Chivelord is a Fraud

[u/Late-Bed4240]

It was point out in his last post by u/ehsteve23. Day 23 and Day 31 are the same.

[u/wrestlegirl]

Mods are aware of this post & are discussing.

Please keep this whole thing civil.

EDIT 5: f1exican's apology & explanation is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/1or60zd/cutting_a_couple_of_chives_every_day_until_this/

EDIT 4: We have heard from f1exican. Further information coming later today.

EDIT 3: Reports on this post are being autoapproved, same as the chive posts. It's staying up. Why are people trying to shit on everyone else's fun again??

EDIT 2: See this post with further image comparison: https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/1oqzxvn/chivelord_is_a_fraud/nnmukrn/

EDIT:

I rotated and resized the images to line them up, anchored the two with Day 31 on top at 50% opacity, anchored the two via the chive on the far right that I've circled.

I don't think they're exact matches. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.

[u/thenextbrain]

Where were you when the news of Chivegate broke?

I imagine my grandchildren will ask me this one day.

[u/lumpy_space_queenie → u/thenextbrain]

I was sitting in my garage. About to take a big bong rip. Still gonna take it now.

[u/Interesting-Goose82 → u/lumpy_space_queenie]

If you dont take that bong rip, the terrorist win!!!

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/thenextbrain]

i am in kitchen

drinking brain fluid with Pyotr

"chive is fake"

no

[u/LolaAucoin → u/thenextbrain]

I’m literally at TMS Therapy getting my brain zapped, cracking up but also crying.

[u/depressoespress → u/LolaAucoin]

I’m on a break at work as a TMS tech lmao

[u/eldfen → u/thenextbrain]

Apolgy for bad english

Where were you when chive die

I was at house eating dorito when phone ring

"Chive is kil"

"No"

[u/Cardboardoge]

Fell to my knees at Whole-Foods

[u/Trees-Are-Neat-- → u/Cardboardoge]

When my future grandchildren talk about chivegate, I can tell them I was there

[u/Sea-Cupcake-2065 → u/Trees-Are-Neat--]

We're going to be 87 years old eating potato leek soup with our grandchildren, having vietnam flashbacks of an era long forgotten, feebly attempting to flip over the table, screaming at the lukewarm soup that is nesting a garnish full of lies. "Those are the same chives from October 31st, 2025! You cant fool me, reddit!" My kid tries to subdue me as my grandchildren inject me with a tranquilizer.

[u/TwoGrizzleysOneCub → u/Cardboardoge]

[u/Moondoobious → u/Cardboardoge]

I’m absolutely grief stricken right now. I don’t know what to do with my hands. Completely gutted.

[u/wondering-bear → u/Cardboardoge]

Just saw a dude fall to his knees at a Whole Foods

[u/perublanket39]

I didnt wanna believe it but I flipped the photo and there’s no difference :(

[u/MetHalfOfSmosh → u/perublanket39]

This is like the is a Jackdaw a crow Unidan situation all over again.. I don't think i can go through this again

[u/jjcoola → u/MetHalfOfSmosh]

Oh lord I forgot about that classic Reddit hall of fame moment

[u/tosin_da_glitch → u/perublanket39]

Every gap matches

[u/Louegi → u/perublanket39]

Geesh, just when u think u know a random person… they basically just spit in ur face

[u/AgapantherX → u/perublanket39]

[u/tsadas1323423]

Chivelry is dead.

[u/just_another_dumdum → u/tsadas1323423]

Possibly the best joke of the decade

[u/FryTheDog → u/tsadas1323423]

Chivegate was worth it for this pun alone

[u/AquaboogyAssault → u/tsadas1323423]

How can you go on in your life knowing that making this joke was the absolute possible peak and it’s all downhill from here?

[u/ThatOneChiGuy → u/tsadas1323423]

This comment had no business being so fucking funny

[u/hipstellfalsehoods]

Chivegate is the most interesting thing happening in my life at the moment

[u/hauntingmeandsomehow → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

I just ran into my partner's office to break the news to him, I feel like a town crier.

[u/Sad_Birthday_1911 → u/hauntingmeandsomehow]

[u/tehmattrix → u/Sad_Birthday_1911]

The chives are a lie, the chives are a lie!

[u/RadioSlayer → u/tehmattrix]

Who made a chive cake?!

[u/Chance5e → u/RadioSlayer]

This was a triumph.

[u/ShakespearianShadows → u/Sad_Birthday_1911]

One if by land, two if one of the chives is a tree

[u/chinacatsf → u/hauntingmeandsomehow]

The way I ran upstairs to inform my husband…

[u/ConcentratedOJ → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

I subscribe to the “second slicer” on the chivey knoll theory of the case.

