The 'First of all' meme is the sass the world needs right now

Nothing good happens when a sentence starts with 'First of all.'
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Brian Koerber
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Nothing good happens when someone starts with the phrase, "First of all." You know some major sass is about to come at you.

And that's basically the premise of the best new meme on Twitter. The first sentence starts with a premise said to one person, and the followup is a salty and funny response.

While the meme's been kicking around for the last few weeks, it exploded this weekend, and we're here for it.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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