Stupid Tweets That Got People in Trouble

Twitter is a chaotic place. There's constant squabbling, tons of terrible opinions flying around, and tons of cringey geniuses who think they know better than, well, everyone else. But some of the worst people on Twitter are the ones who take a very stupid or intentionally spicy tweet and have a fit over it. Sometimes the hissy fit comes from an employer - apparently they don't take kindly to provocative or controversial sentiments. Or anything that may reflect poorly on the business. Other times, the pushback comes from hypervigilant people who spend way too much time online. These people are usually extremely sensitive and are quick to cry foul play. In short, they're annoying. 

This back and forth is nothing new - but we've been reminded of its frequency thanks to a thread from @lostblackboy.

The thread is being revived by quite a few Twitter personalities. Pissing people off can sometimes be a badge of honor on the site. And all of these proud users seem to be highly decorated tweet composers. While some of their offenses do seem worthy of some scrutiny, others are straight up dumb - and a reminder of how much we have to tiptoe around a whole lot of people. But most importantly? We just think this shit is funny. 


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    Font - Lil Uzi Hurt @lostblackboy ... I had to have a meeting with the head of HR and a newsroom lawyer at NBC News for posting, "When people dress in Steampunk, it reads 9 99 to me as 'quirky slave owner." 3:04 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - rat king O @Mikelsaac ... Replying to @lostblackboy one time someone in comms from a large tech company called my boss to complain after i tweeted that their earnings call "made me want to die" 3:54 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter Web App
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    Font - bastille magnolias ... @petestaiano Replying to @lostblackboy Got temp locked because l told Forbes, a website, to jump off a bridge, which it cannot do 8:47 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Tie - A.W. Naves © ... @awnaves Replying to @lostblackboy I asked why Melania was dressed like a schoolbus and there was so much anger. * * * * ★ * ★ ★ **
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    Font - Jerry Hawkins @JerryLEADS ... Replying to @lostblackboy Jerry Hawkins @JerryLEADS No billionaire is self-made. D Dallas Morning News @dallasn. 7/11/19 Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, renowned patriot and two-time independent candidate for U.S. president, died Tuesday after a five-month battle with leukemia. ... Show this thread 5:28 PM - 7/11/19 - Twitter for iPhone 6:48 PM · 10/5/21 Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Tango @tangozlulu Replying to @lostblackboy I had to delete the tweet because it was causing too much dramaz, but I said that I wouldn't buy a Spotify sub because it's an over-glorified radio service (as in it's mega hyped but it's just a radio basically). Not sure why that got everyone hot & bothered. Maybe they were paid 2:56 PM · 10/5/21· Twitter Web App
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    Font - Gita Jackson ... @xoxogossipgita "hermione granger taught a generation of white women that feminism is the same thing as being annoying" Lil Uzi Hurt @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 4:08 PM · 10/6/21 Twitter Web App
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    Font - e ... @ohm3ssylife one time i got in trouble for saying it's predatory of a 40 year old man to date a girl who just turned 18 Lil Uzi Hurt à @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 5:11 PM · 10/6/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - everett byram @rad_milk ... Replying to @lostblackboy i got fired from a waiting tables job cuz disgraced racist former LA clippers owner donald sterling came in on mlk day and i wrote “happy MLK day!" on his receipt and tweeted it
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    Font - Tristan ... @tbettz Replying to @lostblackboy We all had to have hourly posts on the radio station socials and I asked the 40-60 demographic when they found out "the truth" about Santa around Christmas time. Sit down meeting with the program director. 2:23 PM · 10/6/21 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - אב ר ריסמ Araham Riesman @abrahamjoseph I tweeted the words "Taylor Grift" as 99 an experiment and hoo boy Lil Uzi Hurt O @lostblackboy ·7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 6:04 AM · 10/6/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Hat - Richard Miller @rellimr Replying to @lostblackboy I tweeted a snarky joke about the C programming language that resulted in genuine hate mail. Hell hath no fury like a programmer scorned.
