But Can You Do This?

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"But Can You Do This?" is a memorable quote uttered by YouTuber PewDiePie when joking about the reclining capabilities of a PewDiePie Edition gaming chair released by the company Clutch Chairz. Online, the quote has often been used as an in-joke among fans to mock the chair's expensive price point.

Origin

The chair was PewDiePie's idea and was created in collaboration with Clutch Chairz.^[1] One of the earliest times PewDiePie talked about his chair's reclining abilities was in his video "WE CANT LET JAKE PAUL BEAT ME! – LWIAY – #0012" posted on November 14th, 2017. PewDiePie said the line in response to a fan's image making fun of the price of his chair (shown below).

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Roughly a month after PewDiePie first said the line, he repeated it in his video "The REAL reason I wasnt in YouTube Rewind" (shown below), posted December 11th, 2017. He began repeating it in videos afterwards.

Following that video, the moment began being used in various remixes posted to YouTube. On December 22nd, YouTuber Ultim3te Highlights posted an edited version of PewDiePie saying the line (shown below, left). On January 9th, 2018, YouTuber Day By Dave posted a musical remix of PewDiePie saying the line (shown below, right).

Image macros and photoshops of the line also began appearing online. For example, on January 7th, 2018, Redditor KeWirth uploaded an image fusing the line with Somebody Toucha My Spaghet to /r/pewdiepiesubmissions, gaining over 1,800 upvotes (shown below, left). An image uploaded by kartik727 to the subreddit gained over 1,600 upvotes (shown below, right).

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