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Please Don't Be Sewing Supplies Cookie Tin Disappointment

This is a four-panel meme that plays on the widely relatable classic household and internet joke: that iconic round blue tins of Danish butter cookies are almost always repurposed to store sewing supplies instead of holding the original cookies. The top text of the meme reads 'Please don't be sewing supplies, please don't be sewing supplies...', conveying the poster's nervous hope that the tin actually contains cookies. The first panel shows a young man with a nervous, anticipatory expression looking at the tin. The second panel shows the closed iconic blue butter cookie tin. The third panel reveals the opened tin: it does have cookies inside, but the cookies are shaped just like common sewing supplies (buttons, thread spools). The fourth panel shows the man crying in disappointment, twisting the original expectation: even though it is actually cookies, the joke still lands and he is disappointed anyway.
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Please don't be sewing supplies, please don't be sewing supplies...

Overview

This is a four-panel meme that plays on the widely relatable classic household and internet joke: that iconic round blue tins of Danish butter cookies are almost always repurposed to store sewing supplies instead of holding the original cookies. The top text of the meme reads 'Please don't be sewing supplies, please don't be sewing supplies...', conveying the poster's nervous hope that the tin actually contains cookies. The first panel shows a young man with a nervous, anticipatory expression looking at the tin. The second panel shows the closed iconic blue butter cookie tin. The third panel reveals the opened tin: it does have cookies inside, but the cookies are shaped just like common sewing supplies (buttons, thread spools). The fourth panel shows the man crying in disappointment, twisting the original expectation: even though it is actually cookies, the joke still lands and he is disappointed anyway.

Origin notes

This meme originates from X (formerly Twitter), posted by the account WholesomeMeme as noted in the source information. It builds on the long-running popular joke about Danish butter cookie tins commonly being reused to store sewing supplies in many households, adding a new comedic twist to the expectation.

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