Japanese Trend Has Parents Squishing Their Babies’ Faces To Look Like Rice Balls
Don’t worry, it’s a completely harmless trend. And completely bonkers. [Photo: Twitter]
There’s nothing cuter than squishing a baby’s face, but people in Japan are taking the doting gesture even further than a gentle pinching of the cheeks.
Parents are squishing their babies’ faces to look like rice balls – and the Internet can’t get enough of it. Accompanied with possibly the weirdest hashtag of 2015, the #RiceBallBabies meme is inspiring people to squish teeny tots’ faces into a shape that resembles a rice ball. Bizarre, but adorable.
At least the babies seem to love looking like rice balls… [Photo: Twitter]
It all started when Japanese comedian Masahiro Ehara squished his kids’ faces into triangular rice ball shapes in June.
Since then, his delighted Twitter followers have been turning their children into #RiceBallBabies, spreading the off-the-wall parenting trend globally.
One of the snaps Ehara Masahiro posted - much to the delight of his Twitter fans. [Photo: Twitter]
This one’s quite possibly EVEN cuter. [Photo: Twitter]
And if you don’t have a baby? No problem. You can tweak the trend to #RiceBallPets or #RiceBallFriends.
The latter, unsurprisingly, is nowhere near as cute.
Doesn’t work as well on adults, as Masahiro Ehara realised. [Photo: Twitter]
Definitely not as cute when it’s done on adults. [Photo: Twitter]
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