Decades into his career, prolific filmmaker Kevin Smith has written thousands if not millions of words. Still, none have resonated quite as profoundly as the anniversary tweet he shared on July 9, 2009 — ostensibly as a happy anniversary greeting for his wife.
It was the grotesque display of love heard around the world, and the tweet has since spawned endless memes, lamentations at its very existence and, perhaps most commonly, utter bafflement from those whose feeds are cursed with its retweets. And today, it has turned 10.
Not to overshadow the equally impressive 20 year anniversary of Smith's marriage, the fact that this tweet has stayed up, undeleted, for a full decade is a sheer wonder. And that fact is not lost on Smith, who celebrated its 10th anniversary while doubling down on his initial prose:
It's comforting to note that over the course of a decade, Smith has learned to spell "pwn." After all, the word "pOwn" was somehow among the most upsetting turns of phrase in the initial tweet.
As an added bonus on this momentous occasion, revisit Smith's tweets adapted into Radiohead's "Fitter, Happier" below.
Ten years in and we bone like we're cheating on each other WITH each other. A decade-plus and her clit/brown/taint-area still pOwns my dick.
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) July 9, 2009
It was the grotesque display of love heard around the world, and the tweet has since spawned endless memes, lamentations at its very existence and, perhaps most commonly, utter bafflement from those whose feeds are cursed with its retweets. And today, it has turned 10.
Not to overshadow the equally impressive 20 year anniversary of Smith's marriage, the fact that this tweet has stayed up, undeleted, for a full decade is a sheer wonder. And that fact is not lost on Smith, who celebrated its 10th anniversary while doubling down on his initial prose:
It's the 10 year anniversary of the 10 year anniversary! This is my Dorian Gray/Cocoon Tweet: so long as I don't delete it, I'll never get older and I'll never die. (But for the curious? Her clit/brown/taint-area still pwns my dick.) https://t.co/LkPM2JAezW
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) July 9, 2019
It's comforting to note that over the course of a decade, Smith has learned to spell "pwn." After all, the word "pOwn" was somehow among the most upsetting turns of phrase in the initial tweet.
As an added bonus on this momentous occasion, revisit Smith's tweets adapted into Radiohead's "Fitter, Happier" below.
some Kevin Smith tweets but in the radiohead "fitter happier" computer voice pic.twitter.com/rJQq0Cyyl5
— yehoak on july 9th (@yehoak) January 13, 2017