[u/CasuallyCompetitive → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

I'm not a chef, nor do I even cook at home. I don't know how these posts started showing up in my feed, but I'm so invested.

[u/ActofEncouragement → u/CasuallyCompetitive]

I'm with you. I cannot even figure out how this sub came on my feed and I have been reading it for a while, and now I'm all up in the chive business. They talking chive over here.

[u/personofinterest18 → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

I’m home with a newborn so this is exactly the kind of drama i need

[u/GabeSter → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

Chivegate 😭😭

[u/lycnfr]

This is so fucking funny 😭😭

[u/GabeSter → u/lycnfr]

Chivegate is going to be the worst thing to happen to chronically online Redditors since the Safe

[u/Spaghetti_Bird → u/GabeSter]

Damn. That safe still haunts me.

[u/cuntsatchel → u/Spaghetti_Bird]

Me? I’m constantly in a place of poop knife

[u/Sfjkigcnfdhu → u/GabeSter]

What’s the “safe”?

[u/proximity_account → u/Sfjkigcnfdhu]

A guy found a locked safe. Everybody got excited for what was in it. Then guy never posted again or he did and there was nothing notable in it. I don't remember because there have been multiple of them and I'm too traumatized to remember.

[u/n00bz0rz → u/proximity_account]

It was eventually opened and nothing was inside. I've not seen disappointment like it since my birth.

[u/kdjfsk → u/n00bz0rz]

There have definitely been multiple safes, it was a trend for a bit. The worst ones were just shitty promotions. Like inside the safe would be some cryptic puzzle, easily solved and it would lead to a QR code for a trendy new milk bar that sells Ovaltine or some crypto bullshit.

[u/713nikki → u/n00bz0rz]

Did your dad also nickname you “Mistake?”

[u/avoidance_behavior → u/proximity_account]

i've been chronically online for 25 years and on reddit for probably ten, and i'm flummoxed as to how tf i missed this one, lol

[u/GabeSter → u/Sfjkigcnfdhu]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/s/tHUm5VpxBE

Reddit was losing its mind and harassing someone for seven months about a safe they couldn’t open and stopped giving updates about.

Fuck that stupid safe I wish I'd never found it. I want my fucking reddit account back, the rest of the internet is shit. I just wanted to talk to somebody :'(

[u/RadioSlayer → u/Sfjkigcnfdhu]

Ask Geraldo

[u/devilishly_advocated → u/Sfjkigcnfdhu]

[u/LolaAucoin → u/lycnfr]

IS IT? Because I’m DEVASTATED.

[u/dfcw → u/lycnfr]

I’m cracking up at work rn lmao I LOVE this 😂

[u/JubilationLee]

We used to be a society

[u/mrKwarz → u/JubilationLee]

Civil, understanding even. Fighting for the same cause

[u/allthatglitterz7 → u/mrKwarz]

Chivil even 😔

[u/Gidje123 → u/allthatglitterz7]

Now we're chevil 😢😭

[u/Bardofshoosh]

Next thing you know chives the cat is ai

[u/Late-Bed4240 → u/Bardofshoosh]

Don't say that shit man, Chives the Cat is real!

[u/Bardofshoosh → u/Late-Bed4240]

What if his name isn't even Chives??

[u/TemuBritneySpears → u/Bardofshoosh]

Yeah, it’s probably named Scallions!

[u/RadioSlayer → u/TemuBritneySpears]

Also a delightful name for a cat to be fair

[u/the_thrillamilla → u/Bardofshoosh]

It is, but its pronounced Chee-vez

[u/polluted_delta → u/Bardofshoosh]

BREAKING NEWS: "Chives" the cat's real name is Scallion!

[u/GreenIdentityElement → u/Bardofshoosh]

I demand to see his birth certificate!

[u/Grrerrb → u/Bardofshoosh]

You monster

[u/suejaymostly → u/Bardofshoosh]

DON'T YOU DARE BRING MR. CHIVES INTO THIS HE IS INNOCENT

[u/HMSGreyjoy → u/Bardofshoosh]

You shut your goddamn treasonous mouth. Take a smoke break right now, Chef. Fix your shit and come back better.

[u/wazacraft → u/Bardofshoosh]

Where is Chives? Somebody get that motherfucker on the phone so I can make sense of all this!

