Kudos Are Not Money

Hello Hacker Thanks for making that thing! You’re welcome. Here’s an invoice. An invoice? Never mind that! You’re doing it for the Kudos! KUDOS! Here’s your kudos Oh wow that’s a ton of kudos Thank you! LATER. Do you accept these? haha fuck no.

A four-panel comic shows two white cartoon characters: a hacker receives praise for making something, then presents an invoice. The other character pays with worthless paper bills labeled “KUDOS,” but later refuses to accept the same kind of payment from a street vendor. The joke mocks empty praise and the expectation that recognition should replace real compensation, often used in workplace or freelance discussions. EN: A four-panel comic shows two white cartoon characters: a hacker receives praise for making something, then presents an invoice. The other character pays with worthless paper bills labeled “KUDOS,” but later refuses to accept the same kind of payment from a street vendor. The joke mocks empty praise and the expectation that recognition should replace real compensation, often used in workplace or freelance discussions.

• @infosecmemes / 193 2020-02-21