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Yes, The Pizza Is Aggressive, The Pizza Is Armed, The Pizza Has A Drinking Problem or The Pizza Has A Gambling Problem, refers to a series of phrasal template jokes inspired by the Wife Ordering a Pizza meme in which a woman calls the police to get help by disguising the call as a pizza order, with the implied issue often being one of domestic violence, alcoholism or gambling addiction from the partner. Memes using the phrases were popularized on TikTok in August 2024, gaining more traction and usage in the following months on other platforms like X / Twitter and Reddit.

Origin

On July 30th, 2024, TikTok^[1] user @bockandcalls posted a POV meme captioned "My girlfriend is on the phone ordering a pizza and just said 'yes the pizza is drunk right now.'" The post (seen below) amassed more than 20,000 plays and 983 likes in four months.

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Jokes using the phrasal template "Yes, the pizza has X" gained significant traction in August 2024 on TikTok. For example, on August 4th, 2024, TikTok^[2] user @crazytalestt posted the video of a bulk man running on the beach accompanied by the text "Me when my wife is ordering pizza and says 'yes the pizza has an alcohol problem and is violent.'" The video (seen below) garnered more than 5 million plays and 627,000 likes in three months.

On September 4th, 2024, Redditor^[3] Damiancarmine14 posted a still image from Disney's The Incredibles film dinner scene, captioned, "Yes the pizza is armed," which received roughly 8,400 upvotes and 42 comments in two months.

On August 16th, 2024, iFunny^[4] user @Cock_monkey posted a still image of Marvel's Avengers movie villain Thanos with the caption "When my wife is ordering the pizza and says, 'Yes the pizza is aggressive.'" The post (seen below) received roughly 9 reactions and 1 comment in three months.

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