Meet Twitter user @ErnieP35, who is unverified but has over 35,000 followers. This tweet of his on what women mean by 5 minutes went mega-viral with over 60,000 retweets and over 214,000 likes:
When a woman says 5 minutes, think like 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter and both teams have all of their timeouts.
— Ernesto (@ErnieP35) May 14, 2019
And it appears he stole that high-quality tweet from @KirlandJones, who has 727 followers. From May 5, 9 days before the tweet above:
When a woman says 5 minutes, think like 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter and both teams have all of their timeouts.
— Costco (@KirklandJones) May 5, 2019
When called out on the theft, @ErnieP35 blocked him:
Dude who stole my tweet blocked me, thanks man now you can't steal anymore of my thoughts.
— Costco (@KirklandJones) May 16, 2019
According to Jones, the inspiration for the tweet was his girlfriend who had just delayed the celebration of Cinco de Mayo:
Uhh then you're a time traveler bro. I literally sat in my living room and typed it as I was waiting for my girl to get ready for Mexican food and margs on cinco.
— Costco (@KirklandJones) May 16, 2019
Over to you, Jack. Certainly stealing a tweet is worse than a “learn to code” violation, right?
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