Sir, This Is an Arby's

About

Sir, This Is an Arby's is a phrase popularly used on Twitter as a punchline to a dialogue meme. In the setup, a person is giving a strange monologue only to be revealed to be delivering it to a fast food employee when the other person says "Sir, this is an Arby's."

Origin

The earliest known use of the punchline was tweeted on November 17th, 2011 by Twitter user @ethanhunter. They wrote, "Me: I'd like to file for emancipation.Clerk: You're 30. Me: I'm trying to make a point.Clerk: This is an Arby's. Me: I don't see the problem" (shown below).

Spread

On February 18th, 2013 by Twitter^[1] @xPizzaxSlutx tweeted the punchline, receiving more than 50 retweets and 100 likes (shown below).

In the following years, the punchline grew more popular as people created their own strange monologues in the set up. On May 22nd, Twitter user @WilliamRodgers made the joke with the lyrics to Divinyls' "I Touch Myself", gaining over 90 retweets and 220 likes (shown below, left). On February 4th, 2015, Twitter user @fijiwaterpapi parodied Nice Guys with the format, gaining over 120 retweets and 200 likes (shown below, right).

Currently, the meme is more commonly used with others' tweets and statements. For example, on October 4th, 2018, Twitter user @petridishes made the joke with a quote from Justice Brett Kavanaugh, gaining over 1,200 retweets and 10,000 likes (shown below, left). On March 31st, 2018, Twitter user @KateAronoff tweeted the joke with a quote from Elon Musk, gaining over 60 retweets and 420 likes (shown below, right).

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