Originates from game theory, (the field of math, not the Youtube channel.) The 0 is replaceable with any number, usually no higher than k1. Describes how many "levels" of thinking someone exhibits.
k0: I am going to play scissors.
k1: I know Bob usually plays paper, so I'm going to play scissors.
k2: Bob knows I usually play rock, so he will play paper, and to beat him I will play scissors.
k3: Bob is aware that that I know he usually plays scissors, and that I'll play rock to beat him, so he will play paper. To beat that, I will play scissors.
etc.
k0: I am going to play scissors.
k1: I know Bob usually plays paper, so I'm going to play scissors.
k2: Bob knows I usually play rock, so he will play paper, and to beat him I will play scissors.
k3: Bob is aware that that I know he usually plays scissors, and that I'll play rock to beat him, so he will play paper. To beat that, I will play scissors.
etc.
1: What the hell? The highway was completely jammed yesterday, but the second I think to come take this shortcut, the highway's empty, and the damn shortcut is jammed!
2: What the hell kind of k0 thinking is that man? Did you not think about how everyone else ALSO knows about this shortcut?
2: What the hell kind of k0 thinking is that man? Did you not think about how everyone else ALSO knows about this shortcut?
by Anthony Hotel August 26, 2025
Get the k0 thinkingmug. Originated in the game Minecraft, a rarely spawning mob that consists of a chicken, and a baby zombie riding on it.
Gained some infamy when A Minecraft Movie's trailers were initially being revealed. Jack Black yelled "Chicken Jockey" after one appeared on screen, and people made fun of it. Other things in the trailers were made of, but this one eventually snowballed to being the most popular one.
Eventually turned into a sort of brainrot, with people forgetting the original context of making fun of the movie, and simply sharing it because it was the funny thing to share.
By the time the movie came out, several people, (still a large minority, though) did very extreme things in the theater when the Chicken Jockey scene came on, as an act of "irony". This included but was not limited to, standing and cheering, and throwing popcorn and soda, and simply saying "Chicken Jockey" in unison. The most extreme example was someone who had brought a live chicken into a theater.
Was eventually used in further advertising for the Minecraft Movie as it came to streaming services, even referencing the incident of bringing a live chicken into the theater.
Gained some infamy when A Minecraft Movie's trailers were initially being revealed. Jack Black yelled "Chicken Jockey" after one appeared on screen, and people made fun of it. Other things in the trailers were made of, but this one eventually snowballed to being the most popular one.
Eventually turned into a sort of brainrot, with people forgetting the original context of making fun of the movie, and simply sharing it because it was the funny thing to share.
By the time the movie came out, several people, (still a large minority, though) did very extreme things in the theater when the Chicken Jockey scene came on, as an act of "irony". This included but was not limited to, standing and cheering, and throwing popcorn and soda, and simply saying "Chicken Jockey" in unison. The most extreme example was someone who had brought a live chicken into a theater.
Was eventually used in further advertising for the Minecraft Movie as it came to streaming services, even referencing the incident of bringing a live chicken into the theater.
by Anthony Hotel June 25, 2025
Get the Chicken Jockeymug. Originates from game theory, (the field of math, not the Youtube channel.) The 0 is replaceable with any number, usually no higher than k1. Describes how many "levels" of thinking someone exhibits.
k0: I am going to play scissors.
k1: I know Bob usually plays paper, so I'm going to play scissors.
k2: Bob knows I usually play rock, so he will play paper, and to beat him I will play scissors.
k3: Bob is aware that that I know he usually plays scissors, and that I'll play rock to beat him, so he will play paper. To beat that, I will play scissors.
etc.
k0: I am going to play scissors.
k1: I know Bob usually plays paper, so I'm going to play scissors.
k2: Bob knows I usually play rock, so he will play paper, and to beat him I will play scissors.
k3: Bob is aware that that I know he usually plays scissors, and that I'll play rock to beat him, so he will play paper. To beat that, I will play scissors.
etc.
1: What the hell? The highway was completely jammed yesterday, but the second I think to come take this shortcut, the highway's empty, and the damn shortcut is jammed!
2: What the hell kind of k0 thinking is that man? Did you not think about how everyone else ALSO knows about this shortcut?
2: What the hell kind of k0 thinking is that man? Did you not think about how everyone else ALSO knows about this shortcut?
by Anthony Hotel August 26, 2025
Get the k0 thinkingmug.