About

They Fucked His Sandwich Up 4 Times is a viral photograph of a disappointed Subway customer with his hand on his head whose sandwich was made wrong four times. Snapchat text is layered over the image with the caption "they fucked his sandwich up 4 times" becoming a catchphrase that was recaptioned and exploited by meme creators. Additionally, a redraw trend emerged in which characters from multiple fandoms were inserted into the template. It was originally posted to Twitter in early 2022 and spread over the following months.

Origin

On January 3rd, 2022, Twitter user cirrus89 (since suspended) posted a Snapchat screenshot of a user named Bennuf 💯's story, showing his friend at Subway whose sandwich had been messed up four times by the employee (shown below). The tweet earned an unknown amount of likes, however, replies^[1] and reposts to Instagram ^[2] were posted on January 3rd.

Spread

Hours later on January 3rd, 2022, Twitter^[3] user cowboink posted the first-known redraw of the image, replacing the man with the character Guillermo De La Cruz from the movie and TV show What We Do in the Shadows (shown below). The tweet received roughly 6,900 likes in eight months.

The original image was reposted to other platforms in early January 2022, gaining mass engagement. For instance, on January 8th, 2022, the Instagram^[4] page grapejuiceboys reposted the image, earning roughly 139,500 likes in eight months.

The image was also paired with captions related to different food franchises as well as video game and movie franchises known to also "fuck up" multiple times with the releases or sequels of their previous products. For instance, on January 26th, 2022, Twitter^[5] user twtsfr captioned the image with, "the customers at papa's cheeseria:" earning roughly 110,000 likes in eight months (shown below, left). Months later, on August 22nd, 2022, Twitter^[6] user KnewYokio compared the image to the video game Saints Row, earning roughly 15,800 likes in 17 days (shown below, right).

Starting on August 10th, 2022, a "screenshot wormhole" trend emerged using the meme following Twitter^[7] user gramofmid tweeting it on August 10th and earning roughly 1,600 likes in one month. Later on August 10th, Twitter^[8] user isaiah_polly tweeted a DM screenshot that abstracted the meme, earning roughly 22,800 likes in one month (shown below, left). The over-screenshotted image was then redrawn on its own. For instance, on August 22nd, 2022, Tumblr ^[9] user gayaest posted a redraw of the Twitter screenshot using characters form Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, earning roughly 2,900 notes in 17 days (shown below, right).

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