'Nutting' Trends On Twitter, Leading To Memes, Confusion And Shock Among Users

Early this morning, the term "Nutting" began trending on Twitter to the surprise and shock of many users who didn't expect such an NSFW topic to be featured so prominently in their morning scrolls. Needless to say, there was much confusion on the platform, which further fueled the trend throughout the day.

When I see "Nutting" trending pic.twitter.com/V3TX86tgLh

— Jimmy (@RandomIgnorance) March 23, 2022

The original reason that "Nutting" trended was because of Bob Nutting, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, who has been accused of underpaying his players and engaging in less-than-savory business practices. The MLB season got off to a rocky start this year, with players and owners unable to reach an agreement on compensation and other issues. The lockout led to the cancelation of the first few games of the season, though it was resolved a couple of weeks ago.

Contract amounts handed out over the last year or 2 by small market teams:

Rays: $182m
Royals: $82m
Twins: $105m
Brewers: $215m
Marlins: $53m
Tigers: $140m
Reds: $64m
Rockies: $182m

Pirates: $5m

The problem isn’t MLB. The problem is Bob Nutting.

— Jim Rosati 🇺🇦 (@northsidenotch) March 19, 2022

The only way to stop the fraud of #BobNutting is a 100% total boycott.

And if you “love” the ballpark and $1 hot dogs (without buns) so much then go ahead and pay Hillbilly Bob for your #Pirates “experience”.

Taxpayer funded stadiums are theft.#BoycottBucs pic.twitter.com/8VfWiaozDi

— Obviously (Not) Tomlin (@Tomlin_Sense) March 23, 2022

List of terrible human beings in need of being overthrown:
1A. Vladimir Putin
1B. Bob Nutting

— Pirates of the Allegheny (@OfTheAllegheny) March 23, 2022

But, while significant tensions still simmer in Major League Baseball, most of the people tweeting about "nutting" this morning were not posting about anything having to do with bats, balls or bases. The topic did trend, however, under the headline of "Sports." Many humorously wondered whether Twitter was officially recognizing the practice as a worthy athletic pursuit.

sees Nutting is a trending topic
checks out of curiosity
baseball tweet appears
scrolls down for more context
second tweet is porn pic.twitter.com/vXyCGKffUa

— Lummi ♠🖤🌈 (@Lummish) March 23, 2022

We did it ya'll, Nutting is now a sport pic.twitter.com/Tl5KLaBECe

— Voracious Highlighter (The Wendy's Worker) (@GreyBellyFox) March 23, 2022

If nutting is a sport I'm an Olympic athlete pic.twitter.com/IabwsyZ9QE

— Art Guy (@Olivers_Antics) March 23, 2022

Apparently, one of the first tweets that showed up for users who clicked on the trending hashtag was a graphic and NSFW video, leading many to regret clicking on it in the first place.

Nutting trending under sports and opening directly to porn was not on my Wednesday morning bingo. pic.twitter.com/NKB5UHCAiH

— teralyn renea (@teralynrenea) March 23, 2022

Why did I open the Nutting trend? Why must my curiosity do this to me? pic.twitter.com/pu29ps7fJ0

— monarch (@Quotemeorelse) March 23, 2022

Odd things have trended on Twitter in the past, and like all platforms, it has its NSFW side. But this morning's "nutting" shocked many, proving the internet will always find a new way to surprise even the most seasoned scrollers.