#HimToo: A Strange and Hilarious Online Saga Reaches Its Logical Conclusion
A mom posted a picture of her son, saying he was a good boy whose romantic life was being curtailed due to a fear of being #MeToo’d. The hive did the rest.
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast
They could make this one a case study in media class.
Log on to Twitter this morning and you might be forgiven for thinking that a new #HimToo movement is exploding.
It’s not.
This mini viral saga began when a user who went by “BlueStarNavyMom3” posted the following tweet of her son (it's now been deleted along with her account, for reasons that will become clear, so please excuse us sharing a screengrab of the original).
since she deleted it here’s a screenshot. one of the greatest posts of all time pic.twitter.com/Z6TUKOjH9T
— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) October 8, 2018
It soon inspired a host of parodies, the best of which we present below.
This is MY son. He is a writer, but sort of a dull boy, and is staying at a hotel in winter. Despite being sober, he won't bring any solo dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by bat-weilding feminists...however, he's the one with an axe to grind. #himtoo pic.twitter.com/MUgEcU88Nj
— the mediocre gatsby (@OliviaLewis22) October 8, 2018
This is MY son. He graduated #1 from the University of Flavortown. He was awarded three banging fajita poppers. He was #1 in flamin' hot crunch. He won't go on solo dates due to the current climate of false accusations of taking the last slice of pizza. I VOTE. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/4DY151a2W7
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) October 9, 2018
This is MY son. He singlehandedly runs a small hotel. He's a homeowner. He knows a boy's best friend is his mother. He goes a little mad sometimes. He won't go on solo dates due to the current climate of false accusations by radical anti-shower-stabbing feminists. I VOTE. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/qSYY7Cy46E
— Night of the Living Marble (@living_marble) October 8, 2018
This is MY son. He graduated #1 from science camp. He built a teleporter. He is a gentle brundlefly who respects human women. He won't go on dates due to the current climate of false sexual accusations by radical feminists with a swatter to grind. I VOTE. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/srFrY9uuZw
— Night of the Living Marble (@living_marble) October 8, 2018
It might just have continued like this had not the son in question swiftly joined Twitter and posted the below, rebuking his mother for her Trumpian criticism of the #MeToo movement:
That was my Mom. Sometimes the people we love do things that hurt us without realizing it. Let’s turn this around. I respect and #BelieveWomen . I never have and never will support #HimToo . I’m a proud Navy vet, Cat Dad and Ally. Also, Twitter, your meme game is on point. pic.twitter.com/yZFkEjyB6L
— Pieter Hanson (@Thatwasmymom) October 9, 2018
And his brother joined in on the fun, too:
My brother is trending on twitter because of my moms ridiculous tweet. I’m a mixture of laughing hard and feeling bad for him. #HimToo pic.twitter.com/YG93x9ikii
— Jon Hanson (@DancinJonHanson) October 9, 2018
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