Make Me a Sandwich
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About
"Make me a sandwich," sometimes deliberately misspelled as “Make me a sammich,” is a catchphrase often used by male internet users to mock, discredit or annoy female internet users, playing off of the sexist trope[1] which states that women belong in the kitchen.
Origin
The phrase "go make me a sandwich" was first introduced in a Saturday Night Live skit[6] that aired on December 16th, 1995. In the skit, actor Tim Meadows appears as John-John Mackey, a weatherman who tries too hard to be hip by using confrontational language during the delivery of his forecasts. While predicting an incoming storm, he tells the storm to go make him a sandwich.
John-John Mackey: When I see a storm front coming, I'm all, "What's up, bitch?!" And the storm is all, "Not, much, Sir." And I'm all, "That's right, bitch! Now, go make me a sandwich!" And you want that kind of confidence in your weatherman!
Usage of "Sammich"
"Sammich," a phonetic translation of the word "sandwich," is believed to have made its appearance in a November 1998 Onion article[2] about the life of an office worker written in stereotypical Ebonics. An explanation of the word was submitted to the writers' community Everything2[3] in October 2000, which defined "sammich" as a food item made with care and lots of ingredients, making it better than a normal sandwich. The first Urban Dictionary[4] definition for “sammich” was submitted on January 3rd, 2003, also nothing that the word is reserved for sandwiches “with connotations of extra goodness.” The Oxford English Dictionary[5] officially recognized “sammich” as a word in May 2011.
Spread
Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, the expression was used in a number of other TV shows and stand-up comedy specials, including an episode of X-Files (shown below, left) that aired in March 1999, an episode of That 70s Show in July 2000, as well as Dave Chappelle's stand-up special For What It's Worth (shown below, right) and an episode of Rescue Me, both of which aired in September 2004.
The phrase “make me a sandwich” was further popularized by an xkcd comic titled "Sandwich"[7] (shown below, left), posted on August 28th, 2006.[8] In the comic, one of the characters uses the phrase paired with the word “sudo,”[9] which is the Unix command that allows selected users to execute a command as an administrator. Shortly after it was featured on xkcd, the comic was subsequently linked to a thread in Ubuntu forums[12], a BoingBoing article[10] and actor Wil Wheaton’s blog[11] in September 2006. The phrase became so pervasive in American colloquialism that a panel discussion on its hindrance of women’s participation in online spaces was held at the 2012 GeekGirlCon[18] in Seattle, Washington (shown below, right).
As of October 2012, there are dozens of Facebook fan pages and groups[13] titled with variations of the phrase, the largest of which[14] has more than 8,100 fans, as well as images tagged under “sammich”[15] or “sandwich”[16] on Tumblr and 19,000 videos related to the phrase “make me a sandwich” on YouTube.[17]
Notable Examples
Single Topic Blog: 300 Sandwiches
In June 2012, New York Post's senior reporter Stephanie Smith launched the food photography blog 300 Sandwiches[19] to document a variety of homemade sandwiches she makes for her boyfriend Eric Schulte.
In September 2013, after creating 176 sandwiches, Smith wrote about her blog and the story behind it in a New York Post column article titled "‘I’m 124 sandwiches away from an engagement ring’,"[20] revealing that she decided to start the project after her boyfriend joked that he will propose to her one day if she makes him 300 sandwiches. Smith's boyfriend, whom she describes as a "gourmet cook" himself, was quoted as saying:
“You women read all these magazines to get advice on how to keep a man, and it’s so easy,” he says. “We’re not complex. Just do something nice for us. Like make a sandwich.”
Search Interest
External References
[1] TV Tropes – Stay in the Kitchen
[2] The Onion – Human-Resources Bitches Be Makin' Me Take Vacation Days
[3] Everything2 – A sandwich is not a sammich
[4] Urban Dictionary – Definition for sammich
[5] Consumer Reports – Do you know the muffin-top man--or these new food words?
