Remember watching Sesame Street as a kid when everything was just fine? Well, Elmo is still around and has been checking in, resulting in trauma dumping on Twitter/X. It started out as something hilarious, got sad pretty quickly, but ended up being all-around wholesome.
Ah, the good old times: being a kid, watching Sesame Street, not a care in the world – those days are over for us. Adult life isn't always as kind to us as we had hoped. Elmo is still around though, and he's been checking in, asking on Twitter/X how everyone was. He surely wasn't ready to get a collective trauma dumping from half the internet.
Welcome to 2024, Elmo.
Trauma Dumping On Elmo Isn't Something I Expected, But I'm Glad It Happened
Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?
— Elmo (@elmo) January 29, 2024
Such a sweet little post from Sesame Street's Elmo, right? Pretty sure the social media manager didn't expect half of Twitter/X's population to jump onto the "Elmo, help, everything is awful"-train. It still happened, and Elmo got over 13,000 replies, most of them sharing some pretty dark sentiments.
"Elmo we are tired" or "Not good, Elmo. Not good" are the less depressing replies Elmo got. And while it was fun in the beginning – I mean, come on, spontaneously telling a muppet the world is bad is one of the things that make the internet such a great place – there have also been some pretty gut-punching replies Elmo had to deal with.
And I get it – times are tough. Have been for a while, honestly. Watching the news isn't the most fun activity. You know how it is. Still, Elmo took it upon himself to help out his now-grown-up friends on the internet and mobilized the Sesame Street gang in a wholesome mental health campaign.
Everyone On Sesame Street Is There For You
After Elmo realized how serious the situation was, he promptly decided to try to help.
Wow! Elmo is glad he asked! Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing. Elmo will check in again soon, friends! Elmo loves you. #EmotionalWellBeing pic.twitter.com/jhn2LNKfHf
— Elmo (@elmo) January 30, 2024
With #EmotionalWellBeing, Elmo kicked off a campaign for hope, comfort and positivity. He even got the whole gang to join in, with beloved characters like the Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie and even Oscar the Grouch offering a shoulder to cry on.
The way Sesame Street handled the situation is wholesome and sweet, but it's also pretty telling that a freaking kids show needs to post mental health resources, isn't it? And it's only January, for Christ's sake. 2024 is tough so far, man.
If you need someone to talk to who isn't Elmo, here you go. No shame in that, I promise.