It is not the fork that bends, it is only yourself.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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How is bro contacting us from the matrix
Your fork is a vulcan, live long and prosper π
You're standing over ground water and should drill a well there
That must be one helluva water source to get it to cross fork tines.
Oh how funny, I was just talking out loud to myself yesterday about dowsing even though I've never dowsed before, just learned about it by staring at screens.
A Vulcan π
Are you in the Portland area? Iβve been robbing apartments and this is my calling card. If you havenβt yet, you miiight want to check your closets and safes.
I very much am not.
Probably someone trying to imitate me, then.
TIL that Caketaco, the Portland forkbender, has an international fanbase.
The forky bandit?
Please tell us you leave cakes and tacos as your calling cards too.
Could you have pushed something aside, unintentionally wedging the fork between two objects?
If it got wedged in the right way, the tines could bend like that.
Hmm possibly? But I haven't had the drawer be tough to open recently.
Italian fork?
definitely ghosts. Next time it happens say "Ha ha very funny Jerry, now quit fucking with the forks" if he does it again call him a nerd
I agree, my opinion is ghosts too.
Uri Geller. Run.
I cast James Randi.
Never seen an Italian fork?
Are you a Jedi and you used the fork?
May the fork be with him.
I've seen a dishwasher bend tines before. Mostly if they're cheap, thin forks and you put them tines down in the dishwasher. Forks go tines up.
Don't have a dishwasher.
Got caught in the drawer.
I am not sure if this is a joke. Most commentators seem to perceive it this way. But just in case I will answer seriously.
This was done by a human:
- your kid (you said you live alone, so not this one)
- your guests
- someone uninvited (but it makes no sense for them to leave this)
- you in a way you cannot remember.
I will expand on that last one since no one has done it: Do you have an issue with substance abuse? Do you have issues with your memory? Do you have any psychiatric issues? Your other personality could to this if you have a dissociative identity disorder. Check symptoms and pay attention on similar events. If this keeps happening go see a doctor.
I get my kid on the weekend but that was a week night. Haven't had guests over in a few weeks. Nothing else missing or messed with. No,no, and no.
I'm leaning into the drawer one, that it just got smashed in there somehow and I didn't notice, but they're significant forks, not cheap crap or anything.
I also really hope my suggestions are just bullshit. Especially since those have the worst implications. But I would still be watching out for similar events. Just in case :)
Dude, I've been so confused and bored with nothing to do that Ive considered some kind of electro-magnetic anomaly. My electrical system is old as shit. But I have it rigged to high powered modern electronics. Eventually I gave up on it and figured it's probably something mundane and gave up on figuring it out or honestly caring. It's one fork. Big deal. Honestly at this point if it's kids in the matrix trying to communicate with me, that'd be great lol. But I probably just didn't notice I smashed it in the drawer.
Get a carbon monoxide detector. Maybe that?
What's even weirder is it used to be a spoon
Oh this is our sign Vulcans are here π, checking on us before our First Contact
I guess a thumb and a pointing finger. Maybe a prank by one of your friends?
Do you have a sink grinder/disposal? If it fell down there and turned on, that could do it, but I think the poster that mentioned it getting caught in a drawer is probably the best bet.
I don't, but also I would imagine that would leave marks on the tines.
Yo momma
Asimic attraction.
It looks perfect for jamming into power outlets
Do you have any enemies?
Just atlantic cod. They've been watching me but I'm onto them!
a fidgety heroin addict off by 1
Ooo, ooo, I know this oneβcarbon dioxide!
Monoxide
Everybody check your carbon dioxide alarms π, they'd be beeping 24/7 in ideal circumstances. How annoying that would be.
Uri Geller?