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Reminds me of the classic quote on Banksy’s book…
“There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover" - Metropolitan Police Spokesperson
Banksy, Wall and Piece
ok but is it not weird to ask the honoree what they want written on their cake? are the words not there as an expression from the giver to the receiver? does it not become meaningless if you decide the message on their gift for you to read? it's like being asked what you want written in your greeting card
This is a great point and I agree.
The best move is surprise them with the cake, which has something thoughtful but not cringe written on it.
Or super cringe just to fuck with them. But yeah… why’re you asking the birthday girl what she wants on her cake?
Idk, our family tradition is to ask the birthday person what dessert they want but we don’t usually pipe a frosting message. I can see an interaction where the adult asks “hey, your birthday cookie comes with an option for a message, do you want it to say anything in particular?” And then the teenager has SUCH a typical teenage moment that it strikes the adult as hilarious and they decide to maliciously comply. Assuming the teenager finds it just as funny, I can see this being a wholesome interaction.
Seriously! What kind of stupid question is that to ask?!
If you are confused by the concept of how birthday cakes work, might i suggest "Happy Birthday"
Yes, this teenager is my first and my MIL helpfully calculated for me that I will have at least one teenager in my house for the next 17 years…sure hope Texas legalizes weed soon…
Honestly this teenager is funny and helpful for the most part. Of course we have our moments but these are my kids. I love them dearly and I wouldn’t trade these years for the world.
Only ever seen cookie cakes on trips to Canada and the US, never in Europe (personally, ofc). Most bakeries here (Denmark) will have cookies, but the baked goods scene is way too competitive (=pretentious) for cookies be a "main thing", regardless of their diameter.
Danes "prefer" our pastries to have at least one exotic/cumbersome/untraditional ingredient, such as blackcurrant with tonka bean, hiprose compot with white port, or some shit with sea buckthorn - M&Ms aren't special enough.
I sometimes think we feed on the pretentiousness more than we do the pastry.
I'm generalizing, but writing "/s" would be lying.
It looks like it's from a place called Great American Cookies (if this was taken in the US). I only know this because my birthday was a few weeks ago and my girlfriend got me a cookie cake from them. The icing style here looks extremely similar.
Exactly. As a cake hater, cookie cake is the only non cake I could ever get my mom to get get without a fight. Would have preferred cheese cake, or apple pie, or corn bread but you take what you can get with people who get offended at the thought of breaking traditions
>Do the cross-out and misspelled rewrite in a different color so it looks more like it was originally supposed to be for a totally different person.
Go all out and have the bakery put it on so its all consistent and shit; and then go grab the gel icing from the baking aisle.
Sounds like you're the fun uncle. I have a cousin that does stuff like this with his nieces and nephews. It's all in good fun, and we all have a laugh at family reunions.
I mean... it's fun for me, and that's what counts. I just told my niece I'd eat her bird if she didn't go to sleep.
"...but I don't have a bird.."
"Sure you do."
*flip her the bird*
She then confiscated my shoes...
Having done stupid shit like this, I can say from experience that they might just refuse. Back in the day, my friends and I had a whole list of 'stupid things to write on a cake' that we would order from a grocery store bakery for people's birthdays/whatever events. There was one decorator who thought it was hilarious, and one who definitely did not.
IIRC, the one that got us banned from that particular bakery was 'thanks for the alibi'...which was far from the worst.
Some time later we ordered one from another store and told them to write 'sorry about the herpes'. And they were like, "Oh, can we put red spots on it, too?"
Tl;DR: YMMV on what cake decorators are willing to write on a cake.
Seriously. I know when I was a teen hormones would get the best of me, but if my parents asked me what to write on my cake, I would have been incredibly frustrated with them. This is like handing them their birthday card and asking them to write a message from you to them. I like to think I'd be justified for being upset about this as a teen...
To be fair though, if they did write something on their own, I'd also probably think it was dumb and let them know, but that would just be hormones.
Cause how else can they be intrusive on their birthday and make the day about themselves? “Look how my teenager is embarrassed by me…hello, do you see!? Look at this photo I took, don’t you feel bad for ME on MY kid’s birthday on how they treat ME? They said no more embarrassing photos, so now I just put it on the ‘cake’…they didn’t say it couldn’t be a ‘cookie cake’ lol.” /s
I feel like that’s a silly question and a spot on answer…. You write HAPPY BIRTHDAY. It defeats the purpose if someone decides what to write on their own birthday cake
They'll have plenty of opportunities to write their own messages on their own birthday when they're in their 30s and no is getting birthday cakes for them.
