This article contains explicit material.
The small subsection of Twitter that is actually funny mourned the sudden loss of one of its own this week… by sending a picture of a guy’s naked butt to a Philadelphia TV station. No doubt it’s what he would have wanted.
@TomBroDude, real name Tom Reynolds, who was extremely prolific and consistently funny on Twitter, passed away unexpectedly over the weekend, leaving many behind to mourn the loss of a genuine, kindhearted goof.
Hey, this is trinity, tom passed away yesterday. Unfortunately this is in no way a joke. DM me at @Trinity_Pell
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) September 18, 2016
Friends and fans paid tribute by calling attention to his best work:
uugghhh the polite person who skillfully prepares my coffee didn't spell my name correctly when i fucking mumbled it uggghhhh im dying ugggh
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) June 17, 2014
Darke the rapper- is he,, the best? Well it hard to say
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) February 13, 2015
i used to mess with a coworker by waiting til his lunch was done microwaving then beating him to the kitchen and throwing it in the trash
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) September 29, 2014
i dont mean to "cross the line" here but i hope this man is dead pic.twitter.com/r5SFlSoK91
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) April 6, 2015
[9/12/01]
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) January 4, 2015
friend: how are you doing buddy?
me: not great, 9/11 happened yesterday
Soon, a plan emerged to celebrate Tom by doing what he loved so much: trolling Philadelphia’s ABC station, WPVI. He had an annual winter tradition of hijacking their snow hashtag, #6abcsnow
today i welcome all of you to join me in demolishing the #6abcSnow hashtag, which belongs to the local abc affiliate here in philadelphia
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) January 26, 2015
it's become a yearly tradition for me, just wanted to say please feel free to have some fun with it regardless of where you live
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) January 26, 2015
Following in his footsteps, his friends decided to spam the station with this weird picture of a naked dude’s butt:
https://twitter.com/SquidDad/status/778035983732342784
I'm here for the party pic.twitter.com/kZ6PmGTimc
— Wedge Anchilles (@RockChalkChief) September 20, 2016
This is gonna be the new #Harambe pic.twitter.com/4cocKesS46
— Lauren Joffe (@thespinzone) September 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/notkerouac/status/778036039046881280
did someone say hog? pic.twitter.com/J9swZ87psK
— Shinjawn (@FanSince09) September 20, 2016
Check @6abc’s mentions on any tweet from the past 36 hours, and you’ll see the naked guy over and over and over. It’s truly glorious.
I never thought seeing a naked man 200 times in a minute would make me cry but… wait actually this has happened to me before
— necromanced krabman (@SquidDad) September 20, 2016
The naked dude’s identity and the source of the photo are murky—a reverse-image search gives you nothing but Twitter results—but Tom was a big fan.
when you're overjoyed because you get to see your favorite twitter pals all weekend pic.twitter.com/R7TtPMwgtE
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) March 14, 2015
@tommyveggies @GoingHard_inger the origins of naked man can be traced back into the deepest depths of the Deep Web. i fear him more than god
— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) March 14, 2015
So it makes sense that his “favorite Twitter pals” would remember him by ass-spamming his local TV station.
They’re also taking more practical steps, though, like donating to a GoFundMe for Tom’s family and girlfriend.
Although Twitter is a bad irony website, none of this is ironic. Tom and his good tweets will sincerely be missed.