# sinking skeleton — Meme Lab

Use to compare a visible concern receiving attention with another neglected problem and an even older issue abandoned so long it has become a skeleton.

- What it expresses: Attention is distributed unfairly across problems at different depths of neglect.
- Example: A company celebrates a new logo while its slow app struggles and its years-old accessibility defects remain untouched; label the three levels accordingly.
- When not to use it: The organization addresses all three problems in proportion to urgency; the hierarchy of neglect would be false.
- Tags: sinking skeleton, neglected problem, unequal attention, forgotten issue
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