LONDON -- The internet is a strange, wonderful place with room for anything -- including publicly quarreling children's show fans.
If ever you needed proof of just how surreal the world of social media can get, just take a look at the following Twitter beef that broke out between two rival Thomas the Tank Engine reaction accounts on Monday.
Two Thomas the tank engine reaction shot accounts are fighting on line. What an amazing time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/xjrFWA5SgH— WeedlordBerniehitler (@bonerhitler) February 22, 2016
Okay, let's rewind for a minute.
In the left corner we've got @Thomas_Reacts -- a reaction-style Twitter account that uses images from Thomas the Tank Engine to jokily play off modern, everyday problems and situations.
And in the right corner we've got the similarly-named @ThomasReacts_ -- another reaction style account that uses images from Thomas the Tank Engine to do... well, pretty much the same thing.
Here are examples of tweets posted by each account.
When you walk out of Topshop and the security alarm goes off pic.twitter.com/CP3trrkBwu— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 10, 2016
When you walk out of a shop, and the security alarm goes off...#ThomasReacts pic.twitter.com/Jcjzx8Illv— Thomas Reactions (@ThomasReacts_) February 11, 2016
The feud appears to have kicked off on Monday, When @Thomas_Reacts accused @ThomasReacts_ of stealing its tweets.
@ThomasReacts_ Wonder where you got that idea from...— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@Thomas_Reacts then started trolling @ThomasReacts_.
@ThomasReacts_ One re-tweet. HILARIOUS.— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ Nobody's laughing at the tweets you made up yourself— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ I would steal your tweets if they weren't so shit— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
The whole thing escalated from there. @ThomasReacts_ has since deleted its side of the argument, but @Thomas_Reacts is refusing to back down.
When @ThomasReacts_ steal your tweets pic.twitter.com/VNrluCFSiW— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ At the end of the day you have copied our account and some of our tweets. You may as well give up coz you'll never catch us.— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
@ThomasReacts_ Oh well. Thanks for causing all this publicity for my account — Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 22, 2016
It's unclear whether or not the feud has now been resolved, but @ThomasReacts_ retweeted a tweet from @Thomas_Reacts on Tuesday afternoon that contained a direct reference to the beef -- so maybe their turbulent relationship is on the mend.
When you can't stop laughing about the great Thomas the Tank Engine Twitter beef of 2016 pic.twitter.com/HcCqPsXr6O— Thomas Reactions (@Thomas_Reacts) February 23, 2016
The lesson? Never get on the wrong side of a Thomas the Tank Engine Twitter account.