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The Milk Is Its Dad And The Box Is Its Mom refers to a TikTok created by Sarah_Maddack in which she and others rap about the Cereal or Milk First Debate, taking the stance that milk should go into the bowl first by the logic that "the milk is (the cereal's) dad and the box is its mom, so any seconds that it spends without them, it gets really sad." The video went viral on Twitter a month after it was first posted, as people commented it was cringeworthy and needlessly gendered.

Origin

On September 11th, 2020, TikTok user @Sarah_Haddack uploaded a parody rap arguing in favor of putting milk in the bowl before cereal. The video gained over 2.3 million views on the platform in roughly 40 days.

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On October 15th, 2020, Twitter user @marxistmarge^[1] reposted the video to Twitter, writing, "Are the straights okay?", gaining over 1,000 retweets, 2,500 quote tweets, and 8,900 likes (shown below, left). On October 16th, Twitter user @lifeofbrodes^[2] tweeted a similar sentiment with the video, gaining over 3,900 retweets, 3,100 quote tweets, and 40,000 likes (shown below, right).

As the video spread on Twitter, other users commented on how it was cringeworthy. Twitter user @chunkyfila^[3] joked, "i went to high school with these kids they used to push me and call me a terrorist before going to their future business leaders of america meetings," gaining over 350 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, left). User @judeinlondon2^[4] tweeted the video, writing "This is a hate crime," gaining over 80 likes (shown below, right).

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