Twitter user @ErinMPeyton, who goes by Erin on Twitter, shared the revelation in a viral post on Monday. Erin was replying to a tweet by @DanielleNicki showing a picture of two pieces of chicken and asking: “Alright settle this debate. Drums or Flats?”

“Drums” refers to drumettes—like a much smaller drumstick that actually comes from the uppermost part of the chicken wing, and while they contain more meat overall, they also feature large amounts of cartilage.

“Flats” are the middle section of the chicken wing. Completely encased in skin, they have less cartilage and the meat is easier to remove.

Answering the question, Peyton wrote: “Both. This capitalist society took a whole chicken wing, broke it, and charged us for each separately and we haven’t known peace since. Gimme a whole wing!”

A chicken wing is indeed comprised of three parts—the wingette or flat, the drumette or drum and the tip, which is almost always removed and disposed of. Chicken wings are frequently sold already butchered into smaller pieces.

The revelation shocked Twitter, as the tweet received over 17,000 likes and thousands of retweets.

“All this time I thought the drum stick came from the leg!” wrote one Twitter user. While another said: “I try to buy the whole wings and when they only have separated I feel untamed RAGE.”

A famed staple of the American diet, chicken wings are consumed everywhere, from sporting events to casual social gatherings. Towards the end of 2019, market research company NPD’s vice president, David Portalatin, shared that Americans had consumed nearly 1 billion servings of wings in a year—roughly 942.5 million servings.

“Finally, someone speaking sense” replied one Twitter user. Another wrote: “You are so right.”

The viral tweet was later shared on Reddit under the subreddit r/BlackPeopleTwitter where it gained more attention. With over 14,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments, it was posted with the caption: “Chicken wing economics.”

One Reddit user said: “Well now I’m angry I’m getting less chicken.” Another wrote: “When I make them at home I don’t split the drum from the flat. You get a little fried fat chip between them if you don’t.”

Most responses on Reddit focused on the original debate—with hundreds commenting on their preference for either drums or flats.

One user found the solution, though, and wrote: “The key is to find someone who likes the opposite and hopefully you get an even split when you get your order. My significant other is one of those weird people who prefers the flats. I on the other hand am a drumettes lover. This was an important thing for us to discover early in the relationship because now we just know which wings belong to which person.”

Newsweek reached out to @ErinMPeyton for comment.