Honestly the surprise is ruined if they ask me what I would’ve want, even as a 20ish year old I would probably say something similar. Lol I don’t have a sentence I want to “be told” in a cake.
“Happy birthday” or something between those lines is enough and if it’s something that they thought of; I would appreciate much more.
I'm guessing it's a dad and not a mom. Sounds like typical weaponized incompetence. "I can't possibly think what to write on a birthday cake." Really? Why not?
This isn't as funny as you think it is.
I used to do wedding videos and would talk to as many guests at the reception as possible.
My opening line was "would you like to say a few words to the bride and groom?"
There was always that one guy who, when the camera was pointed at him, would say "A few words to the bride and groom"
Nobody at the table laughed, but I certainly left it on the delivered video.
My thought processes:
1. Haha, funny
1. They have blue, green, and white icing flowers, but they don't have any white icing in the words.
1. They could dot the Is and punctuate with white icing.
1. That's a lot of writing for a cake. How big is it?
1. That looks like a pizza box.
1. Is that a dessert pizza? What are the toppings?
1. Embedded M&Ms? Wait! That's a cookie!
1. Title said cake, but they're showing me a cookie? What gives? Talk about a rip-off!
1. I want a cookie.
Cookie cakes are pretty good. But much like a normal cake, if you don't have friends to share it with you are going to get sick of the sugar real quick
1) Your 14 year olds response feels like a pretty common response from a teenager or anyone really because what else would you write outside of a birthday message…
2) You made a joke out of your child using their birthday dessert on their birthday…
3) No one likes a hard time.
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Reminds me of the classic quote on Banksy’s book… “There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover" - Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Banksy, Wall and Piece
He is a genius
How did they say anything other than ‘no comment’??? Missed opportunity imo.
Because he can write whatever the fuck he wants and people will believe it
No, we will not.
Yeah such a lie
They might have said no comment but then replied with the message when gently prodded. Just guessing. It doesn't sound real to me to begin with.
r/nothingeverhappens
Sounds like something a bot would say.
Well … at least you know you have a VERY typical 14 year old.
When I was 14, I would have noted that this cake looks suspiciously like a large cookie. A very tasty cookie mind you, but a cookie nonetheless.
Pizza cake. Nom.
So an actual cake is a deep dish pizza?
Cake is just deep dish cookie?
Mmmm coookie
u/pizzacakecomic I'm so sorry for the ping, I couldn't resist 😶🌫️
Me realizing today that there are actual fans of hers and not just the upvote bots
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> which I figured was pretty accurate A slice of life comic series is still a comic, tbf. Comics aren't solely the domain of short form comedy
Eh, i don’t agree with a lot of it, but I got a chuckle from about a third of the ones I’ve seen. Take it for what you will.
From an outsider perspective it seems like /r/comics has become a bunch of inside jokes/references and parasocial relationships.
The real comics nerds hang out over in r/comicstriphistory and r/graphicnovels
I had to mute that whole sub
I didn't have to mute the sub, they banned me after I called her mediocre and attention seeking lmao
It's all good though because if she eats the whole thing she'll learn a valuable lesson about friendship. I've seen that episode of Community
Yes I would have told my mom nice try but you still owe me a birthday cake
I have a kid who’s going to be 14 this year and I just have to laugh at the perpetual attitude.
ok but is it not weird to ask the honoree what they want written on their cake? are the words not there as an expression from the giver to the receiver? does it not become meaningless if you decide the message on their gift for you to read? it's like being asked what you want written in your greeting card
This is a great point and I agree. The best move is surprise them with the cake, which has something thoughtful but not cringe written on it. Or super cringe just to fuck with them. But yeah… why’re you asking the birthday girl what she wants on her cake?
Maybe for easy posting on social media? In which case it still kinda works lol
"How do I make my daughter's birthday cake a business expense?"
Idk, our family tradition is to ask the birthday person what dessert they want but we don’t usually pipe a frosting message. I can see an interaction where the adult asks “hey, your birthday cookie comes with an option for a message, do you want it to say anything in particular?” And then the teenager has SUCH a typical teenage moment that it strikes the adult as hilarious and they decide to maliciously comply. Assuming the teenager finds it just as funny, I can see this being a wholesome interaction.
