A conversation between “jerk chicken” (a chicken that’s a jerk) and “chicken tender” (a chicken with tender feelings) probably would not go well. This was posted on Twitter by Fool on The Hill on December 18, 2020:
Jerk chicken: Shut the fuck up
Chicken Tender: *just starts crying*
Twitter
Fool on The Hill
@prodigal_bran
Jerk chicken: Shut the fuck up
Chicken Tender: *just starts crying*
10:22 PM · Dec 18, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
≌ ian ⨺
@saltwater_Ian
Jerk chicken: “I’m better than you for these reasons”.
Chicken Tender: “I like EMO”.
5:19 AM · Dec 19, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Trademichael Dave
@CarmichaelDave
Chicken Tender: Heyyyyyyy
Jerk Chicken: [Reversed hand with middle finger extended]
8:50 PM · Dec 8, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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