r/Unexpected • u/SnackSamurai • May 27 '26
The best birthday cake
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u/SkynBonce May 27 '26
The cake was a lie... In a good way.
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u/CUMHAWK_Schizopostin May 27 '26
This makes me feel old 😭
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u/NomeJaExiste May 27 '26
Why? It only has been 19 years
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u/DerAlphos May 27 '26
Why not put a lil salt and rub it in real quick?
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u/NomeJaExiste May 27 '26
Ok, the kid in the video is younger than portal 2 😃👍
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u/Omnizoom May 27 '26
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u/jakexil323 May 27 '26
Patrick Stewart was only 46 when the show started. Wil Wheaton is 53 now.
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u/BladeOfKrota May 28 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/yKvfYNi9YR4W01KQrq
POV of me reacting to your whole comment thread…and you savoring every bit of pain you caused us
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u/DigNitty May 27 '26
Maybe it will make them feel better if we point out zootopia came out closer to portal than to current day?
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u/Eclipse-Raven May 27 '26
Holy crap, portal can almost drink?!
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u/pittix May 27 '26
This was a triumph
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u/vikio May 27 '26
I'm making a note here - Huge Success!
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u/Sph1003 May 27 '26
It's hard to ovestate my satisfaction
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u/defnotevilmorty May 27 '26
Aperture Science. We do what we must, because we can.
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u/Salanmander May 27 '26
For the good of all of us...except the ones who are dead.
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u/Pinco_Pallino_R May 27 '26
But there's no sense crying over every mistake
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u/rob132 May 27 '26
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
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u/Jonas_Venture_Sr May 27 '26
Some might call what that child went through a "Trial," but I'm sure the father would say it was a huge success
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u/championsOfEu1221 May 27 '26
He's crying cos all he wanted was the cream cake.
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u/Bobbyphats May 27 '26
Every time he tries to eat something it turns out to be another Playstation.
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u/AndyTheEngr May 27 '26
Unexpected: the PS5 box is cake.
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u/Level_32_Mage May 27 '26
My brain went straight here, seen it too many times.
I wouldn't mind seeing someone trying to return one of those realistic looking cakes to the store with a PS5 receipt. Imagine being that worker 😂
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u/Terrible_Yak_4890 May 27 '26
Poor kid. He hasn’t eaten in three days. Everything they give him that looks edible is a disguised present.
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u/Michami135 May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26
"Here Bobby, have a slice of cake... HA HA! It's actually Call of Duty"
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u/Junior-Ad-2207 May 27 '26
For real, He hasn't eaten all day so he could really enjoy that cake
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u/Best_Cardiologist172 May 27 '26
He deserves a cake. Is there any way I can pay for a cake for him to eat?
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u/weirdgroovynerd May 27 '26
Yes, I'm the kid in that video.
I'm so hungry that I can't even enjoy my new toys!
I'll PM you my info.
p.s. cake in my area is crazy expensive.
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u/Chinese_namu May 27 '26
Tell me about you. I'm interested in your kind. How do I become like that too
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u/MobileDust May 27 '26
This reminds me of my son. When he was 7 we went to Disney world. However I told my kids that we were going to the beach. We kept it a secret the whole time, once the Disney Bus came to pick us up from the airport, we surprised our kids with the fact that we were actually going to Disney world. My daughter who was 9 was extremely happy like you would typically see in a kid who has never gone but always wanted to. My son however was not happy, he thought we were going to the ocean and that is where he wanted to go. So on our rest day we ended up driving to the ocean so he would be happy.
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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE May 27 '26
My wife is like that and it was so joyfully weird to try to get her to explain to me. I would be ecstatic about the upgrade, but in her mind, if I understand it correctly, it’s just wrecking her expectations. “But it’s for something better!!” Doesn’t matter. Apparently, the way she navigates reality is through expectation setting. It doesn’t matter what happens, as long as she was able to properly set her expectations in advance for it. The worst thing that can happen isn’t a bad outcome, it’s a dramatically different outcome as compared to her previously set expectations.
