Hi, hello, important PSA: MoonPie, the storied American company known for its graham cracker-marshmallow-cookie concoctions, has arguably become one of the funniest, strangest, and most personable brands on Twitter.
The iconic 100-year-old brand, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has just been living its best, unfiltered, sassy life.
From savage replies and clapbacks:
To little political digs and statements:
Like commenting on net neutrality.
Making a sly reference to that time when a rogue Twitter employee briefly deactivated the president's Twitter account.
And pointedly suggesting that instead of trying to grab and kiss women under the mistletoe, people could just "string a couple of MoonPies up there" and then "pull em close and tell them how much you respect them."
The guy making up all these random, funny, sassy, and off-the-cuff tweets is Patrick Wells from Knoxville, Tennesse. He's a social media manager with The Tombras Group and has been running Moonpie's Twitter for about a year.
"I've been having a lot of fun just developing this quirky, unique voice for a cult brand that had a much older fan base," the 26-year-old told BuzzFeed News. "The more bizarre I get, the better."
The brand really blew up on Twitter back in August, when Wells tweeted this simple clapback at Hostess after they stated that they were the “official snack cake of the eclipse."
After that, Wells (aka MoonPie) became even more emboldened, delivering expert disses and snarky remarks that have left people in awe.
"I just chime back in some sort of fashion that's honest and authentic," he said. "A lot of it is off-the-cuff."
Like when MoonPie totally shut down a Twitter user named Kaela Thompson, in an exchange that went viral with nearly 10,000 retweets and 41,000 likes.
Well damn, MoonPie.
Being the voice of MoonPie and these other bold and cheeky brands, like Arby's and Wendy's, is a lot of work, Wells says.
"A lot of these interactions you're seeing really do hinge on the personalities of the people running them," he explains. "Everything is so quick."
He also made sure to keep MoonPie weird.
And just casually dropping wtf MoonPie-inspired memes and stock photos.
In addition to becoming pro at roasting people and being random, Wells also started making MoonPie like your average, kind of weird friend on the internet. He takes the time to do cat birthday shout-outs.
And tries to give solid life advice and perspective.
Like taking risks and living on the edge with your MoonPie.
And exploring the self.
While responding to users so frequently and quickly, MoonPie (and Wells) became a kind of social media therapist and friend.
"I tweeted 'if you're feeling sad we can talk about it' and people just started replying and DM'ing me about what was going on in their lives," Wells said. "People really opened up."
One time, Wells said MoonPie went back and forth with a Twitter user who was upset about her relationship with a guy who had not been texting her back.
"It was a real genuine experience. It was kind of weird," he recalled. "It's cool to see people open up and I think it's comforting for them to talk with someone who doesn't have a face."