The internet is such a weird place, with room for pretty much anything – including fans of a children’s show having a massive public spat, obviously.
With all the big stories going on in the world, like the ceasefire announced in Syria or the massive privacy battle between Apple and the FBI, you can be excused for missing the Twitter fight to end all Twitter fights.
The surreal world of social media has provided something absolutely glorious, as some legit Twitter beef broke out between two rival Thomas the Tank Engine fan accounts on Monday.
It appears that @Thomas_Reacts – who tweets reaction shots of Thomas the Tank Engine characters just because – got a bit pissed off with @ThomasReacts_, which it said was stealing jokes.
.@RhysCarter1994 has copied our account and stolen some of our tweets on @ThomasReacts_. GIVE HIM SOME SHIT PLS.
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 21, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ @PlagiarismBad You've copied our account and lifted more than two of our tweets.
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 21, 2016
So @Thomas_Reacts started trolling @ThomasReacts_.
Two Thomas the tank engine reaction shot accounts are fighting on line. What an amazing time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/xjrFWA5SgH
— Followers For Algernon (@bonerhitler) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ One re-tweet. HILARIOUS.
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ Nobody's laughing at the tweets you made up yourself
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
And then the whole thing escalated from there. @ThomasReacts_ has since deleted its side of the argument, but @Thomas_Reacts refused to back down.
When @ThomasReacts_ steal your tweets pic.twitter.com/VNrluCFSiW
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ At the end of the day you have copied our account and some of our tweets. You may as well give up coz you'll never catch us.
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ Oh well. Thanks for causing all this publicity for my account 🙌
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
When you can't stop laughing about the great Thomas the Tank Engine Twitter beef of 2016 pic.twitter.com/HcCqPsXr6O
— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 23, 2016
And of course Twitter users reacted accordingly:
@Thomas_Reacts Funniest Twitter fight ever!
— Matthew Bouman (@MatthewBouman1) February 23, 2016
@Thomas_Reacts @ThomasReacts_ I'm thinking of creating Thomas_really_reacts ; everyone can be Thomas if you believe
— TheReal69 (@FHercules24) February 23, 2016
@Thomas_Reacts when @ThomasReacts_ steals your Thomas reactions tweet pic.twitter.com/7ZPay1JVpy
— october eli (@elishapsmith) February 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/bonerhitler/status/701841197883592704
I don't want this to end. @bonerhitler pic.twitter.com/YizUifEHVS
— Nick Walker (@nickw84) February 22, 2016
@bonerhitler @letshugbro Someone get the Fat Controller in here to break this up
— Battered Bison 👻🔪 (@MonsNoobis) February 22, 2016
Oh internet, you’ve done it again.
