Do you know what this means: "cinnamon toast shrimp guy turned out to be a milkshake duck just like bean dad"?

[FlightlessDuck]

No, I'm not going to tell you. At least not yet. But do you know what the sentence means? Who it's talking about?

 

[bcla]

Seems totally bizarre. But of course everything catches up to people on the internet.

 

[Kittyblue]

Ok I knew part of it, and I cheated and googled to understand the other part.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Oh crap, what’s wrong with Cinnamon Toast Shrimp Guy?

 

[bethbuchall]

I answered no, but then I went and looked it up, so I do now.

 

[mmouse37]

I know about the first part.

MJ

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Yes, thanks to my time on Twitter

 

[mrodgers]

I googled it and still don't understand it, but I can't read Twitter. I have no idea how to read Twitter because I don't have (nor will or need to bother with) an account.

 

[mumto3girls]

No idea.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Yes, thanks to my time on Twitter

lol...same.

 

[holden]

I heard about the cinnamon toast shrimp guy but have no idea what the rest of the statement means.

 

[GreatLakes]

No idea and frankly don't care.

 

[porschegrl]

I got two of the three references, but I had to look up the other one.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Explanation time!

cinnamon toast shrimp guy
So, Jensen Karp is a D-list celebrity. He has a podcast and is married to Danielle Fishel (Topanga from Boy Meets World). A few days ago, he posted a tweet about how he found cooked shrimp tails in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

General Mills responded via twitter, first by saying it was probably just clumps of sugar (it was decidedly shrimp), then doing other dumb customer service things. This Karp guy also finds other stuff that may or may not be rat poo, and he takes the box to a lab for testing.

Lo and behold, Wednesday, it is uncovered that Karp has had some troubling relationships in the past. Verbal and mental abuse, a "surprise threesome" one time, etc. Basically, he's a crappy person.

milkshake duck
A "Milkshake Duck" is a term for a viral Internet celebrity who turns out to be a bad person. It comes from this tweet by pixelatedboat:

https://twitter.com/x/status/741904787361300481

bean dad
Bean Dad was a guy from earlier this year that tweeted a story about his daughter not allowed to eat beans until she learned how to use the can opener. I think there was a thread about it. Turns out Bean Dad said some really racist things in twitter back in 2013, even though he was "being ironic" about it.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Explanation time!

cinnamon toast shrimp guy
So, Jensen Karp is a D-list celebrity. He has a podcast and is married to Danielle Fishel (Topanga from Boy Meets World). A few days ago, he posted a tweet about how he found cooked shrimp tails in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

General Mills responded via twitter, first by saying it was probably just clumps of sugar (it was decidedly shrimp), then doing other dumb customer service things. This Karp guy also finds other stuff that may or may not be rat poo, and he takes the box to a lab for testing.

Lo and behold, Wednesday, it is uncovered that Karp has had some troubling relationships in the past. Verbal and mental abuse, a "surprise threesome" one time, etc. Basically, he's a crappy person.

milkshake duck
A "Milkshake Duck" is a term for a viral Internet celebrity who turns out to be a bad person. It comes from this tweet by pixelatedboat:

https://twitter.com/x/status/741904787361300481

bean dad
Bean Dad was a guy from earlier this year that tweeted a story about his daughter not allowed to eat beans until she learned how to use the can opener. I think there was a thread about it. Turns out Bean Dad said some really racist things in twitter back in 2013, even though he was "being ironic" about it.

Okay, but all I actually care about is, was he right about the Cinnamon Toast Crunch? B/c my kids eat it, and if they have a minor processing problem right now, I'll pass on the next few sales of the item, so they can fix it...

I mean, why else would anyone have made him viral and then the media pick him up as a huge story? He could be a mass murderer for all I care (as long as he hasn't faked stunts on food companies before), IF he was right about the cereal...and that's all I care to know about him. He's not like an Olympic athlete, where I enjoy watching their "how did I get here and now famous" stories...

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Okay, but all I actually care about is, was he right about the Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

Since the guy is kinda shady, it's hard to say, ya know?

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Okay, but all I actually care about is, was he right about the Cinnamon Toast Crunch? B/c my kids eat it, and if they have a minor processing problem right now, I'll pass on the next few sales of the item, so they can fix it...

I mean, why else would anyone have made him viral and then the media pick him up as a huge story? He could be a mass murderer for all I care (as long as he hasn't faked stunts on food companies before), IF he was right about the cereal...and that's all I care to know about him. He's not like an Olympic athlete, where I enjoy watching their "how did I get here and now famous" stories...

He's sending it to a lab for analysis, I read. He's now saying he found more than just 'shrimp shells' in the box....

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160944392288452&set=pcb.10160944394153452

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

and this?

 

[kdonnel]

Okay, but all I actually care about is, was he right about the Cinnamon Toast Crunch? B/c my kids eat it, and if they have a minor processing problem right now, I'll pass on the next few sales of the item, so they can fix it...

He says the cereal was from a two pack sold at Costco. He is claiming the second bag (dental floss bag) in the box was not factory sealed and instead was sealed with tape. He also says he is unsure if the first bag (shrimp bag) was factory sealed or not as well.


If real, the most obvious answer is a disgruntled employee who had access to bags prior to being sealed in the boxes and tampered with the bags prior to sending them down the line to be sealed in the cardboard box.

If fake, the most obvious answer is a mentally disturbed person seeking attention.


Either way if you open a box of cereal and the inner bag is factory sealed, I would think you would be fine to eat the contents.

 

[prairie_girl]

Yes, thanks to my time on Twitter

lol...same.

Yes, like the other posters, because of Twitter.