Everyone loves custom things. Whether it’s a mug with your name on it from the secret Santa at the office, or cheeky BFFs shirts you ordered with your bestie, or a custom birthday cake, the list is endless. After all, life is one big customized order you weren’t even there to order, so our fascination with things made and designed for us is understandable. Philosophy aside, any custom order is also a perfect storm for a mishap to happen.
There’s a whole corner of Reddit known by the clever title r/PeanutButterIsOneWord, which references a hilarious scene from the BoJack Horseman show. The subreddit is dedicated to sharing the funniest examples of ordering a custom label, giving the instructions, and expecting the best, “only to have the instructions printed on the thing you ordered.”
The description says: “How about an engraving saying 'I want this left blank' or 'Hello, Mike! Underneath that, I miss you.' This is the sub for that!” With 35.2k subscribers, the sub is somewhat of a yet-undiscovered terrain of pure entertainment mixed with shamelessly high levels of absurdity, and it’s a question of time when it will be the next big thing on Reddit.
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A Welsh Classic
While Not Exactly The Same As The Gag, This Reminded Me Of The Show!
Generic Tweet For After The Debate
To find out what a design expert had to say about such hilarious mishaps, Bored Panda spoke with Laura Vanagaite, a Portugal-based graphic designer. Laura explained that such unfortunate printing situations that occur during the process always depend on both sides.
“When presenting the final file to the person in charge of a printing procedure, it is better to leave exact notes, as well as tell them the instructions face to face, if it's possible. It will leave no doubts in case they have some and you can always ask how it will look in the end,” Laura said.
Probably
Not Sure If This Was Posted Before, But My First Thought When I Found This Reddit
Thanks To My Friends, Birthday Time!
Laura argues that such misunderstandings are the result of miscommunication. “Sometimes there can be confusion if the text is not clear enough or the description reveals too much information. For example, if a present is for a surprise birthday party, it is better to write everything in the notes, leave your contacts and tell them that if there is any doubt, they can call you,”
“So, it depends a lot on both sides and good communication is the key in this situation. Sometimes, if it is possible, ask if they can send the final image of the cake which contains text as decoration, just to check in case there are any mistakes left.”
Moreover, Laura suggests preparing some easily understandable files with clear notes to hand to the person in charge of the order, and everything should go smoothly.
Surpriiiise!
I've actually seen this happen! Not exactly what the delivery instructions box is meant for, it just gets processed by a computer, not read by an actual person. Well, maybe the delivery driver should read it, but how often do they actually?
Came Across An Intentional One Today
A Friend Of Mine Ordered A Picture Cake And Gave The Woman A Thumb Drive With The Picture She Wanted To Use
To find out more about this miscellaneous Reddit community called “Peanut Butter Is One Word,” we spoke with its moderator GrahamfieldShip who happily shared some insights. The mod explained that this quirky name of the subreddit originates from the TV show Bojack Horseman.
“On the show, a character called Mr. Peanutbutter frequently buys signs from a company, but they always put his instructions on the sign. The first use of this was in season 1, with 'CONGRATS DIANE AND MR. PEANUT BUTTER. PEANUT BUTTER IS ONE WORD'.”
GrahamfieldShip added that “it became a running gag throughout the series and is the origin of our sub's name.”
Association's Name
Parents Didn’t Want Their Son’s Name Printed On His School Photo
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When asked why so many people find the mishaps so hilariously funny and somewhat cringefully relatable, the moderator said that it’s probably because it’s so unexpected. “If there's a human reading the instructions, they should know what needs to be printed and what doesn't. So it's funny when they completely miss the mark,” they told us.
Just A Plane Cake
Wow! This is awesome, even if not what was ordered, I would love to receive that!
Oops In Arabic
Can't even spell Arabic right, let alone write it in Arabic!
From A Facebook Group My Wife Is In
According to GrahamfieldShip, it’s also “worth mentioning the difference between peanutbutterisoneword and lipsum, as there's a lot of confusion between the two!” The mod explained: “Lipsum is 'dummy text used in laying out print, graphic or web designs'. For example, if you receive an email that says 'good afternoon <first name>', that would be lipsum.”
When asked about the mod’s favorite entries shared on the community, GrahamfieldShip said this one is one of their all-time favorites, “because I know if my iPad came back like that I would laugh every time I saw it.” The second favorite is this one, “because they didn't even include the stars and sprinkles.”
Happy Birthday, Generic Men And Women
Ah, I see, a birthday cake for all generic people at once. It might need to be bigger.
The Instructions On Bag Of Rice
If It’s Still Too Long Let Me Know
He Did Get What He Wanted
Sample Text
Let me guess. The relatives don’t speak English. Reminds me of the posers getting those tattoos in Chinese or Japanese to look like they’re tough, and finding out the writing actually says something like “I am a huge moron”.
Congratulations To Tucker I Guess?
'make Sure That You Label Them That They Contain Egg'
Instructions For The Subtitler Showed Up On My Blu-Ray.
30 With Stars And Sprinkels Around It!
Op's Company Now Has 900 Of These Pens
My Mom's Old iPad
Mark With The Sea
When A Man Wants To Order A Football Shirt With No Name On The Back
Op’s Girlfriend Got Them A Bojack Themed Birthday Cake
Surely the person writing this would realize something's not right before or at least while they're making this? Or are they just using trained monkeys at bakeries these days as a form of cheap labour?
My Anniversary Present.