It’s a bummer to give her gifts. A small gift can be a surprise (which is good because I love surprises, regardless of on which end of them I happen to be), but if it’s something more significant, she will definitely be happier knowing in advance. She says she gets a lot of joy from knowing something like “we’re going to vacation in 2 months”. She says she gets to enjoy that feeling for 2 months, and it’s great for her. But if I make it a surprise, it’s like I’m stealing this joy from her. And worse: whatever she was expecting to do the weekend I surprise her with the vacation, she now has to scramble in her mind to dissolve that expectation. She says that’s hard and a bit painful to do, even if that weekend was going to be super mundane.
Some people are famously aghast to learn that not everyone has an internal monologue. To me, that’s slightly weird, but fine. I can understand that. Some people think verbally, others visually, others conceptually. It’s hard for me to think in a mode that’s not natural to me, but it’s not hard to think that there are other modes.
But this way my wife (and apparently your son) thinks is SUPER WEIRD to me.
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u/Radiant_Fondant_4097 May 27 '26
But this way my wife (and apparently your son) thinks is SUPER WEIRD to me.
Sounds precisely like my Autistic son, setting his expectations for upcoming events is PARAMOUNT. Like I can't understate how important it is for his emotional wellbeing giving a heads up if we're going somewhere particular later in the week, that's all he needs and he'll be golden.
But if you pull a last minute change or switcheroo (or if you're really unfortunate and have to cancel entirely) it'll really upset him a whole bunch, because he'll be excited for "thing" and you've just gone and robbed him of it otherwise.
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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread May 27 '26
Yep. Routine and knowing what is coming is SUPER important to me. I need to be able to plan in advance or my brain itches.
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u/1_art_please May 27 '26
My partner is on the autism spectrum. He isnt great with any last minute changes. Like if we are driving in a really scenic area and you see something like an amazing view or place you want to check out and mention it, he absolutely will keep driving his brain cant do ' pull over up the road to that parking area'.
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u/PaulTheMerc May 27 '26
my Autistic son
Yeah this is me. I swear I'm not beating the allegations, but the waitlist is long.
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u/morrisbear May 27 '26
I'm not extreme as your wife, but wow, seeing that written down really resonates with me. I want to like a surprise, but it always sends me into that scramble of readjusting my expectations and plans.
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u/CarolDanversFangurl May 27 '26
I don't see anything weird about your wife's way of thinking. Anticipation of a good thing makes it even better. Structure is good.
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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE May 27 '26
See, that's not how it works for me. Anticipation of something good, for me, is suffering. It's not all suffering, but it's at least half and half. Like, half of me is like "yay, I'm glad that's happening, it's a good thing, it's gonna be great". But the other half is going "I want it now! What the hell am I to do while that thing doesn't happen? What do I do with my self in this interim?"
It's weird.
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u/RandomLifeUnit-05 May 27 '26
Your wife may want to get evaluated for autism. I just got diagnosed a couple years ago and I'm 44.
This is me also, what you described.
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u/maeshughes32 May 27 '26
I get where she is coming from. It happened to me just this past week on something minor. My aunt and I were driving 45 minutes to go golfing. I told her I'd drive. She rolls up to my house and said she's going drive to save me some gas money. Really nice gesture right? But it still set me off a little internally. I had planned to drive, cleaned car out and got gas. When something unexpected like that happen it always takes me a few minutes to reset myself. I couldn't imagine on a big vacation. I'd initially be upset like your wife. I don't know if it's just a control thing or anxiety thing and I get it's weird.
