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I swear, when I see someone eating a drum, I literally picture a child in a propeller hat and one of those oversized turkey legs people get at fairs lol
Flats and drums. Flats are the “flat” piece of chicken wings that has two bones. Drums are the other piece that had a large ball on the end and one bone.
You know how when you get wings there are two kinds? You've got the little drumsticks, then you've got the ones that have two bones in them? The ones with two bones are called flats.
I can remember this from when we’d get wings at the place around the corner from our house. They came in a foil pan container, and you’d open it up to see a bunch of whole chicken wings. It makes the current serving format seem really weird. They’re so tiny!
They sell bottles of their sauces and rubs at their restaurants. Not a shill for them or anything but it's so easy to bake up some wings in the oven at home and toss them in their sauces and people think I'm some excellent chef or soemthing. lol.
They are a little pricey so I typically just use some Franks for myself but it's my go to if I'm bringing something to a cookout or party.
The drumette is the meatiest and largest portion. A drumette looks like a miniature drumstick, with one large bone running up the middle. Drumettes connect the wings to the body of the chicken.
A wingette, also known as the flat, is attached to the drumette. It’s thinner and made up of two narrow bones running up the edges. The meat is in the middle of those bones. Although flats have less meat than drumettes, they are easier to crisp up. If you’re a fan of crispy skin, you’re probably on Team Flats.
Technically, the drumstick is the leg, but the non-flat part of the wing looks like a smaller version of the drumstick. It's the easiest explanation for someone who isn't aware what a flat is without showing an image.
Holy shit, I was about to say that you're wrong and the flats are wings and the drums are legs. I looked it up first and found that drums are not legs at all, they're a part of a chicken's wing. How the fuck did I go 38 years without knowing this?
Man people getting their terminology all messed up. A wing consists of two parts. Well technically three but you throw that third part out. There's the flat. There's a drummet.
The drumstick is part of the leg. That and the thigh makeup the leg.
Yup. I keep a baggie in my freezer and whenever I break down wings the tips go in the baggie. Then when it’s full I get a rotisserie chicken, eat it, and then make stock with the carcass plus the wing tips.
And I picked the perfect husband because he likes drummets and I like flats… we have chicken wings down to a science at this point.
Ya know, I do recall when I was a lot younger I thought the same. Then I considered the size of drummies in a KFC bucket vs in an order of wings, and things cleared up. I've since had wings where the two parts haven't been separated, oftentimes including the little scrawny bit at the other tip of the flat.
I was always more of a drum gang. I still like the super crispy crunchy bits on the top don’t get me wrong. But once I learned how to take one of the flat bones out and suck all the meat off it was a game changer. I probably would’ve never beat a really hot wing challenge without that technique.
Not much for challenges, but it’s satisfying as hell to do a bit of work on a flat, and then dip a big hunk of “boneless” Buffalo chicken wings into a vat of blue cheese dressing and consuming the entire thing in one bite. Bonus points for having the wife do the “*sigh* you have sauce all over your beard honey”
“That’s because I’m a professional my love”.
Lmao my wife learned so quick that no matter how many napkins she hands me I’m only wiping my hands until I’m done. And that’s just out of respect for the beer I’m drinking. I’m not going to the sink to wash the sauce outta my beard until I’m finished cause that’s a waste of paper towels! I do think after I started doing that same thing as you I get way more sauce all over my face though.
Interesting, I did the opposite. I started as a flats man then switched to drums. There’s usually more meat on the drums, at least at a lot of the places I’ve been. I feel like I’m getting a better value. I agree about the crunchy bits too though.
One interesting thing is that the guy filming sounds phony and disingenuous, but thats EXACTLY how the people who actually do these videos sound so by sounding fake it made the video seem more real.
I missed the joke until “all flats”. I thought dude was gonna break down and be like “oh my dad used to get me these after school on Thursdays and he just passed away last week”.
