Who Is ‘Bean Dad’ and Why Did He Go Viral?

By now you’ve surely seen the phrase “bean dad” in one or all of your feeds after it became 2021’s first major meme over the New Year’s weekend. But what is everyone going on about?
Well, to sum up, it’s a since-deleted 23-tweet saga about a can of beans, a can opener and a dad who was determined to each his 9-year-old daughter a lesson in self-reliance.
After Long Winters singer/guitarist John Roderick shared the story of how he made his hungry daughter spend