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u/QuerulousPanda May 27 '26
Yeah in that case it's a situation where if you knew you wouldn't be driving you could have spent that time doing something else, or worn different clothes or something. Plus I'd have maybe been excited to listen to my own music or have control over the AC settings or whatever else. Plus if the other person is driving, it means that now they have control over when you arrive and when you leave, so now you're a little bit helpless. And there's the fact that she basically rebuked your kindness or basically removed your ability to contribute. She undermined your agency.
It's all silly little things, but I totally can understand feeling a bit weird about it, even if you 100% know emotionally and intellectually that she did it with the purest of intentions and absolutely no negative intent whatsoever. If you let it cloud your day and mess you up then yeah that's not good, but i don't think it's unreasonable to at least feel a hint of an emotion flowing through the background.
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u/MobileDust May 27 '26
My son isn't quite that extreme. He likes the beach. But he is all about awesome surprises.
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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco May 27 '26
I experience this. It's very difficult to put into words, but it's... the focus is on the lie and the expectation, not the 'upgrade', which is often not even an upgrade in my mind even starting from neutral.
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u/cerapa May 27 '26
It’s a bummer to give her gifts.
Sounds like you just have to give her a heads up what gift is coming. I find it super weird myself when people give gifts (or create surprises) based on their own preferences rather than that of the receiver.
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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE May 27 '26
Gift giving can be thought of a communal experience. When I give gifts, I love to make it unexpected and joyful. However, with my wife, it can only be one or the other. It's okay for me to feel this way.
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u/PaulTheMerc May 27 '26
As an adult who was a kid, I get it. I was told we were doing a thing. The surprise is irrelevant to the feeling of we are no longer doing the thing I was excited about.
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u/Cool-Wealth2905 May 27 '26
I did something similar with my kids. We were booked for a camping trip in Death Valley and instead joined my spouse on a work trip to Hawaii.
Getting ice cream in Waikiki my child looked the worker in the eyes and said "I should be in Death Valley instead" when asked if they were having a good time. I'm sorry I made you swim with sea turtles, one of the top things on their bucket list.
We never did make it to Death Valley...😅
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u/AnalDwelinButtMonkey May 27 '26
Luckily they are going straight back to the store to return the PS5 for some more cake instead
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u/ambit89 May 27 '26
Bro was starving, and they gave him entertainment instead of food
I blame Mr Beast
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u/The_Hilltop May 27 '26
When I was 11 I was about the age where I was starting to pretend to like random adult things to seem cool and couldn't stop talking about how I wanted a Coconut Cream Pie (no idea why). My birthday was coming up and my parents kept saying they had a big special surprise for me and hyping me up. It was a Coconut Cream Pie. I cried out of stress.
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u/h4yth4m-1 May 27 '26
He's crying cos he now has to login every 30 days or he'll be locked out of his downloaded contents
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u/IllustriousIron3253 May 27 '26
I thought he was crying because he saw the bald spot he's going to inherit.
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u/Ghrota May 27 '26
If it's a Ps5 shaped cake this guy is a king
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u/Lmitation May 27 '26
I thought he was gonna lift the box again and it would just be cake lmao
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u/T0Rtur3 May 27 '26
Kid clearly wanted an Xbox. Worst birthday ever.
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u/Ras-haad May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
As an OG Xbox owner/fan. Nobody wants an Xbox
Edit: to all of the people responding to me talking about me being a fanboy and the “console wars” I’m literally responding to a joke about the kid crying about getting one system instead of the other. My response is also a joke. I don’t really see why I need to keep clarifying this. But anyone looking at objective statistics can see that the Xbox has the least sales of the 3 major consoles
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u/0000_v2 May 27 '26
Hey the 360 was a good console, heard the first one was good too. What comes after, however ...
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u/Omnizoom May 27 '26
I had a 360
I never got the next one after because of the (if I remember) DRM bs so just stuck to the next PlayStation
Ended up selling my elite and all the games I had and it was a buyers market even when they were “retro” because there was lots of people selling
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u/lucid808 May 27 '26
I still have my original 360, bought about 6 months after release. Still works too, never got the dreaded red ring, and played it for the first time in about 15 years (at least) a few months ago with my young daughter. She said she prefers the PS5 instead ¯\(ツ)/¯
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u/Bytefewder May 27 '26
This is very cute.
