r/me_irl • u/devtesla2 🌹 • Sep 30 '17

extremely important retrospective from the ex-social media manager of wendy's, who ran the twitter account when it went viral

http://splinternews.com/that-time-i-went-viral-while-running-the-wendy-s-twitte-1819001087
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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

"Nobody decides to become a meme. The internet decides that for you."

I can relate.

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u/Xcpa9 Sep 30 '17

Do you still have people tag you in weird posts or pm you stupid stuff?

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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

Yes

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u/Ben10com05 me too thanks Sep 30 '17

u/waterguy12

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u/Primid47 me too thanks Sep 30 '17

/u/waterguy12 would like this post!

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u/DoraaTheDruid SAVE upvote memes Sep 30 '17

/u/fireguy12 should probably have a look too

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u/amac109 has immunity Oct 01 '17

is that a thing? Wasn't that whole fireguy shit a plea for attention or something

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u/Born_in_1998 Oct 02 '17

Can you repeat the question?

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u/Royalflush0 very good, haha yes Oct 02 '17

I don't know

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u/dancingsodabear Oct 02 '17

You're not the boss of me now

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u/lindonmichael me too thanks Oct 01 '17

Maybe

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u/DoraaTheDruid SAVE upvote memes Oct 01 '17

No

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u/TheAngryAudino TEAM SKELETON Oct 02 '17

Yup

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u/strolls Sep 30 '17

I don't mean to be rude, but don't you think that by posting "please tag me" in a meme subreddit, you did in fact explicitly ask to become a meme?

Do you regret it now?

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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

It was never my intention to become a meme, but I don't regret it. Quite the fun experience for me.

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u/strolls Sep 30 '17

Glad to hear it.

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u/CANOODLING_SOCIOPATH evil SJW stealing your freedom Oct 01 '17

I'm happy that you enjoy it.

There are some people who can role with this kind of thing, and some people who it really freaks out.

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u/SteamingKettleM9 member, N*SYNC fanclub Sep 30 '17

Can you sign my house

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u/JimmyHereOfficial Sep 30 '17

Same tbh

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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

I have been graced by the presence of the god of Wednesday, it is an honor my dude

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

Top 10 Anime Crossovers

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u/VoidWaIker team waterguy12 Oct 02 '17

I'm just waiting for the Top 10 Anime Betrayals to come.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

[deleted]

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u/7uring Sep 30 '17

Probably not.

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u/SteamingKettleM9 member, N*SYNC fanclub Sep 30 '17

Just do the same thing waterguy12 did say your internet broke or something

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u/DoraaTheDruid SAVE upvote memes Sep 30 '17

Me too thanks (in my meme dreams)

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u/curtmantle sleep tight pupper Sep 30 '17

WaterGuy12 ama WG12 on Oprah and Ellen WG12 solo tour WG12 reality show WG12 2020 for prez ‘make me too thanks again’

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u/Personicius Sep 30 '17

WG12 Wii Game

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u/HexPhoenix very good, haha yes Sep 30 '17

And knuckles

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u/Mr_Clod BAN upvote memes Oct 01 '17

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

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u/Tessaract2 Baby Oct 05 '17

It's always on the Wii

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u/BeorTheOld333 Sep 30 '17

You still have to fight me in Minecraft coward.

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u/NotALlamaAMA Exodus 8:5 Sep 30 '17

NOTICE ME SENPAI

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u/Frog_pro hates freedom Sep 30 '17

I want to be in this thread but don't have an idea on a comment

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u/Username7048968007 Sep 30 '17

Me too thanks.

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u/Mr_Clod BAN upvote memes Oct 01 '17

Thanks, me too.

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u/rexyuan me too thanks Sep 30 '17

FireGuy12 WaterGuy12 FireGuy12

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u/warmCabin loves posting Sep 30 '17

But I mean have people tried to dox you?

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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

To my knowledge, nobody has tried to dox me. Hopefully it stays that way

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u/Spicy-Rolls Sep 30 '17

Found you, Atlantic Ocean.

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u/Mr_Clod BAN upvote memes Oct 01 '17

And Pacific Ocean. And Indian Ocean. And Arctic Ocean. And my toilet.

