Elmo logged into X on Jan. 29 and asked a straightforward question.
“How is everybody doing?” he asked over 456,000 followers.
The responses told it all:
“Where do we begin, Elmontre?” @jonnyjukeboxx asked.
“Wife left me,” @DaveMcNamee3000 replied. “Daughters don’t respect me. My job is a joke. Any more questions, Elmo??? Jesus, man.”
“Every morning, I cannot wait to go back to sleep,” @ContrarianGuild posted. “Every Monday, I cannot wait for Friday to come. Every single day and every single week for life.”
“Elmo, I just got laid off,” @UsingCigarettes posted.
Elmo reading the replies and QTs pic.twitter.com/u0BgKvKZtV
— THE™ Jessi Davin (@jessithebuckeye) January 29, 2024
Everything wasn’t all negative, however.
“Honestly, I’m in a really good place right now,” Chance The Rapper replied.
Overall, Elmo’s post received nearly 130 million views within 24 hours.
The question was a part of promoting “Sesame Street‘s” initiative of focusing on mental well-being. On the Sesame Workshop page, a highlighted stat is that the rates of childhood depression and anxiety doubled during 2020-21, cited by the Journal of American Medicine.
As a result of the stat, Sesame’s Workshop includes online resources to improve the health of the mind and body. The song “Me & My Grown-Up” shows child viewers to look to and lean on adults when they don’t feel supported.
Other videos include butterfly breathing exercise instructions and many other options.
The full online workshop can be found here.