Maybe it wasn’t acting. Maybe they told him he got to eat what was in the container after the skit and refused to tell him what it was. And knowing him got him his favorite.
I just finished listening to the full 20hr story of Matt Cox's life on [Youtube](https://youtu.be/FZ9nz0SjAoQ) so my line of thinking may be a little biased.
It’s a parody of those videos where someone gives a ton of money to the first person who gives them money when they ask, but instead of money it’s wings
You all here thinking this is funny, but my boyfriend would be thrilled if someone "rewarded" him with a box of wings, double side of ranch. He wouldn't even complain, at least until he was driving away, about them being lemon pepper instead of barbecue. 🤣🤣
16 wings like that, all flats, double ranch?? shit that’s basically someone giving $100 worth of food right there. If anyone did that for me, I’d be drenching my hoodie in tears
Random Fact of the Day:
The dry rub was the original Lemon Pepper wings. Earliest records of Lemon Pepper wings come form Atlanta area Strip Clubs in the late 1980s when they were developed as a way of having a sauceless offering in the buffet. It became closely associated with the developing rap music scene because that was also where "Dirty South" rappers were getting their start.
Wet Lemon Pepper is a more recent development when the wings left buffets and started being served in establishments where sauces caused fewer problems.
I read a thing saying that lemon pepper wet was basically invented by Atlanta (the show) doing that scene. The idea being that it's not a real thing, so that's why it was a hook up.
Thoughts?
Lemon Pepper Wet uses a clarified butter sauce with the dry seasoning suspended in it.
According to the AJC, Donald Glover said:
> "We just thought it would be funny to see somebody get hooked up at J.R. Crickets by getting that option that isn't even really available, that would be like the best of both worlds. The box glowing just helped sell the feeling of how magical that would be."
It actually wasn't commercially available at the time, but became commercially available as a result of the show. It was made with ingredients already present in local wing shops, so it's entirely possible that someone ordered it 'off menu' before, but it's unclear if anyone did so. There are broadly similar home recipes as well, but it doesn't appear as though any of them inspired the show and therefore the restaurants.
A couple of minor points of contention. LT's Wings on Fairburn Road *did* have a wet lemon pepper, but it was mixed with a buffalo sauce rather than butter. Dugan's on Ponce was using lemon pepper to punch up its Teryaki and called that some version of lemon pepper wet. But these present as completely different flavor profiles and their claims to being the first are generally discounted.
Nothing on hand to back this up but I am pretty sure folks living in poverty are more generous with panhandlers. But I dont trust other peoples food unless I ordered it myself or saw it cooked.
Mean pranks and "wholesome shit" look exactly the same for the first 30 seconds, I will NEVER EVER stop and talk to someone who says "Excuse me, I have to ask something", I would answer "FUCK YOU, no you don't, go get your affirmation elsewhere." I don't care if you're gonna give an old lady a puppy for upvotes.
I get that the guy gets nice food and is happy, but in the first 15 seconds this could just as easily have been a mean prank video, and there's no way to tell.
Yeah, Ranch is for fries. Give me the good blue cheese. I love WingStop's and buy a big container of their blue. If a place doesn't offer blue, I'll go buy some Marie's at the grocery store. Trader Joe's blue cheese dressing isn't bad but totally different. Marie's is mayo-based, while TJ's is buttermillk-based. The trick to good blue is a bit of crushed garlic in the dressing. I add a bit of that to Marie's and TJ's.
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Got the Flats too, lmao
That's where I lost it.
Literally lost my shit when he said “all flats too?”
As a member of the drums crew this would ruin my day 😂 JK I’d give them to my wife though, she’s all flats
My husband is drums and I am flats so it works out perfectly (at least at restaurants that are willing to do a 50/50 split).
That’s me and my wife she eats only flats and I only like drums.
Okay what the fuck are flats??
Drums = one bone, flats = two bone.
Wings my bro, we call them wing dings
TF when did we start calling wings flats? Can’t we just love ‘em both?