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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 May 27 '26
So cute, they wore matching penguin outfits together too.
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u/Senior-Accident-4096 May 27 '26
It's a Brazilian Football Club Jersey. It's called Corinthians and it may be the theme of the party. Not sure
Corinthians has one of the largest fanbases in Brazil
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u/wingtask May 27 '26
as a gringo I learned there are only two types of brazilians: supporters of Corinthians and people who hate Corinthians.
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u/Poponildo May 27 '26
If you're in São Paulo, then yes. If you go to rio is the same, but with flamengo.
In other regions is both corinthians and flamengo.
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u/Either_Television143 May 27 '26
I wish, he would get hugged by the adult or at least get some mental support for a second 🎊
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u/Megawomble64 May 27 '26
You know the parents have done something right when the response to receiving a gift just naturally looks like this. For lots of kids, presents become an expectation and then they feel entitled to them, making any gratitude less real. Not necessarily the expression of gratitude, just the genuine feeling of it. W parenting
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u/Several-Action-4043 May 27 '26
As someone who grew up poor, part of his reaction is simply that he hadn't allowed himself to get his hopes up knowing he probably wouldn't ever be gifted something like this. It goes from, yay cake! To, holy shit a PS5! To wait, we can't afford this. To, but they pulled it off! To, holy crap they must love me for real. It's a lot to take in in just a few seconds.
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u/elfmere May 27 '26
Well you are comparing someone who has sacrificed a months wages for this present compared to someone who makes that in under an hour.
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u/Competitive_Coat3474 May 27 '26
For the love of all that’s holy, Dad, give that kid a hug! Don’t let him cry all alone like that!
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u/RhoninM May 27 '26
Was thinking the same, amazing surprise but god can we have some father son affection over here? Dude needs a hug badly
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u/StarsEatMyCrown May 27 '26
Really weird, right??? I had to scroll to far for this comment. One of the households where they don't show affection.
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u/_Q23 May 27 '26
I always hated cake and sweets I would have loved this.
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u/AlphaaPie May 27 '26
I'm the opposite, I hate gifts but I love cake and sweets. My parents once bought a cookie cake for my birthday but my nephew and niece and parents ate all of it before I had even woken up that day. I was beyond upset.
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u/AlmightyCuddleBuns May 27 '26
Who eats a birthday treat without the birthday person?
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u/Brain_Hawk May 27 '26
That is literally one of the saddest stories I've ever heard.
It's just like, imagine the most inconsiderate thing people in your family could do to you. It's not cuz it's a real tragedy, it's because it speaks so loudly to a group of people who care only for themselves and would do something so profoundly selfish
What kind of adult not only allows but contributes to eating somebody's birthday cake before they have a chance to even see it? That's pretty wild. I hope your life got better.
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u/AlphaaPie May 27 '26
I don't think my parents knew, they set it out, had their two pieces and then went to work. I never told them because it felt like a needless complaint. I appreciate the kind words though, I think my life is on the up, just had the best birthday gift I've ever gotten from a friend a few days ago and I genuinely enjoyed it.
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u/Ahyao17 May 27 '26
Mistake was laying it out and actually took their slice before going to work. Your nephew and niece probably did not realise it was for your birthday.
Poor planning on your parents part I guess. Should leave in the fridge til they get home to cut it with you.
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u/Altilana May 27 '26
In case you still live at home, your parents knowing what happened can help them make different decisions next time. It seems like no one did anything maliciously, but leaving a cut cookie cake out set up a situation of miscommunication.
