CULTURETECHLENSbut that's none of my business
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Combined Graph record U-00864 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0463. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Know Your Meme (tier-4, fetched in full): '"But That's None of My Business" is a sarcastic expression used as a postscript to an insult or disrespectful remark,' popularized through a Kermit the Frog image-macro series; Kermit macros circulated from January 2014 and the earliest known macro with the phrase was highlighted June 17, 2014 (@kermitbelike). Supports the stored gloss 'meme sign-off,' the Kermit era_note, and the 2010s era.
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Know Your Meme (tier-4, fetched in full): '"But That's None of My Business" is a sarcastic expression used as a postscript to an insult or disrespectful remark,' popularized through a Kermit the Frog image-macro series; Kermit macros circulated from January 2014 and the earliest known macro with the phrase was highlighted June 17, 2014 (@kermitbelike). Supports the stored gloss 'meme sign-off,' the Kermit era_note, and the 2010s era.
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- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kermit-sipping-tea-but-thats-none-of-my-business (verification source · master store)
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Know Your Meme (tier-4, fetched in full): '"But That's None of My Business" is a sarcastic expression used as a postscript to an insult or disrespectful remark,' popularized through a Kermit the Frog image-macro series; Kermit macros circulated from January 2014 and the earliest known macro with the phrase was highlighted June 17, 2014 (@kermitbelike). Supports the stored gloss 'meme sign-off,' the Kermit era_note, and the 2010s era.
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