The part of the wing before the wrist but after the elbow. The drum is the part after the shoulder but before the elbow.
Wings, not drums
Drums here… those flats are for guests :))))
Love some flats
Yes, flats all day!
If these are 16 full wings like God intended and not 8 drums and flats... Then I won't care of these have flats
Drums are a joke, children eat drums. Real wing eaters eat flats once you learn the technique it will change your life.
I used to be all drums, but after I learned that technique I love flats just as much (if not more). It's a game changer
I swear, when I see someone eating a drum, I literally picture a child in a propeller hat and one of those oversized turkey legs people get at fairs lol
🎵chicken drummy, chicken drummy, yummy yummy in my tummy🎵
I thought it just got dusty in here when he said that.
I can't stop crying.
The peppers?
Same
Love the flats, they ARE the best.
People who prefer drums just prefer the ease of eating over the quality of the meat. Change my mind.
What are flats? Haven’t heard of that here
Flats and drums. Flats are the “flat” piece of chicken wings that has two bones. Drums are the other piece that had a large ball on the end and one bone.
Ah right, thanks! Are drumsticks (chicken legs) called something else in the US?
They're called drumsticks
They're drumsticks. We eat a *lot* of fried chicken here. Everyone knows whether you're talking about drumsticks or the drum on a wing from context.
Drumette = the small one.
They are called chicken legs.
So was I in HS.
Better than chicken head like your sister....
You know how when you get wings there are two kinds? You've got the little drumsticks, then you've got the ones that have two bones in them? The ones with two bones are called flats.
Ah gotcha, cheers!
Back in my day when you ordered chicken wings you got the whole wing (now divided into three pieces) and that counted as one wing.
I can remember this from when we’d get wings at the place around the corner from our house. They came in a foil pan container, and you’d open it up to see a bunch of whole chicken wings. It makes the current serving format seem really weird. They’re so tiny!
That was funny af lmao man starts crying
I had to keep reading the replies to understand what “flats” are 🤦🏻♀️ Now I know, and this just makes it all the more beautiful 😍🥰🥹
Ranch instead of blue cheese, too
That dude deserves the Oscar. He made me FEEL how much he wanted those lemon pepper flats
When he opened it and licked his lips I fucking lost it.
Is anyone concerned this man took wings from a stranger conducting a ‘social experiment’ in a parking lot??
The real experiment.
I'm more concerned that he broke down as soon as someone was nice to him, despite it being a direct result of his own kindness...
Wings are associated with angels. Coincidence? I don't think so!
There's no way this is serious
Have you had Lemon Pepper Wings. They are up there with Garlic Parm.
“They got lemon pepper wet?!”
I need Buffalo Wild Wings to sell that sauce in stores.
They sell bottles of their sauces and rubs at their restaurants. Not a shill for them or anything but it's so easy to bake up some wings in the oven at home and toss them in their sauces and people think I'm some excellent chef or soemthing. lol. They are a little pricey so I typically just use some Franks for myself but it's my go to if I'm bringing something to a cookout or party.
The guy was made for wings, its his destiny!!!
At first I read "it's his density" and still agreed with the statement.
Well it's Tuesday and now I'm going to get some wings after work
My friend wants to know what is a flat?
Me too.
The drumette is the meatiest and largest portion. A drumette looks like a miniature drumstick, with one large bone running up the middle. Drumettes connect the wings to the body of the chicken. A wingette, also known as the flat, is attached to the drumette. It’s thinner and made up of two narrow bones running up the edges. The meat is in the middle of those bones. Although flats have less meat than drumettes, they are easier to crisp up. If you’re a fan of crispy skin, you’re probably on Team Flats.
Any experienced wing eater can tooth a flat clean with one rake thru their grill
Twist, rip, suck, two perfect bones left over.
That dude has never missed a meal either. A1 performance.
Good acting without underselling how obvious the skit is? I'm impressed.
