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The Nietzschean Penguin went absolutely nuclear.
A suicidal penguin turned into a $170M Ethereum beast.
After that, there was only one animal left.
The chicken?
— WERNER HERZOG
HERZOG
A Chicken's Last Walk
01
The Obsession
Werner Herzog has a long, almost obsessive disdain for chickens. He does not describe them as silly. He does not describe them as cute.
02
The Description
He describes them as terrifying. Not confusion. Not innocence. An abyss.
“Look into the eyes of a chicken
and you will see real stupidity.
A kind of bottomless stupidity.
A fiendish stupidity.”
— Werner Herzog
Not confusion.
Not innocence.
An abyss.
THE CLIP
This clip has lived on the internet for years.
It speaks for itself.
WHY IT WORKS
Creepy. Ridiculous. Uncomfortable.
THE EYES
The huge, empty eyes feel vacant and hostile at the same time. They do not reflect thought. They reflect nothing.
THE EXPRESSION
The open beak and extended tongue are not funny by accident. They feel unhinged. Wrong.
THE ATMOSPHERE
Rain. Storm clouds. Harsh light. Nature looks indifferent. Almost annoyed.
THE REACTION
You laugh. Then you feel slightly uneasy. That tension is the meme.
Same Herzog magic.
Same viral pattern.
Absurd animal.
Serious framing.
The trenches get it.
You get it.
$CHICKEN
No roadmap.
No utility.
No promises.
Just a stupid chicken
Contract: 0xac7a28158A19160DC0Eefb4d3649cd28250Bcd33
There is no deeper meaning.
You're already thinking too much.