A Lot of Questions Already Answered by the Shirt

A Lot of Questions Already Answered by the Shirt

Updated Sep 03, 2020 at 03:41AM EDT by ohmyjosh.

Added Mar 13, 2019 at 10:26AM EDT by Adam.

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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).


Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn Follow My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. 1:11 PM-20 Nov 2013

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).


Run home Jack @sagacitysf Follow Lots of people are asking me questions about my shirt that says " love feet" that are already answered by my shirt that says I love feet. 3:33 AM-8 Jun 2016 wut @actualbadboy Follow Ay wearing my "i don't have a sex dungeon in my basement" shirt has a lot of people asking questions that were already answered by my shirt 10:18 AM - 12 Sep 2017

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).


Matt Christman @cushbomb Following My "Not Taking Risperdal" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt NO, ELIZABETH DOES NOT TAKE RISPERDAL A right-wing conspiracy alleges that Elizabeth takes Risperdal, an antipsychotic

Various Examples


Dave @Mesut_Ausil Follow Replying to @thomas_violence My "Barnaby's mistress was not his partner when she was hired" shirt is raising a lot of questions that were already answered by the shirt 9:07 PM-12 Feb 2018 Hunter Felt @HunterFelt Follow My "I paid off the p--- star, not my client Donald Trump" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. 8:26 AM-14 Feb 2018 Larry J. @OshackHennessy Follow 卯 My "I was not the one who took a s--- in the client only bathroom" shirt l am wearing at work today has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. 2:07 PM -4 Mar 2019 please @ me for access to my p.." Ф @ChrisCaesar Follow My "The Confederacy can suck my prolapsed ass" T-shirt has people on this Grand Old Opry tour asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. 11:42 PM-23 Feb 2019 Connor Wroe Southard @ConnorSouthard Follow My "Not involved in war crimes" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my shirt 1:28 AM-14 Feb 2019


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External References

[1] Twitter – @shutupmikeginn

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