우리식당 정상영업 합니다

This meme originated in 2009 from a photo of a restaurant hanging a banner that read '우리식당 정상영업 합니다' (Our Restaurant is Open for Business as Usual) on a building that was being demolished. At the time, it gained minor popularity, reaching 20,000 views.

'우리식당 정상영업 합니다' (Our Restaurant is Open for Business as Usual) is a meme that expresses an ironic situation where, despite severe problems or a dire situation on the surface, something is being emphasized as operating 'normally' as if nothing is wrong. It is primarily used to describe desperate efforts for a turnaround or recovery when circumstances are unfavorable, to mock futile struggles, or to ridicule the entity responsible for the current predicament. The core humor comes from the absurdity of proclaiming 'business as usual' while a building is collapsing.

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This meme is widely used across various platforms, including gaming communities, online communities, and YouTube. It has such broad public recognition that even public institutions and sports teams have parodied it. Therefore, it is consumed by both men and women across all generations, not limited to a specific age group or gender.

• It has been used to allude to the situations of games whose popularity has waned, such as 'Heroes of the Storm,' or those plagued by frequent bugs, like 'Tree of Savior.'
• Daum Cafe users, protesting Daum Kakao's announcement to discontinue Daum login and integrate Kakao accounts, used this image to indirectly express their dissatisfaction in an atmosphere of 'This isn't a festival, it's a funeral.'
• On the Chungju City YouTube channel 'Chungju City,' Chungju Man himself created a banner reading '우리시청 정상영업합니다' (Our City Hall is Open for Business as Usual) and parodied it while announcing news of safety maintenance work in the city hall plaza

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