Oh, Kermit. It was all supposed to start out so innocently.
This particular tweet was supposed to be reassuring, but it seems the internet always has it ways of taking things off the beaten path — and into darker territory than we care to admit. Case in point, this original post:
when u give urself a gentle hug evrey night before u go to bed, reassuring urself that no mater wat, the day was yours bc u chose to live it pic.twitter.com/fTH8o5k3h9
— jomny sun, authoer (@jonnysun) December 13, 2016
Aaaw. Good for you, plus points for emotional health.
So the rest of Twitter wanted to carry over these feelings of tenderness and wonder.
when ur makin a snowman w/ ur niece but she cant roll big snowballs yet so u be the big snowball & wait for her to put a litle snowball on u pic.twitter.com/9gJGyYd9V3
— jomny sun, authoer (@jonnysun) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when ur dog is taking up ur whole bed so u sit in the corner so you don't wake them up pic.twitter.com/THnBb75yHa
— Hannah Carande (@HannahCarande) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when you're sitting outside and become mesmerized by the way the grass ripples in the wind pic.twitter.com/hAmI6QxvtM
— sleigh-na ?? (@DANACHRlST) December 13, 2016
Don’t they just speak sweetly to our soul?
Enjoy the feeling while it lasts, because some Twitter users just took Kermit to a a cold, …
@jonnysun when you get overwhelmed at the dance and chill in a stall to collect yourself but don't want anyone to identify you by your shoes pic.twitter.com/VFXAvHIsg7
— Jordan Pryor (@jordodale) December 13, 2016
… lonely, …
@jonnysun When ur in an argument with a loved one and ur thinking of the right joke to break the silence and make things okay pic.twitter.com/TJCQnlqS96
— Aaron Peever (@aaronpeever) December 13, 2016
… place.
@jonnysun when ur homesick but u know that feeling is only possible bc u were brave enough to take a chance on the dream of a different life pic.twitter.com/JMzcMPyxYX
— Colleen (@ironic_tshirt) December 13, 2016
Now then. Take a deep breath. Here’ where things start getting darker.
@jonnysun when you realize that your daughter is now too big to hold without it looking silly, and you will never pick her up again pic.twitter.com/ZMbCAdUcB8
— Andrew W Chamings (@AndrewChamings) December 13, 2016
Oh.
.@jonnysun when the painful memory comes back, but it's nice to feel the hurt, to feel anything. pic.twitter.com/aVsFA0DDvk
— Andy (@andydvnn) December 13, 2016
Make it stop.
@jonnysun when you intellectually know that masculinity is a toxic prison but keep catching yourself perpetuating and benefitting from it pic.twitter.com/LErN3sAvTl
— ohbusiness (@ohbusiness) December 13, 2016
Make it stop! for the love of all things Kermit, Make it staaaahp! *ugly sobbing*
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