Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit

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Published September 5, 2026

"Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" is a catchphrase and reaction image format used to set up a snarky rebuttal online. The line first surfaced on Flickr in October 2010 before jumping to imageboards, Tumblr and Reddit, and it grew into one of the go-to rebuttal templates for 2010s-era anime and social-justice arguments.

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Overview

"Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" is a rebuttal catchphrase most often paired with a smug or exasperated character reaction shot, framing the poster as ready to dismantle whatever claim came before1. Two-panel macros are the common convention, with a straw-man argument stacked on top and the punchline reaction below2.

The tone is sarcastic and combative, which is why the line caught on in imageboard argument threads and later on Tumblr, where it was used to swat down posts the poster disagreed with3. Anime screencaps, cartoon stills and photos of exasperated public figures are all fair game for the bottom panel4.

Origin & Background

Platform
Flickr (earliest use) / 4chan and Tumblr (viral spread)
Date
2010

The earliest documented use of the exact phrase online is the title of a photograph uploaded to Flickr by user Dan Price on October 26, 2010, showing statues of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory1. Reaction-image variants are widely rumored to have started on 4chan, but no earlier posted example has surfaced publicly3.

How It Spread

On December 22, 2010, an image macro pairing the caption with a screen capture from the anime "A Certain Magical Index" was uploaded to chan4chan2. The same macro was re-posted on 4chan's /a/ board on August 23, 2011 in a thread about the character Bikko-Tan5.

The catchphrase jumped platforms in early 2012. A Facebook page titled "Now Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" launched on January 24, 20126. On November 30 of that year, a Tumblr blog with the same name went up, dedicated to rebutting arguments from social justice blogs4.

On June 10, 2013, Redditor ElPadre62 posted a two-pane macro pairing a Sudden Clarity Clarence panel with a screencap of Eddy from "Ed, Edd n Eddy" holding George R. R. Martin's "Game of Thrones", captioned with the line7. From there the template kept circulating under the Tumblr tag "#let me tell you why that's bullshit", which collected reaction images for years afterward3.

How to Use This Meme

The template typically stacks a claim you want to attack in the top panel and a smug or exasperated reaction image in the bottom panel, captioned with "Let me tell you / Why that's bullshit"3. Anime stills, cartoon frames and photos of public figures are all common bottom-panel picks, and the phrase is often used on its own as a text reply when a picture is not needed4.

Frequently Asked Questions

Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit

2010catchphraseclassic

Published September 5, 2026

"Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" is a catchphrase and reaction image format used to set up a snarky rebuttal online. The line first surfaced on Flickr in October 2010 before jumping to imageboards, Tumblr and Reddit, and it grew into one of the go-to rebuttal templates for 2010s-era anime and social-justice arguments.

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Overview

"Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" is a rebuttal catchphrase most often paired with a smug or exasperated character reaction shot, framing the poster as ready to dismantle whatever claim came before1. Two-panel macros are the common convention, with a straw-man argument stacked on top and the punchline reaction below2.

The tone is sarcastic and combative, which is why the line caught on in imageboard argument threads and later on Tumblr, where it was used to swat down posts the poster disagreed with3. Anime screencaps, cartoon stills and photos of exasperated public figures are all fair game for the bottom panel4.

Origin & Background

Platform
Flickr (earliest use) / 4chan and Tumblr (viral spread)
Date
2010

The earliest documented use of the exact phrase online is the title of a photograph uploaded to Flickr by user Dan Price on October 26, 2010, showing statues of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory1. Reaction-image variants are widely rumored to have started on 4chan, but no earlier posted example has surfaced publicly3.

How It Spread

On December 22, 2010, an image macro pairing the caption with a screen capture from the anime "A Certain Magical Index" was uploaded to chan4chan2. The same macro was re-posted on 4chan's /a/ board on August 23, 2011 in a thread about the character Bikko-Tan5.

The catchphrase jumped platforms in early 2012. A Facebook page titled "Now Let Me Tell You Why That's Bullshit" launched on January 24, 20126. On November 30 of that year, a Tumblr blog with the same name went up, dedicated to rebutting arguments from social justice blogs4.

On June 10, 2013, Redditor ElPadre62 posted a two-pane macro pairing a Sudden Clarity Clarence panel with a screencap of Eddy from "Ed, Edd n Eddy" holding George R. R. Martin's "Game of Thrones", captioned with the line7. From there the template kept circulating under the Tumblr tag "#let me tell you why that's bullshit", which collected reaction images for years afterward3.

How to Use This Meme

The template typically stacks a claim you want to attack in the top panel and a smug or exasperated reaction image in the bottom panel, captioned with "Let me tell you / Why that's bullshit"3. Anime stills, cartoon frames and photos of public figures are all common bottom-panel picks, and the phrase is often used on its own as a text reply when a picture is not needed4.

Frequently Asked Questions