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My baby's growth chart vs corporate sales projections

This viral meme jokes about how unrealistic linear extrapolation of a baby's growth is exactly how corporate executives make sales projections. The post features two photos: a father holding his newborn on the left, and the same father holding the 3-month-old baby (who is now twice his birth weight) on the right. The text jokes that if you extend this current growth rate straight into the future, the baby will weigh 7.5 trillion pounds by age 10, then draws a parallel to how corporate leadership creates absurdly optimistic sales predictions that ignore natural growth limits.
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My 3-month-old son is now TWICE as big as when he was born. He's on track to weigh 7.5 trillion pounds by age 10

this is genuinely how corporate executives think sales predictions work

Overview

This viral meme jokes about how unrealistic linear extrapolation of a baby's growth is exactly how corporate executives make sales projections. The post features two photos: a father holding his newborn on the left, and the same father holding the 3-month-old baby (who is now twice his birth weight) on the right. The text jokes that if you extend this current growth rate straight into the future, the baby will weigh 7.5 trillion pounds by age 10, then draws a parallel to how corporate leadership creates absurdly optimistic sales predictions that ignore natural growth limits.

Origin notes

This is a screenshot of an original viral tweet posted by Twitter/X user wizardlyghost on March 16, 2024, that was later reposted to 9GAG, which is the source noted for this version. The meme went viral because it resonated with many people who have experienced unrealistic corporate forecasting.

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