So, the other day, I was talking with a buddy about athletes and how they connect with fans, you know? And suddenly, I remembered this one specific tweet from J.J. Watt. Can’t recall exactly what it was about now, something genuinely funny or maybe kinda motivational, but it stuck with me years ago. I thought, “Hey, I gotta show this to my friend.”
First thing, I grabbed my phone, opened up that bird app – well, X now, I guess. Went straight to the search bar. Typed in `JJ Watt` and a couple of keywords I thought were in the tweet. Man, the results just flooded in. News articles, fan replies, his recent stuff… everything but the old tweet I was looking for.
Okay, plan B. I figured maybe I needed to be more specific. I went to the advanced search. Don’t use it often, so had to poke around a bit. Found the fields for searching from a specific account. So I put in his handle, `JJWatt`. Then added the keywords again. Still, just tons of stuff. It’s crazy how much one guy can tweet, right?
I started scrolling. And scrolling. And scrolling some more. My thumb was getting tired. Saw a lot of his charity stuff, injury updates from back in the day, interactions with fans. Some cool things, actually, but not the tweet. It felt like digging for a needle in a haystack made of other needles.
Trying a different angle
After about maybe 15 minutes of getting nowhere, I thought, “Maybe the keywords I remember are wrong?” Tried a few variations. Still nothing. It’s funny how memory plays tricks on you. You’re so sure you remember something correctly, but then you can’t find any proof.
I even tried searching Google, using that `site:*/JJWatt` trick plus my keywords. Sometimes Google’s cache holds onto things differently. Got a few different results, but still no luck on that specific gem I had in my head.
At this point, I was about ready to give up. Told my friend, “Look, I swear this thing exists, but finding it is like a full-time job.” We laughed about it.
- Opened Twitter/X app.
- Basic search with keywords. Failed.
- Used advanced search: specified user `JJWatt`, added keywords. Failed.
- Scrolled endlessly through his timeline. Failed (and got bored).
- Tried different keyword variations. Failed.
- Searched via Google using site specific command. Failed.
In the end, I never found that exact tweet. Maybe I imagined it? Or maybe it got deleted? Who knows. But it was a whole process, you know? Made me think about how much content is out there, just floating around. You see something cool, it makes an impression, and then poof, it’s buried under a million other posts. Kinda wild.
Anyway, that was my little adventure trying to dig up an old J.J. Watt tweet. Didn’t quite get what I wanted, but hey, that’s how it goes sometimes. Just another day messing around online.
