Inventor stands in lab coat, fiddling with something unseen, as a mob of block-headed executives enters the laboratory, still talking amongst themselves.
Inventor: *tinker*
Executives: Innovate Innovate Innovate INNOVATE Innovate Innovate Innovate Innovate Innovate *lots more*
Mustachioed inventor turns to executives and shows the new, blue button model.
Inventor: It’s a button, but it’s blue!
Inventor shields face from the wild, wide-eyed over-reaction of the executives.
Executives: The colors! Destroy! It burns! It burns! Heretic! Kill! Maim! Monsterous!
Inventor lies prone on the floor beside shattered button, left leg twisted, face down in a pool of black ink, as executives return to speaking amongst themselves.
Executives: I agree. Excellent job. I concur! Good work. Put down insubordination. Layoffs for all. Innovate! Management needs more control. More compensation. More oversight.
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