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A Lot of Questions Already Answered by the Shirt
About
A Lot of Questions Already Answered by the Shirt refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter started by comedian Mike Ginn with the format, "My 'X' shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt." "X" is usually a denial of a suspicious activity, such as, "Not involved in human trafficking."
Origin
On November 20th, 2013, comedian and popular Twitter user @shutupmikeginn[1] posted, "My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt." The tweet has gained over 12,000 retweets and 39,000 likes in over five years (shown below).
Spread
The tweet didn't become a snowclone until several years later. Early examples include a June 8th, 2016 tweet by @sagcitysf (shown below, left) and a September 12th, 2017 tweet by @actualbadboy (shown below, right).
Other popular tweets to use the snowclone include a March 6th, 2019 tweet by @NotBrunoAgain that gained over 470 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, left). A February 1st, 2019 tweet by @cushbomb about Elizabeth Warren gained over 150 retweets and 2,100 likes (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @shutupmikeginn
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