But It Might Work For Us Meme Template
Name a scheme that has already failed elsewhere, looks obviously ill-advised, or is being attempted by people who think they are the exception. The baked dialogue supplies the skeptical question and delusional optimism, so the single editable line should make the proposed plan concrete and set up that reaction.
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What the But It Might Work For Us meme means
Name a scheme that has already failed elsewhere, looks obviously ill-advised, or is being attempted by people who think they are the exception. The baked dialogue supplies the skeptical question and delusional optimism, so the single editable line should make the proposed plan concrete and set up that reaction.
Two-person Arrested Development exchange associated with the line ‘But it might work for us’; supplied captions should stage a dubious proposal and desperate hopeful response.
How the joke works
Slot 1 names the dubious project, workaround, or plan. The preprinted dialogue performs the rest of the exchange: it questions whether the plan worked for others, then insists it might work for this group.
- Name the questionable plan or premise that the baked dialogue will skeptically discuss.
Caption examples
- Our “temporary” database migration held together with tape
- A plan that has already succeeded perfectly (no doomed optimism)
Situations it fits
- trying a recipe after ignoring every instruction
- using a controller with a drifting stick for one more run
- buying a plant despite a history of forgetting to water
- repeating a dating-app opener that never gets replies
- choosing a route everyone says is closed
When this format does not fit
- Adding extra dialogue that duplicates the printed exchange
- Using a harmless, well-tested plan with no self-delusion
- Claiming the characters are real people or presenting the quote as spontaneous speech
