There’s really no reasonable way to enter into this topic, so I’ll just say it: Twitter is being overrun by cakes in disguise and nobody is OK.
Why did this happen? How? That’s for future historians to unravel.
All we can do right now is sit back and marvel at all the cakery fakery overtaking our bakeries. The skill is takes to create such horrifyingly detailed edible facsimiles is far beyond my mortal comprehension, but it sure is fun to watch, and there are no shortage of jokes.
Beware ye who scroll past here, you’re about to question everything.
10. Taking the cake
Witness the absolute peak of man’s hubris.
These Are All Cakes pic.twitter.com/ejArkJHaid
— Tasty (@tasty) July 8, 2020
9. Serrated blade runner
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Shoes made of sweets. I watched toilet paper split to reveal its sumptuous core. All those moments will be lost in time, like cake in rain.”
https://twitter.com/mikerugnetta/status/1282329657900175363
8. Sweet release
Soon we will all be cake.
Normal heart rate:
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/⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ /My heart rate when I’m a cake:
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⠀— Carson (@CallMeCarsonYT) July 12, 2020
7. Dog-gone
If I cannot have the chocolate, I must become the chocolate.
Amazing, but nothing will ever beat this one pic.twitter.com/BRE2T0r2kD
— arlo (@ArloNC) July 8, 2020
6. Cover versions
It’s all cake all the time.
If you get this joke it’s time to take a break from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/iiSup36Nem
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) July 12, 2020
5. Absolutely vicious
This is the series that just keeps on giving.
HANNIBAL SEASON 4 PLOT TWIST pic.twitter.com/MSkgM9Yovv
— bear (@easterhay) July 11, 2020
4. Beware the ides of starch
These are the signs that precede the fall of an empire.
E tu, buttercreme?
— Aircraft (@thesportswizard) July 12, 2020
3. Out of touch
A rallying cry for our moment in history.
https://twitter.com/tonytula/status/1282327659423334401
2. Self-defense
Will the witness for the prosecution please cake the stand.
prosecutor: why did you murder that man
me: i thought he was cake
prosecutor: you “thought” he was cake?
me:
prosecutor:
me: i hoped he was cake
— fredesque (@FredTaming) July 11, 2020
1. Soft reboots
This is the kind of retconning that I can get behind.
https://twitter.com/eurydiceyaki/status/1281824757931884544
It’s been a confusing year, but at least this is the kind of confusion that’s delightful and funny and not just straight up horrifying. We need more of that.
What do YOU suspect may actually be cake?
Tell us in the comments.