Kids, there are plenty of rules to follow to make your social media experience a pleasant one.
Today, we’re only addressing two.
First, if you have to ask Twitter to make you do something, you probably shouldn’t do it.
Second, if you’re going to ignore the first rule, set higher retweet benchmarks.
That’s what Camping World Truck Series driver Noah Gragson learned today. Driver of Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 18 Toyota, Gragson decided to have some fun with his lunch.
500 retweets and I'll eat this wasabi. I got dared by @OffAxisPaint pic.twitter.com/e2qiStvXNS
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) June 7, 2017
For those like myself who only know of it from a certain Barenaked Ladies song (“Hot like Wasabi when I bust rhymes”), Wasabi is a very spicy form of Japanese horseradish.
In less than an hour after his initial tweet, Gragson had lost out on his bet. Instead of busting out rhymes, Gragson was chugging water.
Here you guys go. I'm a man of my word. @OffAxisPaint @DaleJr @Matt_Crafton #WASABI pic.twitter.com/JvWolRp6Uq
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) June 7, 2017
This is the series of events that just happened w/ @NoahGragson pic.twitter.com/bCRYo7xXTr
— 🄾🄵🄵 🄰🅇🄸🅂 🄿🄰🄸🄽🅃 (@OffAxisPaint) June 7, 2017
Did it. Now i need some of that pink stuff and a toilet pic.twitter.com/N5FzsOfXVT
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) June 7, 2017
Ya. I should have put 5,000 retweets instead of 500 https://t.co/zHDCabWldh
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) June 7, 2017
Thank you for participating in today’s Social Media 101 class.
Make Twitter bets responsibly.