On Monday, a massive period in social media seemed to come to an end: Elon Musk took the time to do what he promised to do and purchased Twitter. The news also spread across the platform itself. Some flocked. It even sounded suspicious of Donald Trump's own failure in a Twitter clone. It was still unknown if the outcome had anything to do with a strange pair of tweets from legendary actor Michael Caine, but it succeeded to be the comic relief that everybody
Shortly before 6pm EST (Caine reportedly lives in London, in which case it would have been 11pm his time, though he might be traveling) the and took to Twitter for the first time since January. The last time he tweeted, he posted a picture of what appeared to be a golf cart in a lightly wooded area, with the words "Only The Best To All Of You."
This time, the service was equally excellent.
Hello!
Michael Caine (@themichaelcaine)
My Sweet Ones Are Good Night.
Michael Caine (@themichaelcaine)
Caine replied, Hello! ten minutes later, he returned. Good Night My Sweet Ones, he said this time.
Caine joined Twitter in September of 2010, just three years after its founding and far before becoming the most common world-uprooting hellscape it is today. Usually, he tweets 345 times. He's lucky for the holidays. One time he writes,
It's a great meeting for Alfie's coworkers to tweet rather than be disgruntled. However, declaring hello and goodbye in a short succession was perhaps the wildest thing he'd ever tweeted.
