About
“Tendies” is a slang term for “chicken tenders” that is often featured in green text stories featuring a twenty-something man who lives at his mother’s home and demands she cook him “tendies” in exchange for “good boy points.”
Origin
On January 17th, 2015 /r9k/ (robot 9000) board
Spread
On January 25th, Mumsnet[2] user Janice1975 submitted a post to the parenting message board asking for advice on how to deal with her 22-year-old son who exchanges “good boy points” for “tendies.” The post was subsequently deleted. On January 26th, a screenshot of the post was submitted to the /r/4chan[3] subreddit, where it gained over 1,000 votes (92% upvoted) and 70 comments in 48 hours.
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The same day, a green text story was submitted to the /r9k/ board about a son who urinates all over his mother and her boyfriend in order to get tendies (shown below). On January 26th, a screenshot of the post was submitted to the /r/4chan[5] subreddit, where it received more than 1,300 votes (93% upvoted) in the first 24 hours.
On January 26th, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a “Chicken Tendies General” thread to the /ck/[4] (cooking) board.
Search Interest
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External References
[3]Reddit – Robots mom and the GBP
[4]Warosu – Chicken Tendies General
[5]Reddit – Robot gets his revenge
