Can someone in a few words explain to me the running gag about getting an MBA in here?

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It’s not a gag. It’s just one idiot and I bet he’s loving all the posts and comments talking about it

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Only people with MBAs are smart enough to get the joke

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The joke is on them though

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By the time you get the joke, brands will already be doing tiktoks about it and it'll be months too late

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I think someone here asked whether it was a good idea to get an MBA a few weeks back. Somehow that turned into a big joke for somebody.

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Well he was suggesting a creative get an MBA to get a job. Creatives don’t typically get MBAs. It’s hardly a good piece of advice for someone trying to get a job as a creative.

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They do it in a lot of bowls. Not just the ad bowl.

The fact it’s not really applicable advice is the joke. Not a great one, but the ad bowl can’t stop talking about it

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Sometimes stupid, bad and long dead jokes from hacks make you chuckle when they really shouldn’t. But the persistence amuses me, if nothing else.

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