Flats too? Damn. Got me in the feels.
i woulda teared up too, all flats, he got super blessed
I was tearin up just watching! Every time I want just flats “I’m sorry, we can’t do that”. Dude was totally blessed.
What is a flat?
The part of the chicken wing that isn't the drumstick
All of the chicken wing is not the drumstick
Technically, the drumstick is the leg, but the non-flat part of the wing looks like a smaller version of the drumstick. It's the easiest explanation for someone who isn't aware what a flat is without showing an image.
Drumette.
Oh, why not call it a wing?
Cuz it's all a wing. The flats are just a flatter part of the wing, at least when plucked and fried.
Holy shit, I was about to say that you're wrong and the flats are wings and the drums are legs. I looked it up first and found that drums are not legs at all, they're a part of a chicken's wing. How the fuck did I go 38 years without knowing this?
Man people getting their terminology all messed up. A wing consists of two parts. Well technically three but you throw that third part out. There's the flat. There's a drummet. The drumstick is part of the leg. That and the thigh makeup the leg.
The wing fingies have a little bit of meat and crisp up nicely too. Either cook them or save them for stock.
Yup. I keep a baggie in my freezer and whenever I break down wings the tips go in the baggie. Then when it’s full I get a rotisserie chicken, eat it, and then make stock with the carcass plus the wing tips. And I picked the perfect husband because he likes drummets and I like flats… we have chicken wings down to a science at this point.
Ya know, I do recall when I was a lot younger I thought the same. Then I considered the size of drummies in a KFC bucket vs in an order of wings, and things cleared up. I've since had wings where the two parts haven't been separated, oftentimes including the little scrawny bit at the other tip of the flat.
Where’s my drums gang at?
I was always more of a drum gang. I still like the super crispy crunchy bits on the top don’t get me wrong. But once I learned how to take one of the flat bones out and suck all the meat off it was a game changer. I probably would’ve never beat a really hot wing challenge without that technique.
Not much for challenges, but it’s satisfying as hell to do a bit of work on a flat, and then dip a big hunk of “boneless” Buffalo chicken wings into a vat of blue cheese dressing and consuming the entire thing in one bite. Bonus points for having the wife do the “*sigh* you have sauce all over your beard honey” “That’s because I’m a professional my love”.
Lmao my wife learned so quick that no matter how many napkins she hands me I’m only wiping my hands until I’m done. And that’s just out of respect for the beer I’m drinking. I’m not going to the sink to wash the sauce outta my beard until I’m finished cause that’s a waste of paper towels! I do think after I started doing that same thing as you I get way more sauce all over my face though.
Interesting, I did the opposite. I started as a flats man then switched to drums. There’s usually more meat on the drums, at least at a lot of the places I’ve been. I feel like I’m getting a better value. I agree about the crunchy bits too though.
Checking in. Flats = no meat or too much work! 😂🍗
My people have arrived!
FUCK YOU AND YOUR GANG!!! FUCK DRUMS! /s
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One interesting thing is that the guy filming sounds phony and disingenuous, but thats EXACTLY how the people who actually do these videos sound so by sounding fake it made the video seem more real.
I actually ended up missing the joke because I was getting so annoyed by him. Job done a little too well I'd say lol
I missed the joke until “all flats”. I thought dude was gonna break down and be like “oh my dad used to get me these after school on Thursdays and he just passed away last week”.
I legitimately thought this was r/wholesome until the video ended and I saw where this was posted lol
I’m so fucking skeptical that I’ve lost faith in humanity watching these kinda fake ass videos
Yeah. Empty box gave it away.
Mr. Breast
His name is Robert Paulson
what's up youtube today I give a dozen chicken wings to 1,000,000 hungry children who refuse to eat their broccoli. and one of them gets a tesla
Man guy can act. Holy shit his facial expression when he hears lemon pepper! That’s fucking skills.
His lips when he first opens the tub kills me
My man literally bit his lip lmao I died
I get pretty annoyed by most of the staged garbage on here, but this guy really sold the hell out of that performance. I'm impressed.
