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This is a 3-panel comic meme following the popular 'boardroom bad decision' template. In the first panel, a male meeting lead asks the room 'How do we make cars better?'. In the second panel, three attendees offer proposals: the first suggests adding a giant touchscreen to the car, the second suggests implementing a subscription model for heated seat functionality, and the third relaxed attendee suggests keeping physical buttons for car controls. In the final panel, the lead becomes furious and throws the employee who suggested keeping physical buttons out of the office window. The meme jokes about modern car manufacturers prioritizing trend-chasing and profit-focused subscription models over user-friendly, practical physical controls, which is a common reason many drivers prefer older car models.
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How do we make cars better?
Add a giant touchscreen
Subscription for heated seats
Keep physical buttons

Overview

This is a 3-panel comic meme following the popular 'boardroom bad decision' template. In the first panel, a male meeting lead asks the room 'How do we make cars better?'. In the second panel, three attendees offer proposals: the first suggests adding a giant touchscreen to the car, the second suggests implementing a subscription model for heated seat functionality, and the third relaxed attendee suggests keeping physical buttons for car controls. In the final panel, the lead becomes furious and throws the employee who suggested keeping physical buttons out of the office window. The meme jokes about modern car manufacturers prioritizing trend-chasing and profit-focused subscription models over user-friendly, practical physical controls, which is a common reason many drivers prefer older car models.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit:Meme RSS feed, as provided. It is a remix of the widely used 'boardroom employee thrown out window' meme template, which is commonly used to satirize irrational corporate decision making that rejects sensible, user-focused suggestions in favor of profit or trend-focused choices, edited here to comment on criticisms of modern automotive design.

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