Isn't this probably more to do with Anon's work and social circle? If someone were to substitute "project manager" with "pirate", it would seem bizarre, until you realise they live in Tortuga at the turn of the 18th century....
You get bitten by a project manager and you wait 28 days. There's inevitably a bit of slip, at some point it hits the critical path then someone starts a sprint, there's a week of stand-up 8:30 meetings, a team restructure and a redefinition of the requirements. Then you become a project manager.
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The bad ones are… interesting. On one project I was involved with the client insisted that the PM never spoke to them.
The good ones are worth their weight in gold and make everything easy.