# Why do I have a delicious-looking slice of cake emoji next to my avatar handle today?

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**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541 "2021-04-07T12:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541/21 "2021-04-14T02:33:31Z")

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^ I think you may be on to something there: move your birthday ahead every day and you never get older.

PLUS CAKE!

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541/22 "2021-04-14T11:43:18Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> I think you may be on to something there: move your birthday ahead every day and you never get older.
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> PLUS CAKE!

No, you’d age a year every day. DON’T DO IT THE CAKE’S NOT WORTH IT

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541/23 "2022-03-10T14:56:21Z")

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Cake day! Woohoo!

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