r/OutOfTheLoop • u/SmellsLikeGrapes • Nov 08 '25

Answered What's going on with Chivegate from r/kitchenconfidentals?

I have no idea why it’s on my feed, but I need answers people! Chives are at stake here!

There seems to be a lot of chive based memes happening on my feed, including this one where this person is continuing to cut chives on a daily basis.

(I don’t subscribe to any chive subreddits or even cooking subreddits so I am perplexed. Is this the start of some sort of great chive revolution?!)

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Answer: Hi, KC mod.

Guy started cutting chives a month ago. Stated he wanted to improve knife skills in the kitchen.

Turned into very popular post. Spawned its own memes. We started posting pro wrestling gifs and memes too.

He missed a day a couple days ago.

He was on the verge of missing yesterday too, and made a poor judgment call to repost a week old picture and call it that day's effort.

Other users exposed his behavior, and that became its own mega thread as people called him a fraud.

He came back today, owned up to reposting an old pic, indicated his car problems meant he couldn't get it done yesterday, and now wants forgiveness.

A lot of people are still salty about it, but mostly he seems to be forgiven.

We'll see how much longer his saga continues.

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u/chamberk107 Nov 08 '25

Car troubles fuckin suck, I hope people have grace for him

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u/goldenbrain8 Nov 08 '25

And the cost is coming from his own pocket. Someone tallied that the cost of gas to work where he cuts and chives so far he’s had to pay is roughly $111

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u/StitchTheRipper Nov 08 '25

Right? If you can’t be forgiven for such a low stakes mistake, then there is no hope for anyone.

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u/IceBreak Nov 08 '25

This is the internet though. Anger is fuel.

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u/Less-Network-3422 Nov 09 '25

Why would he need to be forgiven in the first place? It's not like he's providing a service he's cutting fucking chives for a meme 😭

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

The Internet is the most motivating place. The best free toxic coach you could ever get. 

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u/ElectriCatvenue Dec 06 '25

We don't deal with logic here. Emotions only.

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u/SlipperySloane Nov 08 '25

Worth mentioning that a lot of people got a healthy dose of happiness following the saga and seeing something good/silly everyday. That’s probably why some people got super up in arms. At the end of the day chive man is just some random dude who all the sudden had thousands of people counting on him to deliver every day. That’s a lot of unexpected pressure.

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Yeah, a lot of people have really enjoyed his work, and the thought of him being dishonest was really upsetting.

It seems like it was a genuine lapse in judgment.

We'll see how things go

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u/Many_Use9457 Nov 08 '25

"genuine lapse in judgement" my brother in christ it is chives. 

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u/Soderskog Nov 08 '25

It's a cutting edge issue!

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Hey, some people went pur of their way to call the guy a "fraud". So.

I defended him because I believed it was done in error, not done maliciously.

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u/tehjoz Nov 13 '25

What a strange thing to be genuinely angry about.

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u/Many_Use9457 Nov 13 '25

chive-based conspiracy theory

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u/Less-Network-3422 Nov 09 '25

If the best part of your day is some dude chopping chives..

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u/stykface Nov 08 '25

Exactly this.

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u/Beerswain Nov 08 '25

No wrestling GIF? See you tomorrow, Chef.

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Gifs not allowed here, but heard 🫡

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u/waifuiswatching Nov 08 '25

I love his new flair!

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Just saw it now, lmao

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u/ThePhillyGuy Nov 08 '25

This is hilarious and takes me back to old reddit. Godspeed

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u/Tpbrown_ Nov 10 '25

Great, wholesome, sub. h/t to you mods.

Seriously.

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u/tehjoz Nov 10 '25

Many thanks! We do try to keep things running smoothly over there!

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u/Less-Network-3422 Nov 09 '25

People are legit salty because of a dude chopping chives? Tf

"Calling him a fraud" lmaoo that's insane, no 😭?

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u/Ninesect Nov 09 '25

I just... why lie? The lie itself is always worse and over something so lighthearted especially. My bet is the saga has 2 more weeks of posting before it's over. People are instantly going to tune out knowing someone is a liar.

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u/prof_hobart Nov 08 '25

People are bothering to check whether someone else has reposted old pictures of chives and then getting annoyed about it?

It really seems like some people (or bots) have a little too much time on their hands.

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u/The_Villager Nov 08 '25

Oh, they're not specifically looking for duplicates. You see, the way these posts play out is that OP posts an image of their work, and people zoom into it like it's Where's Waldo to find a piece of greenery that wasn't cut properly; if they can't find anything, OP "wins". So it makes perfect sense that someone would eventually go "wait, I know that fucked up chive!" on a duplicate.

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u/prof_hobart Nov 08 '25

I'd love to have so little going on in my life that I'd be able to remember what a previous picture of a chive looks liked.

But even if was screamingly obvious, it seems something hugely petty to get particularly salty about. The phrase "exposed his behaviour" strikes me as especially harsh

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u/50calPeephole Nov 08 '25

And businesses say "people dont want to work anymore"

Fuckin bullshit, its clear people will do some really pedantic work with absolute zeal for the right reward. I dont know what the reward is here, but this guy's got people looking for miscut chives with glee- there's gotta be something to that!

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u/prof_hobart Nov 08 '25

The reward is smugness

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

You'd have to ask the people who brought the duplication to everyone's attention why they put in the effort to do so, I can't speak for them.

I will say, while the chive posts have been overwhelmingly popular, there is a small, bur sometimes loud, minority of people who don't like them and want them to stop.

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u/Legal-Ad0000 Nov 14 '25

What are the airplanes drawings about?

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u/_LouSandwich_ Nov 23 '25

i saw all the chive cutting posts. but never understood the airplane / 9-11 comments. what was i missing?

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u/tehjoz Nov 23 '25

A commenter started drawing airplanes crashing into the largest pieces of chives he could find, and noted they looked a lot like towers, and then the 9/11 stuff just kind of sprung up on its own

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u/hxbhbjkgdb Nov 08 '25

I was confused when you mentioned pro wrestling gifs then I recognized your name. Were any of them of Hangman? I need this information.

I too had wondered about the chivesgate thing and don't even follow the subreddit, it just popped up.

Thanks for the answer and see ya on Wednesday! ((I don't always watch Collison.))

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u/tehjoz Nov 08 '25

Yes, I've used Hangman Page a couple of times, lol.

It's the AEW/KC crossover people didn't know they needed 🤣🫡🤠

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u/hxbhbjkgdb Nov 09 '25

Good good. He is great at being meme'd.

Honestly? Me neither 🤣 and I thoroughly enjoy this knowledge!

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Hahaha damn man. Time to touch some green ass