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#McChicken
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About
#McChicken is a Twitter hashtag referring to a video of a man masturbating with a bread bun, purportedly taken from a McChicken sandwich ordered at the fast food restaurant McDonald's. The shock video was widely discussed online after it began circulating on social media in late August 2016, becoming a subject of mockery in communities like Black Twitter.
Origin
On August 27th, 2016, a 7-second video of a man vigorously masturbating between a McDonald's hamburger bun began circulating on Vine.[1] Although the original video was subsequently removed, mirrors were immediately reuploaded on a variety of websites. Additionally, a censored, audio-only version was uploaded by YouTuber TheCrazyGinger (shown below).
Spread
That evening, the video began circulating on Twitter, leading the hashtag #McChicken[7] to trend worldwide on the social networking site.
![Arthur's Fist hrznひJefferyひleader& @HrznLMN Follow When you click the #McChicken trend thinking you finna get a discount, but you see why it's really trending 12:27 PM 28 Aug 2016 わt3. 380 516](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/164/896/5b4.jpg)
!["We going viral tonight baby" Spongebob CATCHPHRASE JONES @TySenpai Follow "We going viral tonight baby, bout to drop that tape on the timeline'·#McChicken 6:22 AM -28 Aug 2016 다 577 689](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/164/901/33d.jpg)
!["Be My McChicken" jack @scobes Follow "be my mcchicken" 12:09 PM-28 Aug 2016 わt3899 1,162](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/164/897/e68.jpg)
Additionally, several celebrities tweeted about the trending hashtag, including actor Seth Rogen and comedian Hannibal Buress (shown below).
![Hannibal Buress Tweet Hannibal Buress @hannibalburess Follow My lense is messed up because I saw Mcchicken trendin and saw the vid and thought "this can't be it" and started looking for something else 5:38 AM - 28 Aug 2016 わ다 161 681](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/164/903/5d9.jpg)
![Seth Rogen's Sausage Party Tweet Seth Rogen @Sethrogen I really hope that Sausage Party in no way inspired this #McChicken thing 8:55 PM 28 Aug 2016 3,518雙7,728](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/164/909/b12.jpg)
On August 28th, the video was sticked to the front page of the /r/BlackPeopleTwitter[6] subreddit. Meanwhile, Twitch user FragileHedgehogVoHiYo looked up why the hashtag was trending during a live stream and inadvertently showed the uncensored McChicken video to his entire audience.[3] On YouTube, several vloggers posted reactions to the video (shown below).
Also on August 28th, Urban Dictionary[2] user A Random My Guy submitted an entry for "McChicken," defining it as "when as person takes a McChicken and starts to jerk themselves off." In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the masturbation video, including BroBible,[9] The Mirror,[10] Yahoo! News,[11] Mashable,[12] Inquisitr[13] and UpRoxx.[14]
Search Interest
External References
[1] Vine – original video
[2] Urban Dictionary – McChicken
[3] Reddit – streamer checks why McChicken is trending
[4] IAFD – Video Review – #McChicken
[5] Reddit – MagnaFarce
[6] Reddit – Source of the #McChicken memes
[7] Twitter – #McChicken
[8] Reddit – What is the #mcchicken and why is it trending currently
[9] BroBible – The Internet Reacts To Video Of Man Having Sex With A McChicken Sandwich
[10] The Mirror – Man films himself having sex with a McChicken sandwich
[11] Yahoo! News – The terrible reason #McChicken is trending on Twitter
[12] Mashable – The terrible reason #McChicken is trending on Twitter
[13] Inquisitr – Hes Really Lovin It
[14] UpRoxx – Everyone Regrets Checking To See Why The McChicken Is Trending Right Now
Top Comments
Alcatéia
Aug 29, 2016 at 02:07PM EDT
Max Power
Aug 29, 2016 at 03:05PM EDT