Sunny Delight's "I Can't Do This Anymore" Tweet

Sunny Delight's "I Can't Do This Anymore" Tweet

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Overview

Sunny Delight's "I Can't Do This Anymore" Tweet refers to a tweet by the orange juice brand "Sunny Delight" which sparked concern that the person running the Sunny Delight Twitter account was mentally unwell and perhaps suicidal. While many brands interacted with the post offering support, a significant amount of Twitter users hated the ensuing drama.

Background

On February 3rd, 2019, the Twitter account for Sunny Delight[1] tweeted "I can't do this anymore," gaining over 72,000 retweets and 166,000 likes (shown below).


SUNNYD @sunnydelight SUNNYD lcant do this anymore 10:24 PM- 3 Feb 2019

Developments

Some Twitter users offered support to the account in replies. Twitter user @dragonloli replied to sunny delight saying their DMs were open if the brand needed to talk (shown below, left). User @connr_wild tweeted the account asking "what's wrong."


sam Follow @dragonloli Replying to @sunnydelight My dms are open for you if you need to vent Sunny 3:12 AM -4 Feb 2019 Mr. New Vegas @connr_wild Follow Replying to @sunnydelight WHATS WRONG PAL 10:33 PM-3 Feb 2019

Other popular brands interacted with the tweet, such as Moon Pie (shown below, left) and Insomnia Cookies (shown below, right).


MoonPieo @MoonPie Pie Replying to @sunnydelight What's going on sunny 9:05 AM -4 Feb 2019 insomnia cookies @insomniacookies Follow)v Replying to @sunnydelight do you need a cookie to cheer up? 10:38 AM-4 Feb 2019

Many Twitter users were upset at the interaction. Twitter user @bananalise tweeted "this is hell" with Little Debbie's Twitter response to Sunny Delight's tweet (shown below, left). Twitter user @fraxionmusic argued that using depression as an apparent marketing tactic was cynical and disrespectful to people who struggle with depression (shown below, right).


horse goth Follow @bananalise this is hel Debbie 0 LitleDebbie If you, like @sunnydelight was yesterday, feel like giving up, here are some tips: be realistic about what you can do --speak w/loved ones who will help break you from negative self-talk --give yourself an incentive for finishing --remember the "why" of your "this" frax @fraxiommusic Follow this s--- suuuucks like as so rly bad depression to see a brand try to make it a novelty and be like "haha guys im suicidal get it it's funny its marketin!!" bro f--- offff meone with SUNNYD@sunnydelight I can't do this anymore 1:14 PM - 4 Feb 2019 from Salem, MA

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External References

[1] Twitter – @SunnyDelight

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