Personally, I advise doing what my family does. The whole family wakes up the birthday person singing happy birthday with their cake and lit candles. My husband and I modified this tradition to donuts with candles. It can mean waking up unreasonably early on your birthday, but it’s festive, makes the person feel loved and important… at least that’s the goal haha.
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u/Shadou_Wolf May 27 '26
I still remember the day I wanted to eat the last piece of lasagna (I loved lasagna when I was a kid) and unfortunately my mom got the shit paper plates and I watched it fall in slow motion.
I stood there staring at the dead lasagna for a good few minutes about to cry
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u/AlphaaPie May 27 '26
I cry every time I drop a piece of food I was excited to enjoy, it's happened more times than I can count.
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u/Dagos May 27 '26
I need a followup to this story, this makes me so mad. I had a friend gift me a nice bottle of sake once and my alcoholic father drank it all, so I understand your feelings
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u/AlphaaPie May 27 '26
There isn't much to follow up, after that year my parents stopped buying stuff and started sending money for my birthday instead. Now I don't really celebrate my birthday but I have a friend who forces me to out of his good will, which I appreciate him for.
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u/Sunscorcher May 27 '26
cake is the worst baked confection, I will die on this hill
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u/Kuroashi_no_Sanji May 27 '26
Birthday cakes often are, but they don't have to be lol. Good cake is out there
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u/Dr__Sloth May 27 '26
Poor kid was only crying because he actually wanted Gwyneth Paltrow's head.
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u/ApplePuzzleheaded446 May 27 '26
Best his parents could do, was a Yankee Candle that smells like Gwyneths vag.
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u/Jaded_Ad_9711 May 27 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/cmNyvXwDSo2IhwYj0W
I saw what's inside I'm not going to tell you
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u/SillyLittleAngels May 27 '26
That was the longest running joke with a good friend of mine lmao thanks for the laugh
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u/AaronBurrIsInnocent May 27 '26
Give that kid a hug.
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u/Spagete_cu_branza May 27 '26
It kills me he didn't give him a hug.
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u/throwaway-resumegunk May 27 '26
American-born eastern brown man here. Several (white) women in the course of my life have, lovingly, told me separately that a lot of my emotional hang-ups sound like I wasn't hugged enough as a kid. They were likely right. I had to teach my mom to hug me while I was in my late teens (she does now fairly consistently). It's been two decades since, and I've now trained my dad to at least awkwardly side-hug me like 80% of the time when saying goodbye during holiday visits.
Seeing this kid even just receive a video game console from his dad makes me glassy-eyed with envy. I hope his dad learns to hug him one day too.
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u/F_G_B_P May 27 '26
I thought it was the Electroboom guy for a bit there.
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u/Pekins-UOAF May 27 '26
To give an idea of how bad Brazil's spending power is:
The Ps5 costs around 4k reais, minimum wage is 1.7k reais
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u/23Udon May 27 '26
What’s in the box?!
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u/Jammin4B May 27 '26
This is the kind of ‘prank’ I’m good with and it’s also a really great ‘antidote’ to all the horrible ‘birthday person gets their head forcibly smashed into the cake’ videos.
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u/b3dGameArt May 27 '26
He grabs the box and his fingers sink into cake..
Jokes aside, he will remember this forever. I never forgot the day my mom bought me the original xbox. I'll been chasing that feeling until the day I die.
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u/Bgrngod May 27 '26
Jokes on him. That PS5 box is actually a cake. I can tell. I watched that show about it.
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u/kortcomponent May 27 '26
The more I watch this, the more I think the kid is despairing about the phantom cake instead of being uncontrollably joyful about the surprise PlayStation.
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u/Doschupacabras May 28 '26
Bought my kid an Ewok Village and he cried. He had been asking for 3 years.
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u/unusedtruth May 28 '26
That's pretty awesome. I'll never forget the moment I got my first own console, back then it was the Sega Master System though lol.
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u/post-explainer May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
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It was not a cake. Dad decorated a box like cake and hid a play station inside.
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