The Viral Sh*t Talking Post That Wouldn’t End: My Internet Infamy

The internet is a weird place. One minute, you’re just fixing your car before work, and the next, you’re the center of a viral sh*tstorm that just won’t die. That’s exactly what happened to me thanks to one of the most infamous automotive meme posts to circulate Reddit and the car scene.

Let me take you back to how it all started.

A Normal Morning… Before the Chaos

At the time, I was working as a Ferrari / Maserati specialist and one morning I was in the garage before heading to work when I noticed my fender was buckled in, rubbing against my tire. If you know low cars, you already know what happens when a rolled fender gets caught while turning. Not a big deal, I grabbed a claw hammer and pulled it back out.

Simple. Functional. Effective.

My boyfriend at the time thought it was hilarious that I was out there in my suit dress, handling business, so he took a pic. I reposted it later with a sarcastic caption, thinking nothing of it.

Then, the internet did what the internet does.

The Meme That Wouldn’t Die

Some random dude in the scene decided that this was meme-worthy and took my post completely out of context. Before I knew it, a Reddit thread appeared, and people were ripping me apart for daring to use a claw hammer on my car.

Never mind that I actually knew what I was doing.
Never mind that it worked.
Never mind that men do stupid sh*t to fix cars all the time without getting flamed for it.

The post blew up. It spread like wildfire across the internet. Memes, comments, reposts, and straight-up harassment followed.

The Internet’s Finest Keyboard Warriors

And of course, because it’s the internet, the comments got horrific.

🚗 Death threats.
🚗 Misogynistic insults.
🚗 People questioning if I even owned a car.
🚗 Harassment for months.

All of this over a fender pull before work. LOL.

At first, I was annoyed, then I was pissed, and finally, I just had to laugh at the sheer stupidity of it all. The amount of time and energy grown men and women spent trying to dunk on a woman fixing her own car was honestly hilarious.

But here’s the thing: I didn’t disappear.

Turning Viral Hate Into a Power Move

Most people might have backed off after dealing with weeks of online harassment, but I doubled down. Instead of letting the internet define me as some “girl who doesn’t know what she’s doing,” I kept building, kept working, and kept proving them wrong.

Today, I run Garage Girls Jewelry—a brand that unapologetically celebrates women in car culture. Because guess what?

🔥 We fix our own sh*t (if we want to)
🔥 We build our own cars.

The moral of the story? The internet can be ruthless, but your passion will always win in the end.

So to all the dudes still mad about my claw hammer moment all these years later… y’all good? 🤣

Have You Ever Gone Viral for the Wrong Reasons?

If you’ve ever been flamed, drop your story in the comments. Let’s swap war stories.