Shit My Dad Says is a
Twitter feed started by
Justin Halpern, who, at the time, was a semi-employed comedy writer. It consists of quotations made by Halpern's father, Sam, regarding various subjects. Halpern started the account on August 3, 2009, soon after moving from
Los Angeles back to his parents' house in
San Diego. He intended it only as a storage site for his father's salty comments, but a friend posted a link to it. Comedian
Rob Corddry then tweeted the link, and that really "jump-started it" according to Halpern. In less than a month, the page was mentioned by
The Daily Show, a popular San Francisco blog called
Laughing Squid, and
actress Kristen Bell. As of January 5, 2014, the feed has 3.01 million followers.