I want a meal not a mental math test where I have to calculate the amount with tax. This is not fair.
Twitter lessons
Remember when Imran Khan didn’t know how to tweet threads and used to quote-tweet himself? Tabish Gauhar is the new kid on the block on twitter and might we say he badly needs a lesson on the ‘how-tos, the dos and the donts. At this juncture I would like to offer my services to make him a twitterati like myself, but I will not be responsible if he turns into an addict. {Editor’s note: The offer for twitter lessons are in no way or shape affiliated with Profit.}
SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP
What is up with photo ops by government servants and politicians? Why must they strike a pose for every mundane task they do? Doesn’t it kind of remind you of lifestyle bloggers that document their entire lives? Picture your eggs in the morning, coffee in the afternoon, and whatever friend you go out with at night. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll have someone pay you a little bit to do a post for them? Whatever is going on in their minds, government officials do need to think to what end they are doing these photo shoots towards. Because at this point it is getting a little tacky, especially if it is a picture of two people congratulating each other for doing their job. Or, well, telling each other they did a good job. The reality is up for debate.
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