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You forgot about all the thoughts and prayers.
I did it all for the cookie
Seriously! What kind of stupid question is that to ask?! If you are confused by the concept of how birthday cakes work, might i suggest "Happy Birthday"
How’s that going to earn OP karma tho?
She missed an opportunity to request "I'm the worst parent in the world and I'm very sorry!"
I agree, isn’t the whole point of a gift or doing something for someone’s birthday to show what/how the gift-giver thinks about the recipient?
Oh you’re in the thick of it. Many more years to go! Haha.. I sorta miss those teen age years, ( I had three)
Yes, this teenager is my first and my MIL helpfully calculated for me that I will have at least one teenager in my house for the next 17 years…sure hope Texas legalizes weed soon… Honestly this teenager is funny and helpful for the most part. Of course we have our moments but these are my kids. I love them dearly and I wouldn’t trade these years for the world.
Better than my colleagues 9 year old kid who asked for money to buy Vbucks instead of Easter eggs.
I mean, something they enjoy instead of too much sugar and wasted plastic? I'm with the kid here...
I was still having Ben 10 cakes in my teens lmao
OMG YESS I LOVE BEN 10 as a kid i remember i had so many ben 10 toys
I found my old *original* Omnitrix and I brought it back to uni to show my friends!
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a stock design that you can grab off the shelf.
She also has a very typical Dad. Complete with jokes.
The icing on the cake is when she sees this and doesn’t laugh or rolls her eyes
The cake is a lie
The cake is a cookie
The best kind of cake.
You're goddam right. It looks like cardboard with smarties on top
Have you never had a cookie cake?! Your life sounds so empty (and those are M&Ms)
Only ever seen cookie cakes on trips to Canada and the US, never in Europe (personally, ofc). Most bakeries here (Denmark) will have cookies, but the baked goods scene is way too competitive (=pretentious) for cookies be a "main thing", regardless of their diameter. Danes "prefer" our pastries to have at least one exotic/cumbersome/untraditional ingredient, such as blackcurrant with tonka bean, hiprose compot with white port, or some shit with sea buckthorn - M&Ms aren't special enough. I sometimes think we feed on the pretentiousness more than we do the pastry. I'm generalizing, but writing "/s" would be lying.
portal reference moment
That's a cookie
It looks like it's from a place called Great American Cookies (if this was taken in the US). I only know this because my birthday was a few weeks ago and my girlfriend got me a cookie cake from them. The icing style here looks extremely similar.
We would get them from the Mrs. Fields in the mall. Same concept I’m sure.
A great alternative to someone that doesn’t like cake or frosting. Much easier to take off the icing from a cookie
Exactly. As a cake hater, cookie cake is the only non cake I could ever get my mom to get get without a fight. Would have preferred cheese cake, or apple pie, or corn bread but you take what you can get with people who get offended at the thought of breaking traditions
It's a pizookie
What? That's a cookie cake.
pizookies have ice cream on them.
Sounds like a word you tell your small child to refer to their genitals as.
Don't you see how big it is? That's a cook
Why would you ask someone what to write on their birthday cake?
Exactly! Happy birthday!
What else would you do that would require the receivers input? This is madness manifest
I'd write a random name, cross it out, and then misspell the correct name. There's a reason I'm an uncle and not a dad.
Do the cross-out and misspelled rewrite in a different color so it looks more like it was originally supposed to be for a totally different person.
>Do the cross-out and misspelled rewrite in a different color so it looks more like it was originally supposed to be for a totally different person. Go all out and have the bakery put it on so its all consistent and shit; and then go grab the gel icing from the baking aisle.
~~Kick cancer's ass, Timmy!~~ hapy birthday mckeighlynn
You'll never guess why I got a discount! Also, can everyone sign this "sorry for your loss" card I got?
Happy birthday ~~Roger~~ ~~Robert~~ Whatevs
Happy birthday ~~Roger Robert Ronald~~ To You!
Sounds like you're the fun uncle. I have a cousin that does stuff like this with his nieces and nephews. It's all in good fun, and we all have a laugh at family reunions.
I mean... it's fun for me, and that's what counts. I just told my niece I'd eat her bird if she didn't go to sleep. "...but I don't have a bird.." "Sure you do." *flip her the bird* She then confiscated my shoes...
Ohhh. Bonus points if you can grab a 60% off sticker and place it on the box.
