The content creator @dr.aloma posted a video on TikTok last Sunday where she humorously lists, with the irreverent humor typical of Cuban banter, four reasons why a Cuban can never miss a party, get-together, or "cederista activity."
The one minute and 21 seconds clip began with a warning: "from the moment you arrive, you know you're going to get bored, the conversation will always revolve around 'I was', 'I had', 'I have in Cuba', 'I don't need to be here', 'I had more at my house'."
That is the first reason: the Cuban at any social gathering turns the conversation into a nostalgic recounting of everything they left behind on the island.
The second reason has to do with the dance floor.
According to @dr.aloma, when the music starts to play, Cubans completely transform: "we don't even understand our songs, but we have to add the flavor," she says, comparing that frenzy to "an eleguá with Dollar Tree candy."
The third reason points to the relationship of Cubans with alcohol.
The creator explains that, having spent our entire lives "drinking poorly," a Corona, a Merlot, or a Moscato is enough to ensure that "oxygen doesn’t circulate to our brains," risking that the party might end up in an improvised "boxing ring."
The fourth reason is perhaps the most recognizable for any Cuban in the diaspora: the cacharra.
"Without you knowing it, from under the sock, from a pocket, or from behind the shoe, our respective plastic container appears, accompanied by a little quartz bag," describes @dr.aloma, explaining that the classic excuse is to ask for something “for the dog, poor thing, we have him home alone.”
The video ends with a parody of the popular saying: "a cautious Cuban is worth a javita."
This type of content is directly connected to the tradition of Cuban choteo, a form of self-critical and irreverent humor regarded as one of the most defining traits of the island's cultural identity, which has found a privileged channel on TikTok among the diaspora.
This is not the first time that this record has generated mass identification on social media. On April 17, a Cuban in Spain posted a viral video about habits that betray her as Latina —eating rice daily, reusing containers— and garnered over 127,000 views in 24 hours.
On April 24, the TikToker @jucyvaldez sparked a debate in Miami questioning stereotypes about Cuban identity, during a particularly active week for humor related to Cuban identity on social media.
The bottle and the quartz jar are not just a joke: they are symbols of the culture of scarcity and the ingenuity that millions of Cubans carry with them when they emigrate, customs that define what it means to be Cuban far beyond the island.
In November 2025, another viral video showed a Cuban woman pouring water on two young men sleeping on her porch after a night of excess, continuing the humor about Cuban celebrations that @dr.aloma now revisits with his list of reasons not to leave a Cuban off the guest list.
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