[u/that-vault-dweller → u/Bardofshoosh]

Hey man, you trying to get whacked or something

[u/Compgeak]

It's the same. In gimp I did just perspective correction tool with matrix:
-1,2858 -0,0649 1072,0835

0,0656 -1,3689 2241,0157

0,0000 -0,0001 1,0000

You can see it's the same pile of chives, but a different photo.

Edit: sorry mods, will keep it in here to keep sub clean from spam.

[u/just_another_dumdum → u/Compgeak]

It really adds dimension to the pile. Neat effect; thanks for sharing!

[u/bakedpigeon → u/Compgeak]

Aw they’re dancing!

[u/trashpandac0llective → u/Compgeak]

Holy shit, those really are the exact same chives. F1exican, how could you? 😭

[u/Thr3no → u/Compgeak]

Why are the chives twerking to me

[u/Toasty_One]

Get this disaster over to r/subredditdrama immediately Edit:typo

[u/Eranaut → u/Toasty_One]

The Chives situation is crazy (0:12 / 10:51)

121k views

penguinz0

This is the choppiest kitchen drama of all time

read more...

[u/smalaki → u/Eranaut]

if this gets included in a penguinz0 video, include me in the screenshot please

[u/Runningwithtoast → u/Toasty_One]

You misspelled trauma.

D:

[u/HoneyCrumbs → u/Toasty_One]

You accidentally misspelled drama!

[u/Toasty_One → u/HoneyCrumbs]

Fixed! Tanks

[u/plants11235813 → u/Toasty_One]

Not sure tanks are required for this specific disaster

[u/Toasty_One → u/plants11235813]

Haven't you seen the size of some of these chives? I think tanks are a safe bet.

[u/hugahippie → u/Toasty_One]

Maybe even r/conspiracy this runs deep…

[u/Zabdiel]

guys... I don't feel so good....

[u/Lovely_LeVell → u/Zabdiel]

[u/Ch3ks]

u/KarmaKrazi

Time to land the planes on the runway this time bud.

[u/SnooSongs8319 → u/Ch3ks]

Also, quick, someone find the lovely person who is handcrafting an embroidered Chivelord as Sisyphus & let's get it changed to Icarus

[u/DM_ME_DOPAMINE → u/SnooSongs8319]

Burnt chives, send it back :(

[u/born_at_kfc → u/Ch3ks]

That was a runway joke? I thought it was a 9/11 joke this whole time

[u/gutster_95]

I feel scammed

[u/Kakaochen → u/gutster_95]

If we can't trust the chives, what can we trust?

This whole life is a lie?

[u/ThisThredditor]

now THIS is the autism I come to reddit for

[u/cotton-candy-dreams → u/ThisThredditor]

Pattern: recognized 🧐

[u/simple_champ → u/ThisThredditor]

Day 1 of taking Tylenol until I can prove there is a massive chive related conspiracy unfolding on Reddit

[u/ehsteve23 → u/ThisThredditor]

guy asks people to look at his photos in great detail, gets caught out by someone noticing the detail 

[u/TheHumanPickleRick]

u/F1exican! u/F1exican! Do you have any comment on these allegations?

[u/born_at_kfc → u/TheHumanPickleRick]

Bro was under pressure when the whole sub had a meltdown on what was probably his day off. He tried to give the people what they wanted

[u/Ill-Honeydew-9446 → u/TheHumanPickleRick]

You were my hero chef

[u/TheHumanPickleRick → u/Ill-Honeydew-9446]

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to change the water in Buck Nasty's mama's dish.

[u/Sea-Flamingo1969]

I know understand how Obi Wan feels...

[u/Champagne_of_piss → u/Sea-Flamingo1969]

IT'S OVER F1EXICAN

I HAVE THE CHIVE GROUND

[u/mattchewy43 → u/Champagne_of_piss]

You were supposed to cut the chives, not join them!

[u/Vanesspresso → u/mattchewy43]

Now he’s going to be burnt to a crisp.

[u/ceebeefour]

There was a leek…

[u/LolaAucoin → u/ceebeefour]

I just cackled.

[u/SinisterDirge → u/ceebeefour]

That’s just, like, your oponion man.

[u/Universe_Nut]

[u/LionBig1760]

This throws every chive post into question now.

It is, plain and simple, chive dishonesty.

How can we trust any future chive posts after this? I haven't felt this betrayed since Colin Powell presented evidence of WMDs in front of the United Nations in order to justify the US invasion of Iraq.

[u/AdUnable6415 → u/LionBig1760]

this chivewashing must stop

[u/July_Sandwich → u/LionBig1760]

Were they even chives??

