‘Checking In’: Viral Elmo Tweet Exposes How Tired People Are Just a Month into 2024

Whoever the poor soul is that runs the official X account of Sesame Street icon Elmo couldn’t have seen this trauma dump coming.

On Monday, Elmo’s X account posted a rather innocuous and harmless question:

“Elmo is just checking in!” the red puppet posted to X. “How is everybody doing?”

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To say the post went viral would be an understatement.

As of this writing, the Monday X post already has over 13,000 comments, 48,000 re-posts, 116,000 likes and 178 million views.

And rest assured, the vast majority of the tens of thousands of replies and re-posts all echoed the same sentiment: People are beaten down and tired.

WARNING: Some of the responses to Elmo include language that some readers will find offensive.

Are you doing okay?

“Elmo I’m gonna be real I am at my f***ing limit,” one response said.

That vulgar — but telling — response has garnered over 108,000 re-posts and an almost unfathomable 508,000 likes.

And if you actually sift through all of the responses and re-posts of Elmo’s check-in… they all appear to be at their  [expletive]ing “limit.”

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“Before we start, do you want a cigarette Elmo?” one X user asked.

“Elmo, life is just hard,” another user wrote, with a gif of a crying woman.

“I guess i…..I’m afraid Elmo,” another X user posted, this time with a gif showing the solemn protagonist of tragic video game “Red Dead Redemption 2.”

Other X users swiftly pointed out that Elmo’s innocent question had somehow turned into a viral trauma dump.

On Tuesday, the famous red puppet — perhaps cognizant of the hornet’s nest it had just kicked — issued a follow-up message on X.

“Wow! Elmo is glad he asked! Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing. Elmo will check in again soon, friends! Elmo loves you,” the Sesame Street staple said.

Something tells this writer that Elmo — or whoever is actually running that account — was not actually “glad” about asking how people are doing… especially in this environment.

Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.

Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate.

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