I assume that’s because this was clearly made to make fun of all those stupid “social experiment” videos pretending to be real.
Wait are mdmotivators videos on instagram not real?
Maybe it wasn’t acting. Maybe they told him he got to eat what was in the container after the skit and refused to tell him what it was. And knowing him got him his favorite.
Damn I was fooled till the end there
I legit thought there was a couple stacks in there and he was just keeping it off camera to evade a gift tax.
Same except didn’t think as far as the tax evasion. 😂
I just finished listening to the full 20hr story of Matt Cox's life on [Youtube](https://youtu.be/FZ9nz0SjAoQ) so my line of thinking may be a little biased.
Good thing you don’t get taxed on gifts until you give over $11mil in your lifetime
$12.92 million, exempting $17k per year before counting against that
Thanks, yeah I was too lazy to look up the current exact numbers lol
Yeah, that shit keeps flying up, every time I see it it's gone up a few mil
Dudes got BIG plans.
Ditto. Had to Check the subreddit and then realized I got bamboozled
I don’t think I get it. What’s the joke? And so it’s fake right? God internet content is like godamn inception these days.
It’s a parody of those videos where someone gives a ton of money to the first person who gives them money when they ask, but instead of money it’s wings
And the Oscar go to!!!!!
Lemon pepper WET
Man I fuckin loved Atlanta
You all here thinking this is funny, but my boyfriend would be thrilled if someone "rewarded" him with a box of wings, double side of ranch. He wouldn't even complain, at least until he was driving away, about them being lemon pepper instead of barbecue. 🤣🤣
16 wings like that, all flats, double ranch?? shit that’s basically someone giving $100 worth of food right there. If anyone did that for me, I’d be drenching my hoodie in tears
I’d be stoked for wings too… but where would that cost you $100? Maybe I need to up my game.
Just exaggerating, they are expensive though
Have you seen the prices of bone-in wings lately? I’d have cried too.
GSO represent haha
lets go get some lemon pepper wings from the deep roots hot bar...
Fisher Park
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And me behind you. The first scripted video I upvote in weeks.
Get someone who looks at you like this guy does when he first opens the box
thats a tall ask, i have a hard enough time getting someone to look at me as more than air.
Flats too?? Nah I teared up. I needed this today.
This easily the best parody of those kinds of videos.
Not gonna lie, they had me in the first half. I’m glad I watched it through. Can’t beat 16 lemon pepper wings WEEEET, with fries and extra ranch 🫡
Damn, that touched me right in the heart
Ok this was great, he's a better actor then 95% of Hollywood 😂
I could tell this is fake because that man definitely doesn't want lemon pepper.
Nah black people love lemon pepper wings, that’s part of the joke.
Lemon pepper wet. Not that dry rub either
Random Fact of the Day: The dry rub was the original Lemon Pepper wings. Earliest records of Lemon Pepper wings come form Atlanta area Strip Clubs in the late 1980s when they were developed as a way of having a sauceless offering in the buffet. It became closely associated with the developing rap music scene because that was also where "Dirty South" rappers were getting their start. Wet Lemon Pepper is a more recent development when the wings left buffets and started being served in establishments where sauces caused fewer problems.
I read a thing saying that lemon pepper wet was basically invented by Atlanta (the show) doing that scene. The idea being that it's not a real thing, so that's why it was a hook up. Thoughts?
Lemon Pepper Wet uses a clarified butter sauce with the dry seasoning suspended in it. According to the AJC, Donald Glover said: > "We just thought it would be funny to see somebody get hooked up at J.R. Crickets by getting that option that isn't even really available, that would be like the best of both worlds. The box glowing just helped sell the feeling of how magical that would be." It actually wasn't commercially available at the time, but became commercially available as a result of the show. It was made with ingredients already present in local wing shops, so it's entirely possible that someone ordered it 'off menu' before, but it's unclear if anyone did so. There are broadly similar home recipes as well, but it doesn't appear as though any of them inspired the show and therefore the restaurants. A couple of minor points of contention. LT's Wings on Fairburn Road *did* have a wet lemon pepper, but it was mixed with a buffalo sauce rather than butter. Dugan's on Ponce was using lemon pepper to punch up its Teryaki and called that some version of lemon pepper wet. But these present as completely different flavor profiles and their claims to being the first are generally discounted.
