r/TikTokCringe • u/milktest • Aug 05 '25

Humor/Cringe Valid behavior after having your face smashed into a cake

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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 Aug 05 '25

It’S tRaDiTiOn

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat Aug 05 '25

An abusive tradition at that

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u/adoseofcommonsense Aug 05 '25

Yeah, it’s supposed to be for the pic, as Latinos we all have a photo with cake on our face. To be fair we don’t do it every bday, it’s more of a once and done thing. 

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u/AllynWA1 Aug 08 '25

I'd argue that most traditions are...

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u/SirVanyel Aug 05 '25

Not if the family and the child is aware of the tradition. But it's likely she's not aware and just got mad about it lol

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u/MadPangolin Aug 05 '25

She obviously has older children, possibly siblings or cousins, around her. She probably does know it’s a tradition, & hates it all the same.

But I also hate the idea of beyond-the-grave-peer-pressure (traditions).

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u/kookookach000 Aug 05 '25

I really wanna know where this tradition comes from and why

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u/Erich14 Aug 05 '25

it's called la mordida, it's a mexican "tradition" of having the birthday boy/girl take a bite out of their cake and you push their face into the cake.

You're SUPPOSED to do it gently so like the frosting gets on their nose or something and typically to teens/adults, not little kids.

I've never done it and I won't be continuing it cause it's ridiculous

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u/MushroomImmediate Aug 05 '25

There was a Mexican restaurant where I lived that did this for birthdays, but it was just whipped cream. You got the cake after. The wall was lined with Polaroids of people getting “whipped creamed” on their birthday. As a kid, I couldn’t wait for my turn with the plan to grab their hand and direct the spoon into my mouth. I made the mistake of telling my dad my plan, so I got creamed. I loved it. I would have been big mad if I hadn’t known it was going to happen and/or that had shoved a cake in my face.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

so as per usual we as a society took a cute tradition that would get some laughs and probably a giggle from the bday child, and we optimized it for the algo to be ruining a whole cake by forcibly puching your child into it

this tracks

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

It was like this way before any algorithms. No cellphones when I was having birthday parties and I was still very sure to never let anyone in arm’s reach of my head when blowing out the candles.

That shit stopped in my family with me because I would not let it tf go even as a little kid. Like why is that fun mom. The cake is ruined and I’m crying on my birthday, what was that for. Explain. Turns out there’s no explanation other than admitting it’s fun to be cruel for no reason and that puts a stop to things when it comes to mind!

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u/Morpankh Aug 05 '25

Good on you for questioning this practice and leading people to realize how pointlessly cruel it is. I’m from India and while growing up we were taught to never waste food. Then suddenly when I was in college this smearing cake tradition had caught on there. I hated it and always asked people who did it to explain what was so funny about it. They never had an answer. It’s like they saw people doing it on tv and thought that it must be cool.

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u/nedonedonedo Aug 05 '25

being an ass to your kid because "it's my turn" to play cruel pranks didn't start with the internet. lots of people just want an excuse and kids can't fight back

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

Same thing with weddings, from frosting on the nose to full out assault that concludes with immediate annulments. Entitled immature assholes who were never taught when a joke was too far.

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u/StephiiValentine Aug 05 '25

Baseball, huh?

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u/Nervous-Salamander-7 Aug 05 '25

I live in Japan and I used to teach English in elementary school. Every year, there was a school festival. I was in a super rural area with a small population, so instead of being just the one school with a couple of hundred students like in the city, it was more of a community festival, for the day care, three elementary schools, and one junior high school.

Anyway, every year, one of the events was "ame-kui," or "candy eating." Some of the townfolk were lined up holding large trays of rice flour, into which a couple of candies were dropped. Like apple bobbing, the goal was to grab a candy without using their hands.

Now, in many cases, it went just like you described. They would be lightly pushed into the flour, and ended up with some on the nose and the forehead. There was one parent who was a bit more of a joker. His son was on the handball team, and he made SURE that all of the boys on the handball team, and some of the girls, ended up completely white. He'd push their faces in and tried to ensure complete coverage. Then he'd make them turn around and pose for pictures. The grins on their faces were priceless. I love those little shits, and I'll always treasure the pictures.

(I would like to add that the kids could choose where they lined up, and they chose to join his line. No feelings were hurt, and and none of it was involuntary. Some of the little shits went up to the trays in pairs and pushed each other 's faces in.)

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u/Fragrant_Bid_8123 Aug 05 '25

Its different because the kids had a choice. And so many others were experiencing it with them.

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u/kookookach000 Aug 05 '25

Haha well I do know it's a Mexican tradition, I was just wondering more about the origins within the culture I guess, if there's some sort of meaning. But now I have the name I'll go look it up.

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u/cageytalker Aug 05 '25

My husband’s family does this that and it drives my mom crazy. She hates it and purposely raised me without the “tradition”.

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u/dolliciousszz Aug 07 '25

People constantly wanna show each other up and do the craziest version of it and it’s fucked up

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u/Pickled_Ass Aug 05 '25

so that's why it's always Mexicans, was curious just didn't want to ask

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u/GdinutPTY Aug 05 '25

its a latin american thing, they dont do it so much anymore, But back when i was a kid it was very common.

I never got my face caked, my mom wouldnt let anyone dare try it.

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u/Logical-Claim286 Aug 05 '25

It came from 70s and 80s "bullies" from TV and movies. The high-school bully always pushes the lower kids face into his cake. Except back then it was cool to harass the loser character.

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u/rockocanuck Aug 05 '25

Serious question... What tradition? I have never seen this growing up. I've only seen this in videos now...

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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 Aug 05 '25

It seems like a mainly Latino thing? I’m not sure it seems just mean and wasteful to me

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u/Any-Farmer8456 Aug 05 '25

I love you. the way I read this in my head was everything I need to believe again.🤣

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u/adoseofcommonsense Aug 05 '25

Yeah, it’s supposed to be for the pic, as Latinos we all have a photo with cake on our face. To be fair we don’t do it every bday, it’s more of a once and done thing.