Chive Fraud: The Absurd Quest for Online Perfection
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Resources & Recommendations
Books
- "Greeking Out: Tales of the Underworld" (Nat Geo Kids) - A book featuring spooky, scary, and fun stories from around the world, including ill-advised kidnappings and death-defying heroes.
Podcasts
- "Is Business Broken?" (BU's Questrom Institute) - A podcast that explores questions about business, such as executive compensation.
Websites & Online Resources
- kitchen confidential subreddit - A subreddit for food professionals where users ask for feedback on their culinary skills, including chopping chives.
- Life Pro Tips (LPT) subreddit - A subreddit for sharing tips to improve one's life.
- unethical life pro tips (ULPT) subreddit - A subreddit dedicated to tips that improve life, possibly at the expense of others or with questionable legality.
- heavy machinery subreddit - A subreddit where a user sought advice on moving large pallets of margarine.
- ask chemistry subreddit - A subreddit where a user inquired about dissolving margarine without a trace.
- diet subreddit - A subreddit where a user asked about the health effects of consuming a large amount of margarine daily.
- off grid subreddit - A subreddit where a user asked about struggles faced by newcomers to off-grid living.
- San Gabriel, California, heavy equipment machine rental - A location mentioned in a user's inquiry about renting heavy machinery.
- Death Valley National Park subreddit - A subreddit where a user inquired about beautiful areas and being present at night in Death Valley.
- side hustle subreddit - A subreddit where a user sought ideas for earning additional income, and their margarine-related activities were referenced.
- anarchy rice subreddit - A subreddit where a user made a post hinting at an impending event related to the margarine saga.
Organizations & Institutions
- MathWorks - Creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
- BU's Questrom Institute - Produces the "Is Business Broken?" podcast.
- WBUR - Supports this podcast.
- Boston Pops - Presents holiday pops concerts.
- Nat Geo Kids - Publisher of "Greeking Out: Tales of the Underworld."
People Mentioned
- f1xican (Flexican/Chive Man) - A Reddit user who gained notoriety for consistently posting photos of chopped chives on the kitchen confidential subreddit, seeking perfection.
- occasionally vertical - A Reddit user who posted bizarre inquiries across multiple subreddits about moving, burying, dissolving, and consuming large quantities of margarine.
- Autumn Olsen - A former Air Force linguist and consultant who extensively researched the "occasionally vertical" Reddit posts and provided a detailed summary.
Other Resources
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese - A brand that has capitalized on the "Chive Man" phenomenon by referencing it in their posts.
- A news story from 2011 about a guy in Iowa who stole a trailer full of margarine - A real-world event referenced by a Redditor in the context of the "occasionally vertical" posts.