In April, a 16-year-old from Nevada named Carter Wilkinson sent a speculative tweet to the Wendy's fast food chain asking for free chicken nuggets.
Just two months later, he has become the author of the world's most retweeted tweet, seeing his demand for nuggets shared more than 3.4 million times.
His tweet, which simply read "HELP ME. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS" overtook the previous record, Ellen DeGeneres' famous selfie taken backstage at the Oscars in 2014.
Depending on how you see it, the fact that a desperate plea for fast food surpassed an icon of 21st century internet culture, featuring some of the world's biggest celebrities, taken at the Oscars, is either a heartwarming example of the power of social media, or damning evidence of how the internet has turned us all into idiots.