Sent My Friend A Potato For His Birthday
This Tiktok
Supreme Court Something Something
Oolong, But Not Toolong
Netflix Originals Be Like
3/5 Stars
“The Same Text But In Arabic”
Poland Flag
Noname
Pizza Shop Asked Me” Who’s Name Do You Want The Order Under?” I Replied “ My Wife Michelle “ This Is How They Announced Her Name When She Picked Up The Food
Almost sounds like an engraving on a tombstone. Wait! Tombstone Pizza!
Goddamnit Bruce!
In Big Letters At The Top Write Closed
Radio Station Informed Promo Company They Wanted Same Balloons With New Slogan
Seen On Twitter
Hooray!
I Don’t Understand Why This Is So Hard
Actually this is accurate, if the question "What do you want it to be engraved with?". Seems to be a person, who isn't paid for thinking.
Image "As Requested" Seems To Fit Here
Taika's Instagram
Taika Waititi is a well known actor and comedian, so this is extra special funny and kinda cute coming from one of his buddies. (Because celebrities usually get to have everything perfect, down to the tiniest detail, so an innocent mistake like this, and especially the gracious way he told them “you’re welcome”, makes it stand out.)
I Know You Charge By The Letter So Just Write Best Oscar Prediction Nothing Else
I’d display this in my home, as a joke. “Made you look! Haha!”
Forget To Type
Redesigned Our Website Boss
If whoever gave that instruction cannot, write their own “nice quote” or cite someone else’s all on their own, that’s a red flag that the school isn’t diverse, has no clue about diversity, and merely pays lip service to the concept of diversity. Steer clear of Eastman School of Music if you’re not a WASP.
Title
My Friend's Senior Jersey
An Old Post, But Classic
“I Think His Name Is Naaem”
Some Casual Left Field Naming In Lidl
Sending The Money Now
Happy Birthday To Dick.. Matt...
If Matt and I always kidded each other like this, I’d keep it as it was and present it to him, because he’d get the joke.
On The Left: Names Of Different Clinics In Finnish. On The Right: “The Same In Swedish” In Swedish
This Had A Team Of People Behind It
Maybe the PR team couldn’t come up with a second positive point about them? Yikes.
A Panel For Tourists In Hungary
Here’s A Good One From A Writer On Twitter
Option 4
There's just so much prejudice against people who choose to live as Option 4. And in this day and age! For shame...
The Word Tattoo In Comic Sans
Jewel Cake Designer Took The Entire Photo And Put It On The Cake.
Yeah, That Seems Believable! (How I Met Your Mother S9e10)
Russian Fsb Fabricated An Assassination Attempt And Signed One Of The Alleged Pieces Of Evidence With "Signature Unclear"
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My Mom’s $1.20 Chinese Pillow Cover
As well as the clip art watermark, I also read that as F**k Christmas at first!
Someone Is Going To Get Fired Over This One
Op Is Dating Mr. Peanutbutter
What the heaven happend here. Did they just wrote a phone conversation with the costumer?? 😂
Friend Was Instructed At Costco To Write That They Didn’t Want The Cake To Say “Way To Go”, They Wanted It To Say “Happy Birthday Hudson”
Well, At Least It Is Purple.
I Asked My Brother What He Wanted On His Cookie Cake.
Does This Count?
I Was Told This Belongs Here? Switch Controller Marketing Copy.
Check Cause Of Death
Decorated The Cakes Boss
‘Congrats! Underneath That, Write Tara And Dan!’
Close Enough
Spotted Today At Target
For The Potterheads - Found On Facebook
When The Plans Call For A "Pedestrians Yield To Traffic" Sign
Aw, Darn Guys! It Was Supposed To Be Green!
I am looking at these cakes and WTF are they decorating these cakes while drunk or maybe given to someone who speaks no English and just copies text. What other explanation can there be.
Sent From A Friend
When The Bakery’s Computer Can’t Read Korean Characters
Little 9 On Top Will Never Forget This Birthday!
Removed The Fullstops, Boss
An Arrow Pointed To The Toilets
I Think We Can All Guess What Happened Here.
Asthma And Penicillin Allergy Messages
Blank Birthday Cake
Happy Birthday, Sarah!
Happy Birthday On It Thank You
Spanish Hand Wash Only
These Amuse Me More Than They Amuse My Sister
I Love The Smell Of Spanish Translation
Why Is This So Hard
Maggie Is Gonna Get Fired
Sorry Albert, That's Not What The Message Box Is For.
Just The Kellogg Logo
A+
Open Children's Pool Floaty With Adobe
Congrats On Them
Spanish For Not Included
On The Amazon Listing For A Fitness Band.
Pasted Straight Off The Work Email
Come On You Bhoys In Green!
Looks More Like A Practical Joke To Me
Bought My Friend Some Custom Lush Shower Gel
Not The Cake She Tried To Order Over The Phone
What Name Would You Like On The Back?
Was So Excited About My Girlfriend Landing A New Job, Guess I Forgot To Double Check.
Sportscaster Joe Buck Fumbles A Sponsored Tweet
Let’s Go!
When Marie Has Had Enough Of Your Bullshit
Sent From My iPhone
Think This Belongs Here. Found It In A Cafe.
I'm Glad They Fixed It
And Make The Democrats Pay For It!
See Po Notes
Nice Intro
In A Promotional Email
Hey Boss, Whaddaya Want Me To Post About The Event On Sunday?
Bio For Wrestler On Wwe.com
At An Asian Buffet
As a graphic artist in the print and production fields for 16 years, these are making me cringe so hard. A spelling error is one thing, these mistakes take a special kind of dumb. Especially the ones like the cakes where you know a person for sure had to know what they were doing. (as opposed to a computer generated error.)
Insert comment of clueless human who clearly didn't get the joke
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