# Tendies Stories Tendies Stories are 4chan greentext tales about an adult man-child living with his mother and demanding chicken tenders in exchange for 'good boy points' earned through chores. The format exploded on /r9k/ in January 2015, with spin-off threads, Reddit crossposts, and a gender-flipped variant called Pretty Princess Points cementing it as one of the most recognizable archetypes to escape 4chan. ## Origin The archetype started as unnamed /r9k/ posts in October 2014, when the board began churning out greentexts about an autistic, overweight son terrorizing his parents over food and ranting about 'normies'[1]. The specific 'good boy points' and 'tendies' vocabulary showed up on January 19, 2015, when an /r9k/ user asked for threads about 'putting normies in their place,' and replies locked in the man-child template[4]. The tendies price point itself was formalized on January 22, 2015, when an /r9k/ poster complained that his mother had cleaned his waifu pillow and raised the GBP cost of tendies from 5 to 10[3]. The original artists stayed anonymous, as is standard for /r9k/ output. - **Platform:** 4chan /r9k/ (origin), Reddit /r/4chan (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2014 ## Overview The stories follow a tight script. An overweight twenty-something son lives with his mother, racks up 'good boy points' (GBP) for basic hygiene or chores, then redeems them for chicken tenders, which he calls 'tendies'[1]. Mom is the long-suffering caretaker, often with a boyfriend who gets caught in the son's tantrums. Smug Pepe is the usual illustration pinned to the top of the greentext[2]. The tone is both self-loathing and gleeful. /r9k/ posters wrote the son as a cartoon of their own NEET anxieties, with the humor sitting in how calmly the man-child narrates his own behavior while demanding tendies, hiking exchange rates, and terrorizing anyone around him[3]. Stories escalate quickly, moving from pouting about low GBP payouts into revenge plots and absurd household war. ## How to Use A tendies greentext typically opens with the son narrating a slight from mom (she touched his stuff, undercounted his GBP, or let a 'normie' into the house), lists the chores or hygiene steps that earned points, and ends with escalation: demanding more tendies, raising the price unilaterally, or taking revenge. Common conventions include calling the mother's partner by a sitcom name, invoking Smug Pepe as the reaction image, and formatting lines with the standard greentext `>` prefix. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Tendies Stories? Tendies Stories are 4chan /r9k/ greentexts about an adult son who lives with his mother and demands chicken tenders ('tendies') in exchange for 'good boy points' he earns from chores and hygiene[2]. ### Where did Tendies Stories come from? The archetype started in October 2014 on /r9k/ with early man-child greentexts[1], and the specific GBP and tendies vocabulary was fixed in a January 19, 2015, thread[4]. ### What does Tendies Stories mean? The format mocks the NEET man-child archetype by framing basic adult tasks as 'good boy' labor that earns a childish food reward, with Smug Pepe as the usual reaction image[2]. ### How do you use Tendies Stories? People write a greentext from the son's point of view, listing GBP earned from chores and ending with a demand, price hike, or revenge against mom or her boyfriend[3]. ### Is Tendies Stories still popular? It is a classic 4chan format, kept alive through its vocabulary ('tendies,' GBP) and spin-offs like Pretty Princess Points[9], and still shows up in long-form rants on boards like /pol/[13]. ## References 1. [https://imgur.com/a/i57EO]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tendies-stories]() 3. [https://boards.4chan.org/r9k/thread/15941589/tell-mom-not-to-clean-my-waifu-pillow]() 4. [https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/15891697/#q15893238]() 5. [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Hx5NN6AHw4gJ:www.mumsnet.com/Talk/parenting/a2291702-Trouble-with-older-son+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/2trqyy/]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/2tq34o/a_robot_gets_his_revenge/]() 8. [https://warosu.org/ck/thread/6179128]() 9. [https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/15990417/#15990673]() 10. [https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/16131656/#q16131656]() 11. [https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/16378675/]() 12. [https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/16684407/#16685795]() 13. [https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/76118596/holy-shit-my-mom-came-into-my-room-to-bring-me-a]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/tendies-stories Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library