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u/p0IsENbOw Oct 01 '17

AND MY AXE

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u/thesecondlamptamer ☭ Sep 30 '17

Can we have an update on the amount of times you've been mentioned

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u/Celeos Exodus 8:5 Sep 30 '17

I thought to myself, "wait, is that waterguy12?" Before reading the username.

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u/WaterArko Sep 30 '17

Same tbh

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u/WaterArko Sep 30 '17

I mean you asked for it :^)

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '17

/u/waterguy12 would love this

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u/Sefinster me too thanks Feb 27 '18

u/waterguy12 Just letting you know that this post as well as your comment as well as my very comment have been placed upon the sacred sidebar and right now it's only 1 more month until this post gets archived and I just wanted to say hello for old time's sake, y'know?

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u/Zagden Sep 30 '17

Do you get dick pics?

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u/WaterGuy12 🌊sploosh🌊 Sep 30 '17

All i get is the occasional really weird subreddit tag

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u/Mickey_Meyers 👌 Sep 30 '17

Mind sharing an example? Just curious

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u/blackwolfgoogol Baby Oct 06 '17

tell us an example, did you see /r/izlam?

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u/deltree711 loves frog memes Oct 03 '17

Oh are you the guy from the Waterguy12 Gaming Forum?

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u/your_mind_aches he boot too big Sep 30 '17

Thanks for the link. She really got a rough deal. I really commend her for speaking up about this stuff.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

Man, that’s super rough. I feel like I’d hate being famous on the internet.

I mean, me too, thanks.

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u/Eunitnoc Oct 01 '17

u/Maize-Haze would love this

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u/Doge_Cena Oct 02 '17

u/Maize-Haze would love this

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u/Royalflush0 very good, haha yes Oct 02 '17

I'd love being famous on the internet. I'd hate losing my privacy irl because of it.

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u/Flipschtik solid Dap Sep 30 '17

It’s bizarre to live in a society where you can achieve fame for merely existing in public

Well I don't think that is entirely true. She did become recognizable very suddenly, but had she just resorted to that one snark response her fame would have faded quickly. It's all about seizing the opportunity. You can become briefly famous by "merely existing in public", but if you don't roll with the punches, you quickly fall into obscurity. Not everyone has the guts and/or wits to do that though, it's not that easy.

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u/thecatscratched Sep 30 '17

really feel bad for her. she did the best with what she was given by the internet but no one can have control in a situation like that

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u/HeyItsShuga 👌 Sep 30 '17

This was a good read, so much so that I thought I was on /r/privacy instead. A good reminder that the Internet is a strange place.

I mean me too thanks.

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u/einstien74 Sep 30 '17

Don't let your dreams become memes, let your job do all the work.

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u/itsDANdeeMAN Sep 30 '17

I went into that thinking she’d give a s/o to me_irl

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u/goftc Exodus 8:5 Sep 30 '17

Why is this pinned?

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u/cooldrew loves frog memes Sep 30 '17

because it's extremely important
just look at the title duder

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u/illredditlater 👌 Sep 30 '17

Not sure if dead meme or if it's too sophisticated for the typical me_irl these days

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u/TherealCyberTurtle me too thanks Sep 30 '17

This not me_irl I mean me too thanks

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

not you no thanks

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u/shrubs311 hates posting Oct 03 '17

Me too thanks, I am also a female managing Wendy's Twitter account.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '17 edited Oct 08 '17

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u/OttoFIN Sep 30 '17

Okay what the fuck. I'm getting a VERY weird deja vu feeling from this thread.

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u/ZAWGURN loves frog memes Sep 30 '17

Was he fired?

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u/illredditlater 👌 Sep 30 '17

Obviously didn't read the article

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u/ZAWGURN loves frog memes Sep 30 '17

Yeah, I didn’t

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u/-0-7-0- knows that all things pass Sep 30 '17

well she quit

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u/ZAWGURN loves frog memes Sep 30 '17

Ok

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u/devtesla2 🌹 Sep 30 '17

no, she left

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u/ZAWGURN loves frog memes Sep 30 '17

Ok thanks

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u/TornzIP really likes this image Oct 01 '17

Lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '17

This isn't a meme. Thjis isn't a meme at all

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u/CokeRobot Oct 01 '17

I'm over here not having a clue about this entire thing...