[u/ovalteenjenkinzz]

I've had one of the worst weeks at work (I don't work in a kitchen, just saying) but this..... THIS is what will send me over the edge.

[u/thunderrubmles → u/ovalteenjenkinzz]

And then we're getting chive gate at the end of the week. No respect no more

[u/ooctavio → u/thunderrubmles]

I cracked a cold one to help me cope with the week. Now I need a chaser, I am in shambles

[u/Gratefully-Undead]

Were WE the chives all along?

[u/bomdiagata → u/Gratefully-Undead]

the real chives were the chives we chived along the way

[u/saltjello]

I think i’m going to vomit…

[u/greenline_chi → u/saltjello]

This world is so corrupt

[u/LolaAucoin → u/saltjello]

I’m so sad.

[u/Nohandsmc]

False idols and what not

Too close to the sun

Hubris!

[u/devilishly_advocated → u/Nohandsmc]

[u/hugahippie]

WHY DO YOU THINK I WAS ASKING FOR A VIDEO. Too good to be true.

[u/greenline_chi → u/hugahippie]

You could have saved us from this devastation

[u/Pretty_Study_526 → u/hugahippie]

I'm sorry I downvoted you I regret everything

[u/hugahippie → u/Pretty_Study_526]

It’s ok, deep down I was hoping he was everything we thought he was.

[u/matolandio]

post still here? it's up-removed-up-removed-up?

[u/tehjoz → u/matolandio]

Internal debate, this post was restored.

[u/lumpy_space_queenie → u/tehjoz]

Thank you to the mods for being transparent!! Also happy for the distraction from current events in the US.

[u/LucidAnimal]

[u/DesperateLawyer5902]

Maybe he is testing us and we succeeded

[u/QueenAlexstrasza]

Need to fight the urge to call someone who doesn’t have any idea about this subreddit to share this heartbreaking news

[u/Wolfhart_Kaine → u/QueenAlexstrasza]

I've never worked a day in my life inside a professional kitchen, but I somehow landed on the chives saga and been following since almost day 1.

My greatest heartbreak, other than the farse itself, is that I have nobody that I can share this with that won't think I'm completely insane.

Genuinely, this would be me:

[u/NonGameCatharsis]

We need somebody with image forensics skills to investigate this matter

[u/StinkyNutzMcgee → u/NonGameCatharsis]

[u/Mauginthestonepilot]

This post is how my husband and I found out we were both separately following chive guy. Now we can grieve together!

[u/matolandio → u/Mauginthestonepilot]

that's honestly so freaking wholesome

[u/Anshin]

Nobody tell Chives, he's innocent and doesn't need to know this

[u/seniairam]

[u/Taco5106]

He finally realized perfection in the eyes of others is an illusion.

Great work, chef. Now you’re ready to make history.

[u/jfsindel]

Goddamn, I was here for the Chive Empire Rise and Fall of this subreddit.

The Chive/11, if you will.

[u/Stinkymansausage]

This is a fucking great end to this. Love it, no notes.

[u/Due_Agent_6033 → u/Stinkymansausage]

Would you say it’s…..perfect?

[u/hipstellfalsehoods]

No way they already removed it 😔

Edit: we’re so back

[u/wrestlegirl → u/hipstellfalsehoods]

The post was hidden for a few minutes while we reviewed the claim, I restored it in under 10 minutes.

[u/plotthick → u/wrestlegirl]

The true hero of the day

[u/abstract_lemons]

U/Sandybadlands posted about this too. Mods deleted it.

f1exican duped us. Strip them of their chivelord status!

[u/exquisite_corpse_wit → u/abstract_lemons]

[u/AlkaliBurry → u/abstract_lemons]

Yes. Strip them of their chivelord status and allow a new (real) chivelord to come forth!

[u/mmmmmmmary → u/AlkaliBurry]

“Look at me. I’m the chivelord now”

[u/NoInspector009]

Eh, it was bound to happen with all the pressure, difficulty acquiring chives everyday, and the whole thing being one long shit post. 

I’m just happy for the entertainment in these trying times

[u/dfcw → u/NoInspector009]

We need to stay focused. It’s the 1% against us. Chivelord is not innocent, but he is not the enemy 😂

[u/LuckyAndLifted → u/dfcw]

This is the true nuanced take we all need

[u/jonnysniper333]

[u/Corner_6126]

[u/Kromting]

You lied to us? You could've just skipped a day chef

[u/__joseph_]

They hit the fucking pentagon

[u/KarmaKrazi]

[u/Phoexes]

[u/Known-Relationship71]

What a let down. I looked forward to this.

