Kryten is the android mechanoid from Red Dwarf, the long-running British science-fiction sitcom about the last human alive aboard a mining spaceship, and his formal politeness is a running part of the character. That contrast is why the insult has lasted beyond the show: a courteous robot delivering a blunt moral judgement is instantly recognisable even without the episode context. Online, the line is shared as a short reaction clip for calling out strange or inappropriate behaviour, keeping Kryten's deadpan tone as the joke.