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    Font - Prox | BLM ACAB E @DrProximo Replying to @lostblackboy Someone said something about flute solos being ubiquitous in 80s music, I said that that seemed more like a 70s thing, sax solos are more 80s. For the next 3 days my notifications were a stream of people accusine of mansplaining and telling me to apologize. 10:58 PM · 10/5/21 Twitter for Android
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    Font - Good Girl Gone Mad ... @GGGoneMad I had like 100 followers but men's height discourse always ruffles feathers Good Girl Gone Mad @GGGoneMad I would accept a man under 6' if he had a very firm voice 8:37 PM - 2/24/21 - Twitter for iPhone Lil Uzi Hurt @lostblackboy · 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 1:06 PM · 10/6/21 - Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Nathan McDermott ... @natemcdermott Replying to @lostblackboy I said "Welcome to the Resistance Ayatollah Khamenei" after a picture of him reading Fire and Fury came out. 1:39 PM · 10/6/21 · Twitter Web App
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    Font - Kels @Keally22 ... One time I tweeted "it hurts so bad when you overhear someone u look up talking shit about you" And out of the blue a girl in my old sorority made me delete it bc "people will assume it's about us and make us look bad" (bc it was) O Lil Uzi Hurt @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 2:37 PM · 10/6/21 Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - Jolene Almendarez @jalmendarez57 Replying to @lostblackboy I once got called into a meeting bc I FB-ed that I got, "A fucking flat tire while on deadline," and I was told journalists can't us profanity in social media posts. Meanwhile, every white reporter in the newsroom used profanity on their socials and, to this day, they still do.
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    Product - faith @seriouslyfaith · 17h when I was 15 I tweeted "anyone have a link to Jack Frost smut" and my mom read it out loud to me in the car Lil Uzi Hurt a O @lo... ·7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 27 1 28
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    Font - natasha O ... @nmasc_ Replying to @lostblackboy my twitter bio used to have "proud lefty" in it; a previous employer thought I was sharing political affiliation, when in reality it was a | nod to my aggressive pride around being a left-handed writer:/ 6:10 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter Web App
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    Font - Obi-Wan Kenosis E JMJ @elmago3221 ... People were pretty upset when I said there was probably a Car Ayatollah in the universe of the Pixar Cars movies O Lil Uzi Hurt a @lostblackboy · 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread
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    Font - Astead ... @AsteadWesley Replying to @lostblackboy I made a joke about the whiteness of the Boston media Christmas party 3:04 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - Heather M. Jones ... @hmjoneswriter PULLY VACCINATED Replying to @lostblackboy I made a stupid, very tongue-in- cheek joke about how I went through pregnancy and labour to become a mother, and my husband had an orgasm. Reddit trolls came after me 2 years later. Over a month later, they are still bugging me. 7:12 PM · 7/22/20 · Twitter for Android
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    Font - kathleen @fordholden and i'd do it again kathleen @fordholden "twitter not letting you see what the priv qrts say is a huge problem some of us have anxiety" when your grandfather was your age he was getting shot at on the beaches of normandy Lil Uzi Hurt @lostblackboy· 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 6:25 PM · 10/6/21 Twitter Web App
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    Product - Mike Stanford Hate Account @possiblyPJ this one got the Christians heated i wish all Christian missionaries a very malaria Lil Uzi Hurt 9 O @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 2:21 PM · 10/6/21 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Font - A ... @amlstw i was spitting tho A @amlstw i'm gon speak my truth yet again: seafood just doesn't bang! 14:48 · 2021-05-11 Twitter for iPhone ili View Tweet activity Lil Uzi Hurt O @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread
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    Product - witch hazel + @mistericeguy ... used “rapscallion" in a tweet & was told that was problematic of me bc the word is derived from "rapist" O Lil Uzi Hurt O @lostblackboy 7/22/20 What's the dumbest tweet you've ever gotten in trouble for? Show this thread 11:01 AM - 10/7/21 · Twitter for iPhone 7 Likes 27 witch hazel + @mistericeguy · 2h Replying to @mistericeguy ... not the point but it is not
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