Jiggling Ball Of Rice
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About
Jiggling Ball of Rice refers to a viral video of a Japanese Twitter user making a rice cake, repeatedly slapping it with a spoon as it wiggles around a machine. The clip grew popular on Twitter as users joked that the ball looked cute and it was being abused.
Origin
On December 27th, 2019, Twitter[1] user @shouheikawasaki posted several videos of him creating rice balls in a machine, including one clip where he slaps the dough with a spoon. That clip gained over 26,000 retweets and 94,000 likes (shown below).
全自動餅つき機とは言うものの、古い機械なので目が離せません。放っておくとときどきもちの塊ごと飛んでいこうとするので少し濡らしたしゃもじで叩きます。 pic.twitter.com/Wg4T9JNBxx
— 川崎昌平■『同人誌をつくったら人生変わった件について。』（幻冬舎）発売中！ (@shouheikawasaki) December 27, 2019
Spread
The clip began spreading through English speaking Twitter thanks in part to a tweet by @boys4yuta[2] who captioned the video, "oh.. to be a ball of dough running in little circles," gaining over 16,000 retweets and 66,000 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @deardiarheha[3] replied by joking as though they were a "dough expert," gaining over 19,000 retweets and 76,000 likes (shown below, right).
Other Twitter users compared the dough to the Pokémon Snom. Twitter user @durianchop[5] made the comparison, gaining over 60 retweets and 290 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @cirtuslucy[4] also made the comparison, gaining over 280 likes (shown below, right).
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[1] Twitter – @shouheikawasaki
[2] Twitter – @boys4yuta
[3] Twitter – @deardiahreha
[4] Twitter – @cirtuslucy
[5] Twitter – @durianchop
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Dec 30, 2019 at 01:54PM EST
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