Why the guy who needs 18m retweets for a year’s supply of nuggets isn’t the biggest winner
So Carter Wilkerson, the American teenager who needs 18 million retweets for a year’s supply of chicken nuggets from fast food chain Wendy’s, is closing in on the most retweeted tweet ever.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
Just in case you missed how all this started.
His tweet is on course to overtake this one.
If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
And by the time you read this, he might already have eclipsed this one.
Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) October 2, 2011
Everyone’s piling in on the fun. In fact, it reads just like a list of your all-time favourite corporate arseholes.
Live your best life, Carter. Follow your dreams. #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/PbHd9JMQjE
— Amazon (@amazon) April 8, 2017
We’re in. How about you, @Amazon and @Google? #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/zi8FmD6Cf8
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 7, 2017
If you get the 18 million RTs, we’ll give you a free flight to take you to any @Wendys in the world in a city we serve. Good luck! https://t.co/igxnPg1JUF
— United (@united) April 8, 2017
But why? What’s in it for them?
— Bea_ker (@bea_ker) April 9, 2017
It’s enough to make you choke on your chicken nuggets.
Next time I eat these they better be free @Wendys pic.twitter.com/ZvxwpiLAeD
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 7, 2017