Michael Caine's Random Twitter Return Leaves Social Media With a Lot of Questions
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Michael Caine is the only one who knows how to use Twitter pic.twitter.com/I0RkzZ5hCS
— John Sprite Carpenter III (@spritedrinker42) April 25, 2022
Your Twitter over the last three months: Petty drama, tiring politics, probably a dumpster fire.
Michael Caine’s Twitter over the last three months: pic.twitter.com/lMFWWP97Nm
— Oliver Jia (オリバー・ジア) (@OliverJia1014) April 26, 2022
To many fans, Caine was setting the bar for how Twitter should be used. On a day that was troubling for many fans of the platform, this was the glimmer of hope they needed.
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So, basically this in tweet form pic.twitter.com/G8Mepw9mZB
— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) April 25, 2022
Fans had a great time imagining that Caine had genuinely spent 11 minutes on Twitter and not liked what he saw. They felt like this was the most relatable take of the day.
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Michael Caine is such a chaotic Twitter user, this has to be the man himself posting and not a publicist. No banner set, and months between posts, then a hello and goodnight within an hour. What a guy. pic.twitter.com/O0ATkg5Jm3
— Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 (@terminallyOL) April 25, 2022
One thing fans liked about these posts is that they believed they came from Caine himself – not a publicist or a social media expert.
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I have exactly one Michael Caine-worth of energy to spend in a day. pic.twitter.com/bJHVht3rLm
— Graham Key (@GrahamKey1) April 26, 2022
Michael Caine is me at every party my wife has ever made me go to. pic.twitter.com/lQvsHzmPbJ
— NOTDaleJR88 (@NOTDaleJR88) April 25, 2022
Fans felt that Caine displayed a lack of social stamina that has become common throughout the last two years or so.
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This was just supposed to be a harmless joke so if everyone in my mentions could kindly calm down, thank you
— peetah (@petesbydre) April 26, 2022
Many fans joked that Caine's polite, detached demeanor was the antithesis of Musk, who is himself an outspoken, dissatisfied user of Twitter.
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Despite today’s news, I think Michael Caine’s Twitter makes it worth it to be on Twitter. https://t.co/TGCJiilk0z
— Adam Kushner (@FolkSongMule) April 25, 2022
Users looking for a reason to stick around on Twitter while other platforms pop up to compete with it joked that posts like these made it all worth it.
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My barber, when in London, was called Michael. Once, while waiting, one of his colleagues came in and said, "Michael, Michael's on his way". In walked Michael Caine, who sat who sat and chatted while I had a cut.
— Charlie Thomas (@CThomas663) April 25, 2022
He was, I'm delighted to report, exactly as you believe him to be. https://t.co/biFEiRLdJL
MICHAEL CAINE talking about a dinner party he attended with Sean Connery. pic.twitter.com/mpHTQlbs3n
— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) April 26, 2022
Finally, seeing Caine's name in the trending topics list had many fans sharing more general anecdotes about the actor or their favorite moments from his career. So far, Caine has not returned to social media with further commentary.
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