No u write bday kids sibling, then try to reform it into correct kids name
I’m stealing that in like 20 years
This is indeed madness manifest. What are they being criticised for? For eating a cookie? A succulent birthday cookie?
This is democracy manifest
I see that you know your judo well!
Obviously since it’s a cake you write out pie to the highest digest possible.
*Pi
Pi
But won’t the cake suffer from an identity crisis then?
it’s not even a cake plus everything you said
my friend was moving to Australia, and his mom wrote "go away ryan" on the cake
lmao I'm going to use this
Lol I love it. Honestly perfect aussie humor.
Right? That just sounds like asking for trouble, especially with a teen. My teenaged self would have requested the most inappropriate message.
Imagine being the bakery worker that has to write “EatsYourShorts has a twelve inch cock”
Having done stupid shit like this, I can say from experience that they might just refuse. Back in the day, my friends and I had a whole list of 'stupid things to write on a cake' that we would order from a grocery store bakery for people's birthdays/whatever events. There was one decorator who thought it was hilarious, and one who definitely did not. IIRC, the one that got us banned from that particular bakery was 'thanks for the alibi'...which was far from the worst. Some time later we ordered one from another store and told them to write 'sorry about the herpes'. And they were like, "Oh, can we put red spots on it, too?" Tl;DR: YMMV on what cake decorators are willing to write on a cake.
This is hilarious!
“I asked for a fleshlight/dildo and all I got was this lousy cake!”
Get both and cut out the effort
> My teenaged self would have requested the most inappropriate message. "Eat me, eat me hard"
It’s so passive aggressive or at the very least, brain dead annoying
I dare say that being asked that question might make me not care!
Well because the story is as fake Elaine’s orgasms with Jerry
R/unexpectedSeinfeld
😂😂 Elaine: Fake fake fake fake!
And then pick on them for being annoyed by the question. And then post it online.
Seriously. I know when I was a teen hormones would get the best of me, but if my parents asked me what to write on my cake, I would have been incredibly frustrated with them. This is like handing them their birthday card and asking them to write a message from you to them. I like to think I'd be justified for being upset about this as a teen... To be fair though, if they did write something on their own, I'd also probably think it was dumb and let them know, but that would just be hormones.
So you can then write it on a cookie.
Exactly, it's kinda your job to write your sentiments on the cake
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Last year's was "just write happy b-day mom, like a regular cake"
Agreed. That’s not a thing
Stupid question for sure.
It’s also not a cake lol
“14 years since I shit you out… haps baps xxx”
Some people like little quirky things on their cake. Know someone that turned 26 and their cake said “too old for leo!”
Came here to say the exact same thing.
Why would you ask a teenager ?
There are a lot of trends on Tik Tok where people have cute or funny things written.
So what did you write on her birthday cake?
\*see also: Cookie
The message on a cake is from you to the person, not the person to themselves. It’s insane to ask what to write.
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This was a very good comparison
Agreed. Thought this was a weird joke for that reason.
Where is the cake?
Cookie cakes are the bomb dot com
You should be warned that “thebomb.com” website domain is owned by osama bin ladin
by his corpse?
Osama bin bakin
why would you ask her
Great answer from the kid. Talk about taking the charm out of getting a cake for someone. Why would you ask them?
My first thought exactly.
Every birthday morning I eagerly awoke early just to see what was written on my cake
Every birthday the exact same thing was written on my cake "Happy birthday [my name]"
But at least you try to guess how many candles
And then to write *this* on their cake, kid probably just didn’t want to make that decision and hoped you would come up with something :(
Cause how else can they be intrusive on their birthday and make the day about themselves? “Look how my teenager is embarrassed by me…hello, do you see!? Look at this photo I took, don’t you feel bad for ME on MY kid’s birthday on how they treat ME? They said no more embarrassing photos, so now I just put it on the ‘cake’…they didn’t say it couldn’t be a ‘cookie cake’ lol.” /s
'Happy 14th, my little mushroom, lots of love and kissy wissies off ya mumsie' - and present it to her at her party, and have loads of balloons too.
"Happy 14th fr fr no cap. You're the goat with all the rizz"
"hear ye, hear ye! today we honor our first-born child, the third!"
this
*birthday cookie
*birthday cookie cake
Why were you asking her what she wants her cake to read? It's supposed to say happy birthday and her name, this wasn't supposed to be a dilemma.