[6] SNL Transcripts – John-John Mackey Storm Tracker Accu-Cast
[8] xkcd forums – 0149: Sandwich
[9] About.com – Linux / Unix Command: sudo
[10] BoingBoing – Damned funny Unix humor
[11] WWdN: In Exile – make me a sandwich
[12] Ubuntu Forums – sudo make me a sandwich
[13] Facebook – Search results for "make me a sandwich"
[14] Facebook – GO MAKE ME A SANDWICH
[15] Tumblr – Posts tagged "make me a sammich"
[16] Tumblr – Posts tagged "make me a sandwich
[17] YouTube – Search results for "make me a sandwich"
[18] GeekGirlCon – Saturday Programming 2012
[19] 300Sandwiches – Three Hundred Sandwiches
[20] New York Post – ‘I’m 124 sandwiches away from an engagement ring’
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Comments ( 60 )
Has potential, not sure if internet-related enough
Needs more work.
@Nzm 1536
It's definitely internet-related.
+1 work.
It is, but some things that are popular OTI were popular before.
Help and suggestions will be appreciated. My time and research abilities right now are quite limited. I still want to get this properly done, though.
A variation on this, that probably predated all of this, would be this quote from Cartman (I don't like the 3D rendering but real clips tend to get yanked from YouTube):
+1 Classic! :D
It's all over teh intarwebz, but I think this needs to be expanded just a bit more. +1 Work for now, and soon I'll happily say confirm.
related, in the same vein, albeit not completely the same.
sort of wish they could be combined :|
this is definetly a meme.always see it on internet fights.
+1 confirm
Has potential, if only it wasn't so sexist.
+1 half confirm and men, MAKE YOURSELF AN EFFING SANDWICH.
I would propose that it's originates from Futurama. Hermes and his "Manwich". If I'm not mistaken, on several occasions he was arguing with his wife over "making him a manwich…
The first time I saw this meme, it was back in the good ole days of sometime in 2007. It was a pic posted on funnyjunk, a site that has long since been overrun by rabid 12 year olds and retarded mods. The pic was a screenshot of a yahoo answers article. The question, basically was that this woman needed a good comeback after her asshole boyfriend told her to go make a sandwich. The first commenter then said "you better come back with a sandwich". After that, almost every comment was some retarded offspring of the joke for months afterward.
I would bet money that that yahoo answers screenshot was the origin of this meme.
It needs a bit of work, but I'd call it a meme. I see this all the time, and my cousin says it a lot too.
Family Guy s02e08 (aired Feb 27 2000)
Peter Griffin: "Oh, hi, Lois. I'm starving. How about a sandwich?"
Lois Griffin: "Glad to have you back, Peter."
Peter Griffin: "Lois, less talkie, more fetchie."
+1 Confirm
Now we know why there's no woman fighting on TF2…
(The pyro is NOT a girl!)
Sounds like a paraphrase of a line from Breakfast Club. Bender does his impression of his father insulting Bender. Then his impression of his mother interrupting to add more insults. Bender-as-his-father pantomimes backhanding her and yells, "Shut up, bitch! Go fix me a turkey pot pie."
Is this just getting confirmed?
+1 Surprised
**inb4 tf2 sandvich jokes
"…and with extra butter!"
>youre on the internet, your favorite forum
>you see someone new, someone who claims to be a woman
>so you greet her in the typical internet way of greeting women
>you ask her why shes not in the kitchen
>she says she has a right not to be in the kitchen if she doesnt want to be
>also she says shes not just a woman, shes a witch
>so dont mess with her
>you laugh
>you tell her to stfu and make you a sandwich
>she says k
>then you start to feel strange
>you are shrinking
>your skin feels like its turning to bread
>your head, arms, and legs vanish
>a crust forms around you
>your insides turn to meat, cheese, and veggies
>finally it stops
>you are a sandwich
>you cannot move because you are a sandwich
>you cannot type because you are a sandwich
>a few hours later, your dog eats you
>but youre happy
>because
>you told a female on the internet to make you a sandwich
>and she did
Wrote it myself. _
Heavy how do i make a sandvich?
