Poop Knife
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About
Poop Knife refers to the jokes made about a story posted to the /r/confessions subreddit in which a man tells of how he discovered that not every household has a knife specifically for the purpose of cutting up large fecal matter.
Origin
On January 9th, 2018, Reddit user LearnedButt[1] posted a thread to /r/confessions titled "[Light] I was 22 years old when I learned that not every family has a poop knife." In the story, the user tells about his family takes large poops, and had a knife dedicated for breaking up those poops when they wouldn't flush. When he was 22, he took a large poop at a friend's apartment and asked for a poop knife, leading to his embarrassment. Furthermore, he continued to have a poop knife in his house which his wife used, unknowingly, to open packages, thinking it was a utility knife. the post gained over 26,000 upvotes.
Precursor
On January 14th, 2014, Redditor[8] gobbluth69 posted a story regarding "poop scissors" in the /r/AskReddit subreddit. The post received more tahn 3,600 points in four years.
Spread
The concept of a dedicated utensil for breaking up fecal matter had appeared on Reddit prior to the LearnedButt post,[2] but the LearnedButt story brought the attention of news and humor blogs. On January 12th, the post was uploaded to The Chive.[3] On January 15th, the post was uploaded to the blog pizzabottle,[4] which also included comments of people saying they too were familiar with the concept of poop knives (shown below). Buzzfeed covered the story on the 16th.[5]
On January 12th, Imgur[7] user Perfizilla created several photoshopped images of swords, giving them poop-themed names. These images were later compiled in a post by Cheezburger.[6]
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External References
[1] /r/Confessions: [Light] I was 22 years old when I learned that not every family has a poop knife.
[2] Reddit – Guy and his friends marvel over his unflushable turd.
[3] The Chive – Guy reveals bizarre story of how he grew up using a ‘Poop Knife’
[4] Pizza Bottle – Apparently A Lot Of People Have ‘Poop Knives’ And They’re Worse Than You Think
[5] Buzzfeed – I Just Learned What A Poop Knife Is And I Refuse To Suffer Alone
[6] Imgur – Apparently Imgur likes poop knives, here's some poop knife inspired work I did instead of actual work because I have the flu
[7] Cheezburger – Guy's Humiliating Story About What A Poop Knife Is Leaves Internet In Tears
[8] Reddit – poop scissors
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Jan 31, 2018 at 03:07PM EST
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