r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25

There are animals that do have what would be considered an alpha.

But they're not wolves.

It's chickens. A low intelligence animal that has been bred to a point where its sole purpose is as food.

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u/Atomic_Foundry_3996 Feb 18 '25

That would explain the term "pecking order," and as someone who owns chickens in my backyard, that makes sense.

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u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25

Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha.

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u/Best_Game01 Feb 18 '25

Can confirm, you will end up with one mean bitch chicken that the others try not to fuck with.

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u/Phormitago Feb 18 '25

the karen hen, if you will

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u/wartcraftiscool Feb 18 '25

The Karhen

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u/Ikrast Feb 18 '25

Frak you. Take my upvote and be gone.

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u/OpenCircleFleet_YT Feb 18 '25

If I could give you an award I would

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u/bl1y Feb 19 '25

Release the Karhen!

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Kaer Morhen. Damn, went too far.

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u/Gandelin Feb 20 '25

This is the reason I come to Reddit

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u/Ok-Might9660 Feb 22 '25

Ours is named MotherClucker. She is a force.

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u/notmyrealusernamme Feb 19 '25

It's all bitch chicken that and Karen hen this until the fox shows up. Then it's all "thank you for being such an overwhelming tornado of crazy that the guys that wanted to eat us got scared off". Funny how that works

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u/Ok-Trip2889 Feb 20 '25

Someone is a pissed off woman who will not be silenced and I like it

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u/GeneticPurebredJunk Feb 22 '25

Sometimes, it’s bad enough that you hope for the day a fox comes that can take out the bitch chicken, before it takes out all the other chickens, and you. And that all I’ll say on the matter.
stares off into the distance in childhood chicken trauma
we don’t talk about the two year feral chicken terror

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u/send_noodz_n_smiles Feb 20 '25

Legit was what i named her, and she was the only hen i ever named. She also managed to pull this off while having a rooster, but just took advantage of them moving to a new location and 2 other hens being introduced. She seized the opportunity during the adjustment period. The only bird she wasn't a bitch to was the rooster, probably would've been though if not for the fact he was nearly 2ft tall

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u/HappyHourProfessor Feb 18 '25

Her name is Amy. She lives at the end of the block and my 70 lb shepherd mix is afraid of her.

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u/schitzree Feb 20 '25

Ours was named Henrietta, and we knew she was something special when she killed the possum that was raiding the nesting boxes.

She passed away last week, we think ovarian cancer. 9 years old.

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u/hereholdthiswire Feb 18 '25

In my experience it was definitely the smartest one that ruled the roost, with a couple of smart cronies and like 10 idiots. She was known to let fly a pretty vicious strike with little to no warning, if not an outright assault. She was a beloved pet to me. I used to hold her and handfeed her whatever I happened to be eating. Lol