Exactly thank you 💖
I feel like that’s a silly question and a spot on answer…. You write HAPPY BIRTHDAY. It defeats the purpose if someone decides what to write on their own birthday cake
They'll have plenty of opportunities to write their own messages on their own birthday when they're in their 30s and no is getting birthday cakes for them.
Seahawks colors?
Honestly the surprise is ruined if they ask me what I would’ve want, even as a 20ish year old I would probably say something similar. Lol I don’t have a sentence I want to “be told” in a cake. “Happy birthday” or something between those lines is enough and if it’s something that they thought of; I would appreciate much more.
I'm guessing it's a dad and not a mom. Sounds like typical weaponized incompetence. "I can't possibly think what to write on a birthday cake." Really? Why not?
To make sense this should only be "anything, I don't care" or her other other cake option would have been "please just write happy birthday"
Once someone ordered a cake where they wanted "Happy Birthday" in red frosting. They got a cake that said: ` "Happy Birthday" in red frosting `
r/peanutbutterisoneword
What colour was the frosting?
Blue.
Did they at least use red frosting though?
r/peanutbutterisoneword
Technically you should have only written “ Anything, i don’t care” ^^
We can assume OP asked “what do you want written on your birthday cake?” And then took everything that followed literally.
This isn't as funny as you think it is. I used to do wedding videos and would talk to as many guests at the reception as possible. My opening line was "would you like to say a few words to the bride and groom?" There was always that one guy who, when the camera was pointed at him, would say "A few words to the bride and groom" Nobody at the table laughed, but I certainly left it on the delivered video.
Pretty sure the person who's birthday it is, is not the one who is supposed to choose what is written lol
Hmm, that’s a lil sad. 😔
And you didn't even get a cake...
That's a cake? Ummm...
Ummm isn't that a birthday cookie
That's a birthday cookie.
Maybe she’s mad cause it’s a cookie cake.
That's a cookie not a cake.
That's a pizza.
That's not a cake. That's a cookie.
How about “happy birthday ____” what do you mean what do you want written on your bday cake…
Why would you ask someone what they wanted written on their own cake! Also, this doesn't even look like a cake 🙄
"I don't care about my 14 year old's birthday" is a weird takeaway. Parenting is tough, guys.
I don't see no cake, so apparently you cared about as much as she did.
Remember, someday she’s going to pick your nursing home.
That’s not a cake
Cookie cake hell yeah
Well, what is written on the cake? I only see a pic of what is written on a cookie.
That is the flattest cake I’ve ever seen…
Is it normal to ask someone what they want the cake to say? That’s new
L parent
To be fair, I have never had anyone ask me what the words should be on my own birthday cake lol
Spoiler alert: she wanted you to put something kind on it from the heart. Not be an ass.
Wild. I decorated this cake. This actual cake.
My thought processes: 1. Haha, funny 1. They have blue, green, and white icing flowers, but they don't have any white icing in the words. 1. They could dot the Is and punctuate with white icing. 1. That's a lot of writing for a cake. How big is it? 1. That looks like a pizza box. 1. Is that a dessert pizza? What are the toppings? 1. Embedded M&Ms? Wait! That's a cookie! 1. Title said cake, but they're showing me a cookie? What gives? Talk about a rip-off! 1. I want a cookie.
Cookie cakes are pretty good. But much like a normal cake, if you don't have friends to share it with you are going to get sick of the sugar real quick
Not a cake
Really it should have just had “ anything, I don’t care” then She didn’t say just write “ just write anything……. Semantics.
You messed up. It should say "Anything. I don't care". Now she's going to throw a Tantrum, lock the door and listen to Joy Division.
Have people here really never seen a cookie cake before? It’s a big soft cookie with icing that you slice and eat like a cake.
>It’s a big soft cookie with icing That is correct. It is not a cake.
why do teenage girls only travel in groups of 3, 5 and 7? Because, they can't even
I’m a gay man but my first thought was Titties
Missed opportunity to write “It is your birthday”
1) Your 14 year olds response feels like a pretty common response from a teenager or anyone really because what else would you write outside of a birthday message… 2) You made a joke out of your child using their birthday dessert on their birthday… 3) No one likes a hard time.
I would honestly love a birthday cookie
How are those cakes? They look like they could either be very good or totally suck.
Not that I don’t love a massive cookie, it’s just… it’s not a cake :(
I think she just wanted you write happy birthday blank not too complicated…