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“Quality Has Had Its Day” meme: meaning, origin and rare card

“La qualità ci ha rotto” (“we’re fed up with quality”) is the outburst with which René in Boris gives up ambition for rushed work; in workplace memes quality yields to “just deliver it”.

MyMemeCards editorial teamPublished 7 min read
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The “Quality Has Had Its Day” meme

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In MyMemeCards, the meme card game, “Quality Has Had Its Day” is a rare card of the Italian Memes pack, number 85 of the collection, and the 76th best-known meme of its 300 cards. Here is what the meme means, where it comes from, and how to get its card.

What does the “Quality Has Had Its Day” meme mean?

It is quoted when someone, tired of perfectionism and deadlines, decides to ship anyway. It can be cynical, liberating or simply realistic, depending on who says it.

Where does the “Quality Has Had Its Day” meme come from?

In the series Boris, René Ferretti complains more than once about the word “quality”, heard everywhere; Wikiquote notes it for the second season. Panorama places the famous line of surrender in the third season, with variations in the wording, and Il Post recalls the scene in the 2011 film as well. The sources do not fix a single episode, so the quote stays at series level.

  1. 2010The third season of Boris airs on FX from 1 March.
  2. 2011The series reaches cinemas with a film.

How to use the “Quality Has Had Its Day” meme

  • The client wanted perfection. We’re fed up with quality.
  • We ship it like this and go to lunch. Quality can wait.
  • Third logo revision at eight in the evening. La qualità ci ha rotto.

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  • la qualità ci ha rotto boris
  • rene ferretti qualità
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  • work meme boris quality

The “Quality Has Had Its Day” card in MyMemeCards

Quality Has Had Its Day card
NumberNo. 085
RarityRare
CollectionItalian Memes pack
Fame55/100 · #76 of 300
Recycle value10 MemeCoins (30 in Shiny)
Rarities of the Italian Memes pack: 300 cards
  • Common14749%
  • Rare9030%
  • Epic3813%
  • Legendary227.3%
  • Mythic31.0%

How to get the “Quality Has Had Its Day” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Quality Has Had Its Day comes out of the Italian Memes pack as a rare card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 10 MemeCoins.

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5 meme cards, one of them at least Rare. One free pack per person.

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Odds per card, averaged over a pack: Common 72%, Rare 23.9%, Epic 3.2%, Legendary 0.56%, Mythic 0.3%, Full Art ≤ 0.1%, Shiny 0.2%. Cards 1 to 3 are always Common, cards 4 and 5 climb the rarities. Rates drop for cards that circulate a lot. Details

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Frequently asked questions

Who says the line?

René Ferretti, the director in Boris.

What does it mean in the meme?

That care is dropped to deliver quickly.

Where does the scene appear?

In the series and, as Il Post recalls, in the 2011 film.

How do I get the Quality Has Had Its Day meme card?

Open a pack of MyMemeCards: “Quality Has Had Its Day” is a rare card of the Italian Memes pack. Your first pack is free, with no account, and you can also buy, trade or win the card at auction.

How rare is the Quality Has Had Its Day card?

It is a Rare card. Rarity decides which pack slot can deal it, and what it is worth on the market.

Sources: Boris (serie televisiva), Wikipedia · Le scene famose di Boris, Il Post · Boris (seconda stagione), Wikiquote · checked on November 5, 2026.

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