What You Do With Your Grocery Store Shopping Cart Reveals A Lot About You As A Person

Of course, social media is full of theories. And in May 2020 one particular Twitter user got everyone talking by sharing a unique hypothesis. Only it didn’t involve politics or any of the other usual hot button topics that usually brings the keyboard warriors out in full force. No, this one revolves around a shopping cart. And the theory refers to what you do with yours at the grocery store. Apparently, it determines whether you’re good or bad at heart.

So where did this proposition originally come from? Well, it was reportedly first posted on 4Chan – one of the internet’s most notorious message boards. It’s not known exactly who the first frequenter of the controversial forum to share the theory was. But we do know who helped it to find a wider audience on Twitter.

A man named Jared from Atlanta got everyone tweeting when he posted a message in May 2020. It read, “I can’t ******* stop thinking about the shopping cart theory.” Jared then shared the shopping cart theory that had been dominating his thoughts every waking hour.

To say that Jared's tweet went viral would be something of an understatement. Pretty soon, the Atlanta resident’s message had amassed over 200,000 retweets. And not just that: it had received an even more astonishing tally of nearly 700,000 likes!

Jared’s seemingly innocuous post also sparked a mass debate on the social media platform. And like many Twitter discussions, the response was divisive to say the least. Of course, the humble shopping cart isn’t the only aspect of a supermarket trip that can spark a heated conversation.