We know Twitter as the playground of mayhem and buffoonery, but today many users watched a chain of brave, passionate tweets flit across their timelines as one user professed his love for another, tagged user handles and all.
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Each post declaring his feelings got retweeted more than 150 times in a matter of hours, with spectators waiting for the recepient, a self-identified “Bloodthirsty Feminist”, to respond.
The seemingly stunned @MbongoMuffin, replied:
McDonald’s South Africa was also touched by the gesture:
And even, as far the as we can tell by its Twitter accout, made this offer:
MTV South Africa also took notice:
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