• edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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
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      1 month ago

      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.

      • 5too@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        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!

    • lath@lemmy.world
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      1 month 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.