#cinnamon challenge

[insipid-drivel]

Baby Boomers had a cinnamon challenge they won’t talk about that may be the reason why toothpick-chewers in classic movies are seen as cool

My mother is 65 and right bang in the middle of the Baby Boomer generation, but she’s very cool and does her best to be and stay woke, keep up with shifts in vernacular, and takes care to do things like make sure she’s strict with getting pronouns correct, etc. Her meme game is a little lagging, and she only just discovered the cinnamon challenge. I was surprised to see her... not surprised. If anything, she seemed a bit pleased and said, “Yep, kids are still kids.”

I stared at her for a while. “What do you mean?” I asked her. She’s seen other ancient memes like planking and never had that reaction before. Seeing the cinnamon challenge was downright satisfying to her.

She looked me dead in the face and said, “Sweetheart, I grew up in a time when you could get crystal meth over the counter at the pharmacy. They were called diet pills then.”

“Whaaaaaaat.” I knew that Nazi Germany passed meth around like candy, but that was in the 30′s and 40′s. I had just figured it had been prohibited already in America by the time my mom was growing up. “Did you have a cinnamon challenge or something in school?” I finally asked.

She half-nodded and half-shrugged and said, “Similar. You couldn’t have candy or gum in school when I was growing up. It was about 1969 in San Francisco and parents were starting to limit cigarette smoking to kids under 18, too, so a lot of my school friends were squirming all day long with nothing to at least chew on.”

“What did they do instead, mom?” I asked suspiciously, because she would not bring this subject up after I had explained to her that the cinnamon challenge was dangerous because of how horrible it is to accidentally inhale it into your airways.

“Well... Back when I was in school, you could get cinnamon extract from the pharmacy. It was just cinnamon suspended in canola oil, and you could use it for cooking or treating a skin fungus. Stuff like that,” she explained. “So the boys at my school would take toothpicks and dip them in the cinnamon extract. That’s why chewing on a toothpick was so common back then. If you were trying to quit smoking or couldn’t have chewing gum, you could carry a little bottle of flavor extract about the size of a bottle of nail polish in your pocket and dip a toothpick in it. Then you’d have something to chew on that the teachers hadn’t banned, and you could hide them in your cheek easily.”

“So what did the boys at your school get into, mother?” I asked again. We were still on the topic of ridiculous memes. This had to go somewhere.

She smirked. “Well, after a while, the boys started noticing that the cinnamon extract from the pharmacy was spicy. It burned. So it started to get to be a challenge to see how many cinnamon toothpicks you could hold in your mouth at once. It got so bad that kids would get blisters and burns on their mouths from it, and you could tell if someone had a few of them tucked in their cheek in class because their face would turn red from the neck up like a cartoon.”

“Why have I never heard about this?”

She wasn’t done. “Finally, the teachers figured out what everyone was doing and it became a pretty big deal. Cinnamon extract started getting banned or restricted to adults. Then they banned toothpicks for sale to anyone under 18, too. That’s why it was a sign of being cool, particularly among guys, to walk around with a toothpick in your mouth. It either meant you had a fake ID or that you were 18.”

I stared at her for a long time. “Mom, why didn’t they just use hot sauce? It was California. Didn’t you have peppers?”

Without missing a beat, my 65-year-old mother replied, “Honey, we were white as fuck.”

#baby boomers #classic memes #prehistoric memes #cinnamon challenge #memes #white people things

[secondbeatsongs]

had a dream that some dude broke into my house, but I didn't have any weapons, so when he made it through the door I yelled "CINNAMON CHALLENGE!" and dumped a costco-sized bottle of cinnamon in his face

#personal #dreams #cinnamon #cinnamon challenge #you guys remember the cinnamon challenge? #that was a bad time #also another part of this dream was that I found Tomska's secret second tumblr account #where he went by Thea Ridgewell and was fucking around with gender stuff for fun #good for him. he seemed like he was having a good time

[witchfinderlieutenanttable]

#hakuoki #hakuouki #nagakura shinpachi #incorrect hakuoki quotes #incorrect hakuoki #hakuoki memes #hakuoki shitpost #cinnamon challenge

[eric-cartman-for-prez]

(cinnamon challenge is basically where you eat a spoonful of cinnamon and if you don’t know, the saliva in your throat basically makes it into cement and you choke (and die sometimes))

#eric cartman #stan marsh #kyle broflovski #kenny mccormick #south park #south park polls #polls #my polls #fandom polls #cinnamon challenge #tiktok #internet challenge #tiktok challenge

[cuteork]

The dumbest fact about me is that I do not believe that the cinnamon spoon challenge is impossible. Like, it's just some cinnamon, I could definitely do that! The only thing that stops me from trying is that my mom told me it would have bad health effects.

#cinnamon challenge #I know I'm just dumb here but I just can't!

[aurtaugraf]

Just tasted blackcurrant-flavored Turkish Delight. I understand him now. I would've done the same.

#narnia #turkish delight #hashtag hashtag #fyp #cinnamon challenge #dab on'em haters #ice bucket challenge #black horse katy Perry

[treesfullofdragons]

I stare into your eyes, unblinking, as I unscrew the cinnamon jar. Without breaking eye contact I twist to reach behind me, open a drawer, and pull out a spoon. I think I am being intimidating. I don’t know you already weep for me internally. A cold feeling settles into your heart as I sink the spoon into the fine brown powder. At least, I think it’s brown. I can’t see it. All I see are your eyes, your eyes trying to warn me as your lips begin to beg me to stop. But it is too late. I cough cinnamon all over your face.

