Get ready to cringe at (or fall in love with) your past self. Twitter is celebrating its eighth birthday [1] with a tool called First Tweet [2] that — you guessed it — reveals the pithy message that stole your Twitter virginity.

Enter any username (yours, your best friend's, your boyfriend's, etc.) to discover what their first was. We've included some outstanding Twitter initiations here, but feel free to leave us your favorites in the comments.

Thanks for the inspiration @ASmith83 [3] & @Sllambe [4] - I'll take it from here... #tweetsfromhillary [5]

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013 [6]

My first tweet, peeps. I apologize in advance for my slow learning curve. Nice to (sort of) meet you. It's amazing how quickly 140 charac

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) November 16, 2009 [7]

Tis my first twitt-er. Or tweet? Twit? Or tweet? "Twit or tweet everybody." Is this anything?

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 10, 2009 [8]

Warren is in the house.

— Warren Buffett (@WarrenBuffett) May 2, 2013 [9]

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