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Cubs Talk Follow IBS @NBCSCubs #DearMeTenYearsAgo, the best is yet to come. 1:56 PM -10 May 2019

Señor Bean @SenorBean Follow #DearMeTenYearsAgo 53 Million people around the world will like an egg on Instagram for no reason 1:29 PM -10 May 2019

Mjay @Officially_Mjay Follow #DearMeTenYearsAgo please start going for runs, because you'll be walking around a lot and realise how easily winded a hoe gets GIF 1:41 PM -10 May 2019

Zachary Drennen Follow @z_drennen #DearM eTenYearsAgo- First off, invest in a hairbrush. And buy some jeans that fit. But more importantly, the reason you're spending so much time worrying that you're trans is that you are. Good luck pretending to be a bro for the next five years though. You'll be fine. 1:17 PM - 10 May 2019

Brie Queso @candidqueso Follow #DearMeTenYearsAgo You are not alone. Reach out sooner. 1 in 3 women in the United States have experienced r---, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some time in their lives. www.whitehouse.gov 2:04 AM-10 May 2019

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About

#DearMeTenYearsAgo refers to a hashtag on Twitter which people give advice to their past selves. Shortly after it was started, it became the number one trend on Twitter in May of 2019.

Origin

Early in the morning of May 10th, 2019, Twitter user @candidqueso, who regularly runs hashtag games on Twitter under the account @brieslisttags, started the hashtag #DearMeTenYearsAgo^[1]^[2] (shown below).

Brie's List Tags @brielisttags Follow Tonight, we're sending a message to our past selves... #DearMeTenYearsAgo Go! Guest: @RiotsHasten Dear Me, GIF 1:59 AM- 10 May 2019

Brie Queso #DearMeTenYearsAgo It works out. I don't know how yet, but it just Follow @candidqueso does, 2:02 AM-10 May 2019

Spread

Over the following day, the hashtag began to pick up steam as several notable people participated. Some popular tweets from verified accounts include a post by @NBCSBulls reminiscing about when the team was successful, gaining over 120 retweets and 700 likes (shown below, left). Ellen producer Andy Lassner tweeted "She’s never going to stop sending you thorough haunted houses. Ever," referring to a recurring segment where Ellen Degeneres sends Lassner to haunted houses, which he notoriously hates, gaining over 330 retweets and 7,600 likes (shown below, right).

Bulls Talk @NBCSBulls Follow #DearMeTenYearsAgo, cherish these years KIA KIA SなE JOAKIM NOAH 2014 KIA DEFENSIVE P 10:55 AM 10 May 2019

andy lassner @andylassner Follow #DearMeTenYearsAgo She's never going to stop sending you thorough haunted houses. Never. 9:34 AM-10 May 2019

Others took a more humorous approach towards the hashtag. User @pattymo tweeted winning lotto numbers for a lottery nobody won, gaining over 260 likes (shown below, left). The person running the Pornhub Twitter account joked "Hey you're the face of pornhub now lol," gaining over 70 retweets and 890 likes (shown below, right).

Patrick Monahan. @pattymo Following #DearMeTenYearsAgo the winning numbers for the May 23, 2009 Powerball drawing, which was for $198,600,000 and had no winners, are as follows: 19-23-34-52-57-21-5 12:43 PM- 10 May 2019

Pornhub ARIA P--- hubPorub Follow V #DearMeTenYearsAgo Hey youre gonna be the face of Pornhub lol 11:39 AM -10 May 2019

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^[1] Twitter – @candidqueso

^[2] Twitter – @brieslisttags

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