Pfft. They’re not on the team!
That is pocketful of simulacra of every fucking job that I have ever held.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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That's called Imposter Syndrome. It's when you feel like you're not suited to your job and is actually very common amongst charlatans like you who don't have a clue what you're doing and are causing so many problems for everyone else but purely by chance they haven't realised yet or maybe they have and are going to publicly confront you about it any second now
People showing you the door is not the same thing as you looking at it.
Your reply, though, is a mercy and a kindness.
How can you say he’s not on the team! What a good little buddy.
Larry can smell the truffles. That's why he digs in the clean ground. Don't wanna accidentally touch one of those!
The secret is now known! There should be some kinda expression for that.
And if he always found them what kind of team morale would that make for?
Larry does it for love of the game.
So Larry is the manager...
No, he actually did holes. He's the manager's neurodivergant kid who sincerely wants to work, but isn't able to fully understand the assignment.
Larry is my spirit animal
Larrys goals are beyond your meagre understanding
Psychologically, seeing someone perform at a task worse than you can make you more motivated to perform that task well.
I love Larry, and think it's great that he comes along and joins in!
Humans do nothing.
The dog is forced to work.
Larry acts selflessly.
In a world full of trained truffle dogs, be a Larry.
Larry is emotional support :3
There's never been a team that hasn't, at some point, had a member who produced nothing of value. That's Larry. He's on the team.
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
Larry is a volunteer. The rule of taking in volunteers is that should there be no volunteers the core service shouldn't be affected.
I'm on team Larry!
But he is emphatically not on the team
Teams are a Venn diagram. Larry is on team “dig holes” and, to him, all this business about finding something is just pulling away from Larry’s message.
Of course Larry knows how to dig. He puts the "truffles" in the ground and buries them for you to find.
Odds are he'll get one eventually! Go on Larry!
I’m betting Larry is reporting back to the handler’s “handler”.
Larry instructs them on what to do and how to do it, but he damned sure isn’t going to do the work for ‘em. This ain’t no kindergarten and that ain’t Larry.
I've "worked" with a few Larry's...