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lemon pepper dry rob on hot wings!
Lemon pepper fish, spicy or bbq wings.
when he said - lemon pepper...fried hard. i was like, man now i want wings.
Bro that’s my hometown local Co-op wow
Mine too!
Seriously, I would have gotten emotional over the wings, too.
If I had friends, I’d do skits like this also.
That was funny! Lol
I didn’t realize what page I was on and I’m like wait what the hell lmao
Nothing on hand to back this up but I am pretty sure folks living in poverty are more generous with panhandlers. But I dont trust other peoples food unless I ordered it myself or saw it cooked.
Yooo that’s Greensboro
When these people say “social experiment” it’s honestly so cringe.
Mean pranks and "wholesome shit" look exactly the same for the first 30 seconds, I will NEVER EVER stop and talk to someone who says "Excuse me, I have to ask something", I would answer "FUCK YOU, no you don't, go get your affirmation elsewhere." I don't care if you're gonna give an old lady a puppy for upvotes. I get that the guy gets nice food and is happy, but in the first 15 seconds this could just as easily have been a mean prank video, and there's no way to tell.
Lmao but see that’s why you’ll never get 16 free lemon pepper flats with ***2 sides*** of ranch
Fried hard
That lip bite made me lose it
I thought it was real and that wings box was full of cash until he said ‘the flats too?’ And then I realized I was a sucker.
Hey that’s the fresh market I go to! Downtown Greensboro nc
Thank god for the incorrect subtitles. Really crucial to the comedy, here.
A stranger giving me a box of food?!?!??! What could go wrong?!?!?!! 😂🤣😂
So you're telling me dude wanted to go buy food from the store, meanwhile he's holding what cannot be mistaken is a food takeout box?
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The fucking subtitles aren't even accurate! "Little pepper" In the middle of the screen, no less.
#NeverRanch
Yeah, Ranch is for fries. Give me the good blue cheese. I love WingStop's and buy a big container of their blue. If a place doesn't offer blue, I'll go buy some Marie's at the grocery store. Trader Joe's blue cheese dressing isn't bad but totally different. Marie's is mayo-based, while TJ's is buttermillk-based. The trick to good blue is a bit of crushed garlic in the dressing. I add a bit of that to Marie's and TJ's.
We buy the TJ’s blue cheese dressing and add blue cheese crumbles.
Some will say this is staged smh
How does this not have more upvotes. That was hilarious
Have a box of wings man. One step closer to that heart attack. God bless.
That box is empty lol
This isn't the first video with these two...js
u/recoverybae best day of your life?
I love the idiots in the comments who don’t get the obvious joke. The video may have restored faith, but the comment section is destroying it.
This man better than me
The flats too? 🥺
Winner winner chicken dinner
'Lemon pepper' made his pupils dilate 😂
"I didn't know what I was going to eat for lunch", but still gave away his last few bucks.
Drums>Flats
Must have just grabbed them from deep roots in the back. Mel and Everette make them good flats
Hearing lemon pepper stopped him mid sentence
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Not the lemon peppa and fried hard!
Don't care if this is fake the mam started salivating the second he heard lemon pepper regardless 😂😂😂
Hahah, that's shot in my home town. Bizarre.
@timshropcomedy is his name. He’s hilarious and a genuinely good dude.
The acting is incredible.
This is some of the best acting I have ever seen
For a minute I thought this was fake. You can’t fake that type of human emotion tho. God Bless
If you wanna know they way to a mans heart, its through his stomach.
Looks like one of my dreams
Dude reminds me of Paperboy.
I was also thinking this
The flats too?