Business Baby
Added by wontonii232 • Updated about a year ago by Alex Mercer
![Business Baby](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/014/907/DU6V6Sn.jpg)
Type: Image Macro,
Tags: baby, business, image macro, photograph, babies, advice animals,
![Business Baby](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/014/907/DU6V6Sn.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Notable Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Business Baby is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a toddler talking on a toy phone with captions depicting the child as an enterprising business executive.
Origin
On February 17th, 2014, Redditor C0LDBLUERIBB0N submitted a photo of his friend's toddler seated at a table eating a bowl of cereal with a toy phone held to his ear to the /r/funny[1] subreddit (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Redditor bruxc submitted an image macro depicting the baby as an angry business executive titled "No Bullshit Business Baby" to /r/funny[2] (shown below, right). In the first 48 hours, the posts received over 36,200 and 12,100 up votes respectively.
![6f0.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/251/6f0.jpg)
![17c.jpg NODARYLYOU D------- ISAIDIT'S A BAD BUY NOTPAD TAI emegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/701/436/17c.jpg)
Spread
On February 18th, Redditor TheDebtThatAllMenPay submitted a Business Baby image macro joking about toddler fecal incontinence to the /r/AdviceAnimals[8] subreddit (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor Crs3050 posted an example mocking the child's limited math knowledge to /r/AdviceAnimals.[9] In the first 24 hours, the posts garnered more than 9,000 up votes and 21,800 up votes respectively.
![806.png USAN, RESCHEDULE MY 0CLOCK MEETING I JUST S--- MY PANTS made on imgur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/701/437/806.png)
![Business Baby - Let's talk numbers ALRIGHT DAVE, LET S TALK NUMBERS KEEPIN MIND ICAN ONLY COUNT TO THREE made on imgur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/701/884/bc1.png)
Also on February 18th, several Internet humor sites highlighted notable examples from the series, including BuzzFeed,[4] UpRoxx,[5] The Roosevelts[6] and Mashable.[7] Within 48 hours of its inception, upwards of 260 Business Baby image macros were submitted to the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit.[3]
Notable Examples
![Serious Changes CHARLES, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME SERIOUS CHANGES AROUND HERE. LET'S START WITH MY DIAPER mgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/271/873.jpg)
![0fd.png DO YOU KNOW WHAT PHONE 'M CALLING YOU FROM. TONYP THE RED PHONE DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, TONY? OF COURSE YOU DON'T, BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR F------ COLORS YET. YOU'RE FIRED](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/701/762/0fd.png)
![fd9.png YEAH, APPARENTLY TRYING TO SUCK THE NEW SECRETARY'S T-- IS CONSIDERED SEXUALHARASSMENT made on imgur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/267/fd9.png)
![e99.jpg YEAH MAN YOU SHOULD SEE MY NEW SECRETARY'S RACK LUNCH. FOR. DAYS made on imgur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/263/e99.jpg)
![3a2.jpg DON'T TRY AND B------- ME OHNSON I WASN'T BORN YESTERDAY WAS BORN4 MONTHS AGO made on imgur](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/273/3a2.jpg)
![7f6.jpg LOOK,O NEED SOMEONE QUALIFIED FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION JOE PUT BOB-THEBUILDER ON THE PHONE made on imgun](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/702/269/7f6.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – My friend posted this picture of his son on Facebook
[2] Reddit – No Bullshit Business Baby is Born
[3] Reddit – business baby /r/AdviceAnimals
[4] BuzzFeed – The Internet Turned This Baby into a Meme
[5] UpRoxx – Business Baby Meme
[6] The Roosevelts – Business Baby Will Be With You
[7] Mashable – Reddits Newest Meme is Business Baby
[8] Reddit – Business Baby
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Tags: baby, business, image macro, photograph, babies, advice animals,
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