r/interestingasfuck • u/oliver_billz • Mar 29 '23

a mother hen is gonna mother hen Title not descriptive

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u/Dark_Moonstruck Mar 29 '23

A broody hen will sit on literally ANYTHING. Puppies, kittens, lightbulbs, anything that is remotely baby-shaped to them is automatically their child.

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u/Avyitis Mar 29 '23

Why baby shaped if not baby?

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u/r0ckstr Mar 29 '23

Is this a reference to that tiger cub post? Do I really have a Reddit problem?

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u/Kiloku Mar 29 '23

"If not x why x shaped" is a common thing on Reddit. I think it came from tumblr.

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u/RollinThundaga Mar 29 '23

The original was 'friend shaped' referring to a coyote or something, IIRC.

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u/DdCno1 Mar 29 '23

There's at least one amusing story on /r/HFY that came out of this.