[bhntr3]

The McDonald's idea is brilliant.

When no one wants to make a suggestion, propose the worst possible one you can come up with. People will race to improve it because, while they don't know what they want, they know it's not THAT.

Plus their idea can't be worse than mine. So I've stolen all the embarrassment and disdain for myself.

[cmehdy]

And that, friend, is Cunningham's Law[0] in action.

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

[taneq]

That was my first thought too. It also seems reminiscent of how auctioneers will start the bidding at a price far below the reserve price, just to get people started.

[msla]

> When no one wants to make a suggestion, propose the worst possible one you can come up with.

And watch in horror when everyone agrees to it because nobody cares as much as you do.

"Write the whole thing in 1960s-era COBOL? Eh, fine, no problem. Good idea, bhntr3."