Child Spitting on Birthday Cake as Mom Watches

About

Child Spitting on Birthday Cake as Mom Watches is an image macro series featuring an image of a young child spitting on a birthday cake when blowing out the candle as the mom helps by blowing on the candle.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the image was posted on March 21st, 2020 on the Facebook ^[1] group FoodArtDarkSide. The post received more than 2,100 shares, 965 reactions and 170 comments in less than one month (shown below).

Spread

Over the next week, the image continued to spread online. For example, on March 27th, Redditor ^[2] jaime0007 shared the image in the /r/kidsarefuckingstupid subreddit. The post received more than 28,000 points (97% upvoted) and 425 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, left).

That day, Redditor^[3] For_The_Watch shared an object labeling variation about the video game Call of Duty. The post received more than 315 points (97% upvoted) in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

On April 6th, Redditor^[4] BinaryPeach posted the image in the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit, where it received more than 11,000 points (97% upvoted) and 120 comments in less than two days (shown below, right).

Various Examples

Search Interest

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