Dudes Be Like "Subway Sucks"

About

Dudes Be Like "Subway Sucks," continued Nigga You Made The Sandwich, is the caption on an image macro of a Subway sandwich joking that you can't complain that your Subway sandwich sucks since the customer chooses what goes on it, meaning they technically made their own sandwich and it's their own fault if it isn't good. The image macro became popularized as an exploitable over the course of 2020 and 2021, particularly on Instagram, where the text was altered via recaptioning. In 2022, a version recaptioned My Brother in Christ gained viral popularity.

Origin

On January 29th, 2019, Facebook^[1] user Nanglasesh posted an image macro of a Subway sandwich sitting on a table next to a fountain drink captioned "Dudes be like 'Subway sucks' nigga you made the sandwich," gaining over 40 shares and 60 reactions in just under three years (shown below). This is the earliest known upload of the meme.

Spread

The image macro was reuploaded numerous times across social media in 2019, including by Instagram^[2] page grandmas.butt on December 30th, 2019, gaining over 39,300 likes in just under three years. On March 8th, 2020, Instagram^[3] user imperealistic posted an edited version of the meme, replacing "Subway" with "my life" and "sandwich" with "assumptions which hardened into beliefs that formed your reality," gaining over 1,100 likes in a year-and-a-half (shown below). This is the earliest known contextual edit of the image.

On December 2nd, Instagram^[4] user jcolesalmondmilk posted a version about people complaining about their Spotify Wrapped results, reminding them they listened to the music, gaining over 9,100 likes in a year (shown below, left). On December 27th, Instagram^[5] user crunchy.liam posted an edit of the meme about life sucking, gaining over 10,200 likes in a year (shown below, right).

The format remained prominent in 2021. On August 25th, 2021, Instagram^[6] page _kingorange posted a version of the meme about the Monsters Inc. spinoff series Monsters At Work, gaining over 13,800 likes in three months (shown below). The Spotify Wrapped version was reposted by Instagram^[7] page chronic.memesv2 on December 1st, 2021, gaining over 41,600 likes in under 24 hours.

My Brother in Christ

My Brother in Christ is a recaption meme trend using "my brother in Christ" as a slang term put on top of words, most often replacing the N-word, in other meme captions to enhance the original meaning by adding a flair of polite Christianity for humorous effect. The trend is mostly used as an enhancement on existing images where meme creators replace the text with the phrase but also spread to become a standalone catchphrase or punchline on Twitter in early 2022.

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