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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm getting too fucking old, the fucking etymology on this is hurting my brain. I guess I grasp the concept, but wtf does a cake have to do with it. Why can't you just say you find someone oddly attractive or w/e.

[–] nerdyshades@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The "cake" is a literal cake, and the concept is printed pictures on sticks or straws that you put into the cake as you mention or explain the unconventional person. It's just a "viral" online trend, a random fun thing friends do.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That sounds terribly inefficient.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

It's for content. Not for coherence.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago

'Mum, I've got something really important but slightly complicated to tell you. Give me three days to do some shopping, design some graphics and build accessories with them on, then bake a cake 👍'

[–] dufkm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think they meant "hear me out" crush

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 22 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's a meme apparently. NerdyShades has the answer, but if you Google "hear me out cake", Forbes has an article about it.

We're all officially old!

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I shouldn't be surprised. This seems normal by "skibidi toilet" standards.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

How old are you? Beef cake has been used to describe an attractive muscular male body for decades. Not that far-fetched to see the connection.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like it might have been a typo of "case."

[–] bilb@lem.monster 8 points 1 day ago

Or maybe "take?" But yeah, "cake" being there briefly made me feel insane.