“Don’t Follow the Flow”? Spare Me Your Dead Fish Philosophy
“Don’t Follow the Flow”? Spare Me Your Dead Fish Philosophy
Stop. Just stop. Another LinkedIn guru posts this tired cliché—"Only dead fish go with the flow!“—as if they’ve cracked the code to human greatness. They frame it as rebellion, as wisdom, as a call to arms against mediocrity. It’s not. It’s lazy, arrogant nonsense peddled by people who’ve never fought a current in their lives.
First, biology check: Actual living fish follow flows daily. Salmon battle currents to spawn. Tuna ride ocean streams to hunt. Even goldfish circle thoughtfully in their bowls. The only fish drifting mindlessly? The dead ones. So congratulations—your mantra isn’t profound; it’s a literal description of carcasses. Want life advice from floating rot? Be my guest.
But the real insult? The hypocrisy. The same blowhards barking "don’t follow the flow!” are obsessed with trends. They chase viral...