#cinnamon challenge #short story #sorry it is very late and I have no idea what I am doing

[thedepressexpress]

*while standing between the butter folds of a cinnamon roll*

I wanna do the cinnamon challenge but instead of being at the sinning-min

*with an Italian accent*

i-a sin-to-the-max

#cinnamon challenge #italian #shitpost #cinnamon roll

[kokichidemon]

Okay, but how does anyone do the cinnamon challenge? Cause I’m over here almost dying from trying to get the damn Carmel from a 100 Grand bar down my throat. Nearly killed me.

#cinnamon challenge #choking #cant Wait for that community to find my post hah #Difference between a dick compared to cinnomin and Carmel is that #I can get the dick out easily

[annoyingpiratewerewolf]

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CLICK HEAR TO HAVE SOME FUN!

#carcinisation #german tag #cassettes #tracks #cicloturismo #cicloviagem #cinnamon challenge #not funny #baby boomers #prehistoric memes

[entomolodee]

plea se PLEASE PELASE GOD if ANYONE OUT THERE CAN HEAR ME please GIVE ME that ONE GIF of the GUY who looks like he has an ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CURSE while COUGHING UP CINNMON. if ANYONE CARES ABOUT ME EVER I BEG OF YOH

#cinnamon challenge #PLEASE #PLEAB #BLEA #AU

[cinnamon-flame]

Happy Valentines! I'm doing my part and drawing Moonwatcher and Kinkajou enjoying a beautiful moonrise together at jade mountain

#Honestly I love them #both as friends and as a ship #they're just so wholesome together #fellow moonjou fans you're getting fed tonight #Also Cinnamon draw any other background than the night sky challenge: failed #wof #wings of fire #wof moonwatcher #wof kinkajou #moonjou #moonjou wof #valentines day #cinnamon's doodles

[ilustrariane]

Hmm..so i heard this art challenge was trending?

here`s my take lol

Rain from my webcomic Atnomen - in the AU - My Cinnamon Girl, which you can read fully on PATREON, beware very dirty, but wholesome, content

#atnomen #my cinnamon girl #artists on patreon #monsters #monster love #monster boyfriend #monster lover #demon lover #demons #gargoyles #exophilia #terato #digital art #art challenge #procreate #webtoon #webtoon canvas

[nodalstudies]

glow up with me ·∗ˈ‧₊° 60 day challenge!

i wanted to start a 60 day challenge bc tracking my daily progress/healthy habits helps me romanticize my life and stay consistent :-) i love sharing this online space with everyone, too, so feel free to join me <3

rules

🖇️ reblog/reply to this post with 3 valuable parts of your life that you want to give energy to! mine are academics, physical health, and spiritual growth <3

🖇️ every day, post what you did to invest in those goals :) like 1 hr studying, working out, etc.

🖇️ use & follow #nodalchallenge to see my and others’ progress :)

🖇️ join by friday, april 5th!

prizes???

🧸 1st & 2nd place in consistency by june 4th will get a custom pinterest moodboard and spotify playlist :)

#becoming that girl #glow up diaries #wonyoungism #girl blogger #it girl #studyblr #dream girl #70 day challenge #nursing studyblr #study blog #cinnamon girl #girly stuff #girlblogging #girlblog aesthetic #this is a girlblog #clean girl #clean girl lifestyle #just girly things #that girl #glow up challenge #study challenge #60 days of productivity #100 days of productivity #days of productivity #glow up era #glow up #glow up tips #pink pilates princess #it girl energy #wonyoungism moodboard

[artist-ellen]

Fooduary Day 13: Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Roll)

So day 10 was supposed to be cinnamon rolls but CNY so instead I swapped out prompt 13, chocolate covered pretzels, because unless I wanted to do pretzels general the history tie in wasn’t very exciting. Meanwhile cinnamon buns open a door to more folk clothing and that’s the sort of thing that sparks joy. Cinnamon buns are super popular in the Scandinavian countries but in Sweden they are so popular that October 4th is Kanelbullens (Cinnamon bun) Day. The recipe for the buns dates back to the 1920s in the post WW1 recovery…and now I want cinnamon buns. I looked at photos of Swedish folk fashion and of course put a little cinnamon-bun spin on things… though the cheek swirl might be a little much.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book available now \ („• ֊ •„) /

https://linktr.ee/ellen.artistic

#swedish cinnamon bun #sweden #folk clothing #fooduary #art challenge #historical fashion #ellenart #lnart #character design #digital illustration #historically inspired #fooduary2024

[alelelesimz]

round 2 :: sulani :: winter ✔ doze-off while relaxing in a lounge chair or float longuer

it was winterfest and the most winterfesty thing mabel had was some coquito at a restaurant lmao. she's been relaxing so hard that she fell asleep on a floatie and got tan again because of it smh.

and with that, the beach life aspiration is completed! winter is almost over and it's time for her next stop, granite falls wink wink!!!

btw look at this bitch i think she's aware of the globetrotter thing ↓

i sure hope she doesn't get lost on her way there <3

#ts4 #globetrotter challenge #sims 4 #ts4 globetrotter #simblr #ts4 gameplay #a #fun fact my brother in law is from puerto rico and he makes some damn good coquito #i cant have cinnamon tho so my sister makes sure there one just for me <3