About

#ThingsThatAreBadForYourHealth is a hashtag used to catalog joke tweets about things users refer to as unhealthy.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the hashtag was posted on November 18th, 2010 by Twitter ^[1] user @stephanieebrtn (shown below). They wrote, "It should be illegal you know, animals showing off there flippin cuteness. Its gunna KILL me #thingsthatarebadforyourhealth."

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On January 16th, 2019, Twitter^[2] user @SotallyToberHTs tweeted, "Put down the ice cream carton, ash your cigarettes, and get ready to play tonight’s SotallyTober hashtag: #ThingsThatAreBadForYourHealth The #Flagship game, part of the @HashtagRoundup app powered by @TheHashtagGame." The tweet received more than 25 retweets and 70 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left).

That day, Twitter^[3] user @alsoANGRYref tweeted a joke about the Donald Trump 'Hamberders' Dinner. They wrote, "Dinner at The White House #ThingsThatAreBadForYourHealth." The tweet received more than 920 retweets and 4,800 likes in 24 hours (shown below, right).

Following the post, other Twitter users shared jokes with the hashtag. Twitter^[4] user @SamHomewood tweeted, "Dropping your phone on your face when you’re laying in bed. #ThingsThatAreBadForYourHealth." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 610 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below).

Twitter^[5] published a Moments page on the hashtag.

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