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Mount St. Helens Is Really Erupting On Social Media

The mountain saw a post singing the praises of Mount Shasta and declared that the California mountain "looks like a little bitch to me."
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Steam erupts from Mount St. Helens in this 2004 photo.
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The social media account for the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington State erupted on Wednesday after someone suggested there might be a better mountain in the continental United States.

The mountain saw a tweet by meteorologist Rob Carlmark singing the praises of Mount Shasta and immediately blew a gasket, saying the California mountain “looks like a little bitch to me.”

The volcano told Carlmark to “suck my ash hole” in a follow-up post.

Mount St. Helens shading of Shasta immediately attracted attention from lovers of other mountains, which led to more salty comments from the volcano.

Things got down and dirty for a while.

But Mount St. Helens mounted quite an offensive defense against all comers.

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