by Why People Who Quote Their Own Tweets Treat Mediocre Posts Like Gospel
People Who Quote Their Own Tweets act like their drafts are scripture and their timelines are sacred texts. “As I once said,” begins the LinkedIn post quoting a tweet with 12 likes and two pity retweets. One guy printed his own tweet on a mug and gave it to his therapist. She billed double that week.
These self-styled sages treat Twitter like a TED stage. One woman referenced her viral post about emotional boundaries in a wedding toast. Another used a screenshot of her tweet as her Zoom background, titled “Wisdom.” Her tweet read, “Vibes are real, don’t vibe wrong.” The HR team opened a file.
In a fictional content narcissism report by the Institute of Recursive Messaging, 84% of tweet-quoters said their posts “deserve to be seen across platforms.” The remaining 16% were caught stitching their own content into a podcast interview. One man turned his tweet thread into a one-man show. It was banned by Equity and endorsed by no one.
Love your words, sure. But if you’re treating a one-liner about breakfast burritos like it’s your personal manifesto, maybe chill. The internet forgets fast. And quoting yourself doesn’t make you profound–it makes you a walking screenshot.
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