Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?
— Elmo (@elmo) January 29, 2024
Sesame Street's sweet young Muppet Elmo began the week on Monday asking an innocuous question. Little did he know that he opened the floodgates of despair. That Tweet got 140 million views as it went viral, and now has 12,000 comments from people sharing how they are really doing. Many of them were tragic, illuminating the mental health crisis that permeates modern life.
Been there on Nov 1, 2023
— Amanda (@redcardinalva) January 31, 2024
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
— Digested Brain (@digestedbrain) January 30, 2024
😭😭😭😭😭 this not a place for children Mo
— Elij Warner (@ElijWarner824) January 31, 2024
Please remember that Elmo is 5. That's a lot to put on a kid.
— 🔥 Hearts On Gwynn 🔥 (@magnaniNupae) January 30, 2024
Elmo each day the abyss we stare into grows a unique horror. one that was previously unfathomable in nature. our inevitable doom which once accelerated in years, or months, now accelerates in hours, even minutes.
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) January 29, 2024
however I did have a good grapefruit earlier, thank you for asking https://t.co/svATFv7ek8
Can you imagine the effect that must have on a happy little Muppet? The team behind the Muppets' accounts (they all have their own Twitter feeds) posted a followup, but for Elmo's sake, the other Sesame Street characters lent their support.
Me here to talk it out whenever you want. Me will also supply cookies. 💙🍪 #EmotionalWellBeing https://t.co/LLF7MzmouY
— Cookie Monster (@MeCookieMonster) January 30, 2024
See some representative Tweets and those by other Muppets at Buzzfeed, or read the whole Twitter thread if you dare. -via Metafilter