88
what should we call cake day?
(lemm.ee)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2024
88 points (80.6% liked)
Asklemmy
43413 readers
2096 users here now
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
- Open-ended question
- Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
- Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
- An actual topic of discussion
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
- Lemmyverse: community search
- sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
- !lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
that's not generic, that's from Reddit as far as I can tell. "anniversary" would be generic
it doesnt become generic unless we make it ubiquitous
mbin already has it
Yeah it's officially built in to Lemmy's web UI too.
Free slurpee day, that’s my cake day too
that honestly kind of chaps my ass. why not just call it "date joined"
awww but i like the little cake icon and everything
im not going to let the enshitification of reddit take away everything i like. im also a bit salty about 'karma'
calling it karma was so fucking smarmy
Huh... Never heard that one before.
Cake Day is from birthdays, mate. You know? That annual celebration of creation where there's usually cake?
Stop letting spez live in your head and just enjoy where you're at.
which is why I'm asking for sources of it being used prior to reddit. I'm not arguing one way or another
You literally were.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do with people who can't just scroll up and read
Oxford English Dictionary says the first instance of the phrase "cake day" was from a diary entry in the 1800s.
is there a way for me to get around to the OED online pay walls so I can see the details?