Boardroom Suggestion

Boardroom Suggestion

Updated Jul 27, 2020 at 06:21AM EDT by Y F.

Added Jan 11, 2013 at 06:46PM EST by GamerGuy09.

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About

Boardroom Suggestion is an exploitable comic series satirizing the perception gap between what consumers want and what corporate executives think they want, in similar vein of Corporate Logic and All Right, Gentlemen comics. Each comic begins with the executive consulting his staff for new product ideas, followed by the first two employees giving corporate-safe answers, which ends abruptly with the third employee being thrown out of the window for suggesting a consumer-approved idea.

Origin

The original comic titled "Outlook Oust" was posted on the webcomic site Hejibits[1] on December 24th, 2012, which depicted a Nintendo boardroom meeting about features included on the Wii U console (shown below).


ALRIGHT TEAM, IF WE WANT THE WII U TO BE A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM, E NEED TO INCLUDE KEY ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES TV compatibility Netflix .. DVD playbock

Spread

The comic initially spread out on the site Joystiq World,[2] which linked to Hejibits on December 29th, 2012. On Reddit's /r/4chan subreddit, redditor Bluestalker[3] submitted a link on January 5th, 2013[4] of a collection of screenshots from a draw thread on 4chan's /b/ board that started on January 3rd, 2013, which contained over three hundred replies containing approximately one hundred variations of the comic.[5] Besides, redditor pogopenis[6] submitted an edited version of the original Hejibits comic to the /r/funny subreddit on the same day,[7] which depicted an MTV executive consulting his boardroom about new ideas for shows on the cable television network (shown below, left). Within nine days, the post received over 7,500 up votes and 195 comments. On January 7th, Pixel Car World Forums member Ye Olde F-F posted a thread inviting members to create custom versions of the comic.[8]


Alright team, we need a new show for MTV, any ideas? Teens with AIDS Fat in bikini Maybe music Listen up, we need ideas to make more money! ays Doritos New design!) (Ads! Less air? Doritos ど.

On January 11th, the Cheezburger site Memebase[9] highlighted a comic in which several snack food companies discuss ways to improve their products (shown above, right). Within four days, the post received over 245 up votes and 180 Facebook shares. On January 14th, the "Board Suggesstion Memes" Facebook[10] page was created, which featured notable examples of the exploitable comic. Within 24 hours, the page received over 4,400 likes.

Extended and Reversed Versions

On February 23rd, 2013, Can I Haz Cheezburger user Whiteoverblue posted an extended version of the comic in which the boss doesn't throw the employee out of the window and follows his suggestion instead (shown below, left).[11] The post gained over 2000 upvotes on the site in six years. The extended version of the comic saw limited used in memes until June, 2019.[12][13] On June 19th, 2019, Redditor AidanOrsargos used the extended version of the comic for a meme posted to /r/dankmemes[14] and /r/MemeEconomy[15] subreddits (shown below, center left), with the posts receiving over 48,500 and 230 upvotes, respectively. In the following days, another edit based on the format has been posted,[16] with a blank template also made.[17]


I wanna congratulate everyone! Playstation All-Stars couldn't be any better Agreed! Me too! it... could been better Alright, genius. Speak! We'll do it your way Add able content... like more stages and classic characters that people actually liked and make it more difficult too.. the game is too easy That's never gonna work. SASBR OUTS SSB We need ideas to post a successful meme Steal content Repost Extend this format Alright genius. WWe'll do it your way We can extend this meme to make it more original and funny. And we could make it a crossover meme for maximum meminess. Then the meme's stonks will skyrocket That' never work NERS Wait, That's fillegal. WENEED ANEWIDEATO FARM KARMA'ON MYCAKE DAY POST A CAKE! MAKE ANOC REPOST AND HOW DOYOU PROPOSE TO MAKE ONE? WE SHOULD FINDANEW TEMPLATE AND PO0ORLY ADD TEXT JUST A MENTION OF THE CAKE DAY SHOULD DO IT THAT'S NOT GONNAWORK NEWS IT DID VEIS

On June 20th, AidanOrsagos posted a reversed version of the comic to /r/bonehurtingjuice[18] and /r/memes[19] subreddits subreddits, gaining over 27,900 and 36,600 upvotes, respectively, with this version also seeing edits in the following days.


So what did you all do this weekend? h Netflix Sleep Plan my revenge

Additionally, the posts prompted an influx in the amount of memes based on the original template.

Notable Examples


So, am I a member of the council now? A member you are! Yes, you are. ...but not a Jedi-Master Alright, we need ideas for the Hip hop! IP Rock! Indie. What can we shove cute girls doing cute things into this time? OCHI SHOPS) (tanks My pants okay people, we need an idea for a new game VALVE portal 2, part1 portal 2 how about we release half-life 3? art

Search Interest

External References

[1] Hejibits via Wayback Machine – Outlook Oust / Posted on 12-24-2012

[2] Joystiq World – Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is staying inside / 12-29-2012

[3] Reddit – Draw thread on /b/ / Posted on 01-05-2013

[4] Reddit – Bluestalker

[5] Imgur – 4chan draw thread / Posted on 01-05-2013

[6] Reddit via Wayback Machine – pogopenis

[7] Reddit – MTV / Posted on 01-05-2013

[8] Pixelcar World via Wayback Machine – Lounge Activity Exploitables meme / Posted on 01-07-2013

[9] Cheezburger – What's Next, More Chips? / Posted on 01-11-2013

[10] Facebook – Boardroom Suggestion Memes / 01-14-2013

[11] Cheezburger – Not Another Boardroom Suggestion

[12] Memedroid – Tu zia quella morta pelata cor cerchietto!

[13] Cuanto Cabron – Mejorando Cartoon Network en unos sencillos pasos

[14] Reddit – Extra long but funny meme

[15] Reddit – Invest in extended memes for expanded profits !

[16] Reddit – Me_irl

[17] Reddit – Boardroom Meeting Suggestion

[18] Reddit – Whoa plot twist

[19] Reddit – Whoa plot twist

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