TIL "glurge". Glurge is the catch-all term for "inspirational" tales which purport to offer uplifting and timeless truths but — for various reasons (perhaps th

TIL "glurge". Glurge is the catch-all term for "inspirational" tales which purport to offer uplifting and timeless truths but — for various reasons (perhaps they carry Unfortunate Implications, they don't really make sense, or the work just isn't cut out for delivering morals) — are just a bit too hard to swallow. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Glurge https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Glurge That's how I feel about most of what I see on linkedin. That and virtue signaling.