[u/LolaAucoin]

I’m going to need a ramp or an olive jacuzzi to sit in while I consider what my life has become.

[u/goth_nachos]

Suggested by u/burnt-----toast, I ran the images through Photoshop's stacking feature which is typically used for panoramas, macro photography, exposure blending, etc. Photoshop will automatically stack similarities when asked, which is what I did here. I adjust nothing except the opacity of the top layer.

As seen by the skewed edges on the top layer, these photos are of an identical subject, just flipped and at a different angle, and cropped. They are not the same photograph, but are almost positively the same same pile. This is not easy to share with you all, and I am sorry to bear this news.

[u/Affectionate_Refuse4]

[u/ASassyTitan]

I came here from r/all

I'm just a simple home cook, but I've been watching our chive lord each day to see when he finally gets the perfect cut.

My day is ruined

[u/Shleeves90]

Flexican looking out their window right now

[u/-Gimli-SonOfGloin-]

WASN’T CONSISTENCY THE GOAL ALL ALONG?

[u/Rzm_w_tsm]

WE’VE BEEN SMECKLEDORFED!

[u/Thebeanboss]

This SUCKS! Finally something fun to look forward too and it's all a fucking FRAUD.

As is life I guess

[u/AwkwardUmpire5837]

Snapped out of my bed rotting, put a shirt on backwards and inside out to run and tell my roommate the great and terrible news Neither of us work or have worked in kitchens, yet we are still so damn invested it’s ridiculous

[u/leggywillow]

Me, not in the industry, running to my spouse who is not in the food service industry or even on Reddit: “babe, you have to see this, the food service industry subreddit is in shambles”

[u/yobrefas]

I think people saw this coming when he had trouble sourcing chives.

I’m willing to forgive it. He kept us entertained.

[u/EverythingComputer1 → u/yobrefas]

Think about this next time you see a person you think is together, behind the scenes they could be having trouble sourcing chives and desperately trying to cover up that fact to 100k people every day.

[u/Grrerrb → u/EverythingComputer1]

Under the surface just paddling frantically

[u/sakronin]

My heart

[u/Ryermeke]

Nothing is allowed to simply be good in this world any more.

[u/goth_nachos]

It can’t end like this. It can’t.

[u/madethisonmycakeday]

Omg did chivelord do 9/11

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Everyone remain calm. We can discuss this like chive-ilized adults.

[u/master_roshi001]

[u/lcw32]

[u/mark636199]

[u/zkDredrick]

Pitchforks, get your pitchforks! Only $7.99!

This was a series where the entire point was to have people scrutinize every inch of the photos. There's no way that F1x could think nobody was going to notice.

[u/CrockettWav]

I haven’t told my wife about chive guy, and it’s gotten too spicy to start now I’m afraid.

[u/Pumpkinmatrix]

NOOOO! You mean to tell me that a karma farming account is repurposing content to farm more karma?!

I am appalled.

[u/Silent_plans]

Ugh. What's left for us to believe in?

[u/-MVP]

Sounds like /u/F1exican is going to be in /r/Karmacourt soon

[u/mangongo]

I am so here for Chivegate 2025 

[u/deadboltwolf]

[u/jankyperson]

I knew it was going to say someone needs to really look In to this but you all were for it so I didn’t want to wreck your time. Lol but he did everyone wrong . And did roses chives wrong

[u/Yuop15]

[u/jcftw61]

We won’t see you tomorrow chef

[u/Rouxman]

Sigh. That little sign in my therapist’s office that says “Days Since Last Bad News” is gonna stay at 0 I guess 😔

[u/FraeuleinSerpentine]

Reading the comments in suspense. If chive lord is a fraud, then what's this all been about?!?! Why are we even here anymore 😭

[u/zero_dr00l]

Dayyyyuuuum.

I just downloaded both pics, rotated one, and....

holy. fucking. shit.

They're the same.

You're a monster, chiveman.

[u/Rom_ulus0]

oh no, the provenance of the chive shitposter is unreliable. shiet man if it were me i would've at least ruffled the pile around with my hand and get a few good different ones that way

[u/BrennanBetelgeuse]

Noooo he got Milkshake Duck'd in barely a month 😭

[u/rdmreads]

I’ve never been so invested in the drama of a sub I haven’t even joined

(I just like that Reddit knows to put this stuff on my feed)

[u/Virginity_Lost_Today]

[u/HayzuesKreestow]

I just threw up at my desk

[u/Sicparvismagneto]

First off HOW DARE YOU!!!

[u/vietnams666]