Episode 4: How Do We Turn the Tables?
How I’ve learned nothing is actually that serious.
I’ve learned at a young age that being an adult means being serious. You don’t smile too much, you go to work, come back, do some chores, and start all over again the next day.
Wrong.
So let’s unlearn everything we know so far.
Let’s start with the silly age of 18.
You’re suddenly old enough to vote, get married, and — in my case — drink legally.
But somehow, not old enough to realize that throwing temper tantrums won’t get you anywhere.
Who even picked this magical number? Sounds like it was an 18-year-old’s idea.
Imagine this: you’re sitting in a meeting room with stakeholders, discussing current results — KPIs.
What is a KPI? A Key Pain Indicator.
Somehow, middle-aged white men are obsessed with it. The less you hit your KPIs, the more you’re going to suffer ( Does not apply to real life remember).
Stakeholders. They won’t crack a smile — unless it’s when you stumble over your words.
Then the scene begins: wealth laughter.
Ha ha ha. Money. Ha ha ha. No bonus for you. Ha ha ha. My lunch cost more than your clothes.
And you have to laugh with them — because that’s the only moment their seriousness disappears.
One day you wake up, and everything seems… different.
You go to the same meeting. You see the same faces. You hear the same laughter.
But your mind starts to wander…
Do they know about Britney Spears’ meltdown in 2007?
Has any of them purchased a Labubu in the past six months?
Do they actually know what they’re doing?
And then a text from your parent arrives:
“What is my password to my email?”
Signed,
The adults I once thought had their lives together.
And that’s when it hits you — if even they don’t know what they’re doing, maybe we’re all fine.
Because what truly matters is this: nothing is as serious as it appears.
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Buffering… please wait.
KPIs (Key Pain Indicators) – measuring your career in painful clicks
Superfoods – kale this, kale that. Charging yourself up with matcha — you’d think eating grass would make you a cow
Passwords – 123456 isn’t good enough? Fine, I’ll use my pet’s name and add two random numbers
Marathons – we used to do drinking ones. Now we run like our ego depends on it (and it does)
Company values – HA! Slogans that mean nothing, yet somehow end up printed on your mug
Phone notifications – beep …is this a job offer or a supermarket promo on ham?
Clowns – why do they still exist in 2025? AI can take their jobs
Terms of Service – I won’t read it, and I won’t even pretend I did
Meal prepping – playing Tetris in your lunchbox
Boomers – there’s too much to unpack, but let’s start with their Facebook meme addiction
Fitness trackers – why am I playing a point game against myself… and still losing?
Group chats – 50% memes, 50% trying to schedule coffee in three months.
And the list grows every week
Bad weather – who needs sun when vitamin D comes in pills
Expectations – high cost, low return
Sleep – available nightly, but not guaranteed
P.S.
How Do We Turn the Tables?
We flip them - it’s not that serious after all.