All you have to do is take a cup of flour
add it to the mix
Now just take a little something sweet, not sour.
A bit of Salt. Just a pinch!
Baking these treats is such a sinch!
Add a teaspoon of BOLOGNA!
Add a little more and you count to four
and you never get your FILLA!!
Sandvich! So moist and delicious
Sandvich! I`m comming for you
Sandvich!
Sandvich!
SANDVICH!
P.S.: This did just happened, Scout. Now make me a sammich!
You sir…have won the internet! You're reward will be…drum roll…getting Zuerel a sandwich as a price for using his song…CONGRATULATIONS :D
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Get in the sandwich and make a me a kitchen, and I want the finest dishwasher you can find!
I am Male and i DESPISE THIS RETARDED SEXIST MEME!
cool sandwich bro
My wife just does ramen. No complaints here.
MarenMagan, Cartman would never say that. He is a bitchasshole.
Now go and make me a
"I am your Sandwich"
Is this bad, that I tell my mother every morning making for me a sandwich for my snack?
INB4 Thumbs-down
I'm sorry, no one said "sammich" until 1998? I've read some pretty dumb shit at KYM, but that pretty much wins the fucktard prize
>mfw women are offended
It's a special trash talky call of the male of the species, letting the woman know he's ready for a wrestle (and making himself more likely to lose it)
@summerstormgirl
I wouldn't mind losing a "wrestle" to a woman.
Woman, get back over here and make me a sandwich. I died LOL
@ImperatorZim
I thought everyone on the internet would be used to offensive (used loosely) stuff, I guess not.
NO. YOU MAKE ME A SANDWICH!
what's this now?
I'm a sammich and I'm offended by this.
I wanna know how you got these scars…
Ugh. I do not belong in the kitchen, and I CAN have equal rights. Women are people too!
>Couples arguing over woman making her man a sandwich
Get on my level.
He's badass enough to deserve it. :)
Breaking news, the Internet hates women.
In related news water is wet.
The word "sammich" should be a meme by itself.
This reporter just set back feminism approximately 300 years.
Not every woman is exactly that same. Believe it or not, some women actual enjoy cooking and taking care of kids. It has nothing to do with feminism.
I know that, but…did she really choose to make 300 sandwiches to win over a man? It all just seems…oddly specific given the subject of the page.
I know that, but…did she really choose to make 300 sandwiches to win over a man? It all just seems…oddly specific given the subject of the page.
Not every woman is exactly that same. Believe it or not, some women actual enjoy cooking and taking care of kids. It has nothing to do with feminism.
I know that, but…did she really choose to make 300 sandwiches to win over a man? It all just seems…oddly specific given the subject of the page.
You sir…have won the internet! You're reward will be…drum roll…getting Zuerel a sandwich as a price for using his song…CONGRATULATIONS :D
I know that, but…did she really choose to make 300 sandwiches to win over a man? It all just seems…oddly specific given the subject of the page.
*Inb4 Twitter racists get mad about the woman trying to make her boyfriend propose by offering him sandwiches because it’s an interracial couple
*Inb4 social justice bloggers get mad because bribing her boyfriend to propose sends a bad message to women, etc..
*Inb4 no one ends up any happier
I think this post from some random girl I saw on Facebook sums up the sandwich thing.
"I see all these girls complaining and getting upset when their boyfriend/husband asks them to make them a sandwich. Why dont you just make them a sandwich? They deserve it. And if they dont deserve it, why are you still with them?"
He's badass enough to deserve it. :)
I wanna know how you got these scars…
For the first time since I've been with her my girlfriend finally made me a sandwich. Now I can see why men want their women to make them sandwiches all the time. Sandwiches taste so much better when you don't make it yourself…..or that's the Rat Poison kicking in.
The time this "meme" was made, it's already gone.
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In the words of Chad Warden:
"Everyone knows that girls can't do shit other than suck dick."
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