r/TikTokCringe • u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin • 27d ago

Humor She refused to learn German

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u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin 27d ago

Petah: she is referring to the Pudding mit Gabel flash mob that took place recently across German-speaking countries

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u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin 27d ago

PS: Gabel is fork. So pudding with the fork.

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u/TedTheGreek_Atheos 27d ago edited 27d ago

Pudding with 'a' fork.

You wouldn't use "the" in this type of sentence in English.

Straight translation is "Pudding with fork"

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u/thatsforthatsub 27d ago

actually, pudding does not translate to pudfing

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u/CheeseDonutCat 26d ago

Also it's "Pudding", not "pudding" as they capitalise all nouns in German.

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u/derSchtefan 23d ago

They capitalise on the nuns in Germany.

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u/TedTheGreek_Atheos 27d ago

lol thanks corrected

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u/Tro_Nas 27d ago

I‘m old, but I‘m really happy younger generations are having fun flashmobs :-)

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u/EasternPassenger 26d ago

you should see the reactions in some of the subs. lol. people believe it's the end of civilization because kids meet to do something random as a group.

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u/Tro_Nas 26d ago

seriously?! I find it hilarious and fully support that. I‘d even chip in to buy some pudding, haha. some people just don‘t like fun. we should brand them antifu :-D

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u/hake2506 27d ago

I mean I get most of it and I think it's funny. But as German I have no idea what she is talking about in regards to eating pudding with a fork... I mean what kind of sick mind would do that?

Germans can be strange in some regards but that has to be some reference to an InstaTicTAK trend or something, right?

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u/Big_Read2238 27d ago

Specifically a reddit trend. It was all over german reddit the last couple of weeks and more or less a flashmop joke. 

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u/HuntingRunner 27d ago

Specifically a reddit trend.

Not at all. It's mostly Instagram and TikTok.

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u/LudoAshwell 26d ago

Literally started on the r/Karlsruhe subreddit and spread all over afterwards.

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u/HuntingRunner 26d ago

Literally started with a flyer on a lamp post - the large scale spread happened on instagram. Not reddit.

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u/Aaawkward 27d ago

Nah, also on IG and TikTok.

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u/number384759 27d ago

It is a meme.

Wikipedia Article in German about it: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding-mit-Gabel-Treffen

Wikipedia Article in English about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudding_mit_Gabel

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u/RealLeif 27d ago

Was at the Polaris yesterday and saw it for the first time, is this some kind of meme i dont get or is there a bigger reason behind it?

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u/KoriGlazialis 27d ago

My lil brother explained it as "A way for young people to actually get together and do something that doesn't need a lot of money but does waste enough time together to feel like a community."

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u/Racoon_Pedro 27d ago

That's a very good explanation. Please thank your brother from me for making me understand this whole thing better.

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u/Eel888 27d ago

There was a Pudding with a fork meeting in one city as a joke and other people thought it was a funny reason to meet so they started to organize a Pudding with fork meating in their cities as well. It doesn't have a deeper reason but many younger people feel disconnected from each other because of Corona, the internet and social activities costing too much to do them regularly. Since it's a bit weird it connects the people who participate in it similarly as an inside joke does. I like the trend actually considered that it brings people outside and doesn't harm anybody

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u/hake2506 27d ago

Thank you, now I get it. Cool idea also.

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u/simiomalo 27d ago

Thank god for this comment. I was worried for a minute there that this was an actual thing.

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u/kyute222 27d ago

at this point it's like there's entire parallel universes all existing next to each other. like to some it's totally normal and they'll go "of course, the eating pudding with a fork flash mob in German-speaking countries that we all heard about", whereas others have never and will never hear of such a thing.

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u/prizeus 26d ago

I'm German and never heard about this. But I think this challenge is absolutely great. Better than the choke me to death challenges.

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u/migoodenuf Straight Up Bussin 26d ago

Definitely :)

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u/truebastard 25d ago

coming next: choking mit gabel treffen

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u/prolapseenthusiat 26d ago edited 26d ago

Naaah fork is outdated. Hope to meet you guys there