Nihilist Arby's

Nihilist Arby's

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Updated Sep 09, 2015 at 01:56PM EDT by Don.

Added Apr 27, 2015 at 05:25PM EDT by Don.

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About

Nilihst Arby's is a novelty Twitter account featuring bleak, pessimistic tweets about the meaninglessness of life and inevitability of death with unenthusiastic recommendations for the fast food restaurant chain Arby's.

Origin

On January 14th, 2015, the @nihilist_arbys[1] Twitter feed was launched by writer Brendan Kelly,[11] which posted several bleak tweets recommending Arby's as a fast food destination (shown below). In the first three months, the feed gained over 50,000 followers.


Nihilist Arby's@nihilist_arbys Jan 14 There is no truth but death. And Arby's. enjoy 5 beef n cheddars for five bucks. Why not? Arby's Nihilist Arby's@nihilist_arbys Jan 14 God is not dead. there was never a god. Horsey Sauce can be consumed on fris. 150 212 Nihilist Arby's@nihilist_arbys Jan 14 Arby's. Whatever. It's better than nothing 791 β˜…139

Spread

On January 29th, Twitter user @warlick[2] posted a mock Arby's promotional ad using copy from a Nihilist Arby's tweet (shown below).


Drain the blood, cure and slice the flesh season and fry the potatoes, feed them the sugar water. Be born. Toil. Die. Arbys We sell food. COPY BY @NIHILIST ARBYS DESIGN BY @WARLICK IARTOFWARLICK.COM

On the following day, the pop culture blog AV Club[6] published an article titled "Gaze into the Beef ’n Cheddar abyss with the Nihilist Arby’s Twitter account." On February 3rd, Redditor coffee_guy submitted the Twitter account to the /r/nightvale[3] subreddit. On February 8th, the food blog What's Nick Eating[8] reported that the account had been suspended. On February 10th, @nihilist_arbys resumed tweeting (shown below).[9]


0 Nihilist Arby's @nihilist_arbys Following Did I die? Take it from Arbys: there is no comfort in the void. As dead gods toyed with this corpse, I hope you continued enjoying arby's わt β˜… RETWEETS FAVORITES 260 4:11 PM- 10 Feb 2015

On February 13th, Ad Week[4] reported that @nihilist_arbys had a follower "engagement rate" of 113 percent, compared to 4.3 percent for the official Arby's feed. On February 19th, the Nihilist Arby's Facebook[7] page was launched. On March 30th, Redditor tazman886 submitted a link to the Twitter account to the /r/nihilism[10] subreddit. On April 25th, Jezebel[5] published an article about the Twitter feed.

Various Examples


Nihilist Arby's @nihilist_arbys Follow You think YOUVE got problems? Pfft. You do. Love is an illusion and the brutal persistence of time will destroy you. Arbys: die full. 5:26 PM - 21 Apr 2015 わ 929 β˜… 918 Nihilist Arby's @nihilist arbys Follow hy sway odkay is ad luck. Well, Arty's is open. Those two statements are unrelated Arby's: the misery of life has no effect on our hours RETWEETS FAVORITES 1:01 AM-13 Feb 2015 Nihilist Arby's @nihilist_arbys Follow Feeling blue? Cheer upl You'll be dead soon enough, in an unfeeling blackness. Meanwhile, there's Arbys. Please eat at Arbys. 1:57 PM-14 Apr 2015 770 β˜… 834 Nihilist Arby's @nihilist_arbys Follovw We aren't mopping the floors tonight because f--- it. All Arby's locations will eventually be destroyed in war or sucked back into the sun. 1:26 AM - 15 Jan 2015 わ t3475 β˜…631 Nihilist Arby's @nihilist_arbys Follow Enjoy the unbelievable electric rush of interacting w arbys online? Love dipping our #crap in our other #s---? Who cares? Arbys: f--- this. 12:45 PM - 31 Mar 2015 249 β˜…394 Nihilist Arby's@nihilist_arbys Apr 18 Its a beautiful day to lay in bed w the blinds drawn & hide from this hideous pigfuck nightmare life. If you do venture out, pls go to arbys 667 β˜…829

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libertydude
libertydude

"The common delusion of man is that he believed any restaurant could satisfy his endless hunger. Arby's comes close, but not even freshly-cut roast beef can bring any sort of semblance of meaning into his actively pointless existence."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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