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If a Baguette Could Move refers to a viral debate presented by Twitter user @sheepfilms about how a baguette would move itself if it could, similar to viral debates such as If a Dog Wore Pants.

Origin

On February 7th, 2019, Twitter user @sheepfilms posted a GIF featuring four proposed movements of how a baguette would move if it had the capability (shown below). The tweet gained over 67,000 retweets and 193,000 likes.

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After posting the GIF, @sheepfilms provided a poll for users to vote on how they thought the baguette would move, with the choices dubbed "Worm," "Gallop," "Robot Rotate" and "Caterpillar." The poll gained over 364,000 votes.

The tweet was amplified by Chrissy Teigen, who quote-tweeted it and wrote "3 is the most delicious baguette. Or it is months old. Or if we are giving this bread moving capabilities at all, why wouldn’t it just propel forward, flat like a locomotive? Or roll on its side maybe." Her tweet gained over 2,300 retweets and 38,000 likes (shown below, left). User @moonjam also voted 3, giving reasoning that netted them 1,300 retweets and 20,000 likes (shown below, right).

Other popular responses include a post by user @Bouletcorp that gained over 40 retweets and 1,300 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @nosoco_ that gained 190 retweets and 3,000 likes (shown below, right). The responses were covered by Twitter Moments.^[1] The GIF was posted to /r/GIFs^[2] where it gained over 8,800 points and was crossposted to /r/me_irl^[3] where it gained over 1,400 points.

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