You're supposed to sit there awkwardly looking deeply embarrassed.
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Cry.
Slap on a grateful expression, stare into the candles, and conjure up a wish worthy of the magic they're casting with this ancient chant.
Smile and look around at all the people who want to celebrate you, and muse on how fortunate you are to have them in your life.
What are you, some kind of normie?
Smile creepily and make direct and awkward eye contact?
Yeah, or you can even just smile and fake it.
For anyone out there who has problems with things like this, remember, you can always just observe what other people do in the same situation, and then do the same thing when it happens to you. This is basically what other people intuitively do, but not everyone has the same sort of intuition.
Grab your cat and prop them up like they're being marionetted and make them do a little dance
Masturbate furiously. The goal is to finish when the song ends.
The cake needed a little more icing anyway.
Like your style
I could never last that long.
I know... All those relatives!
Join in but replace every instance of "you" with "me."
Become the conductor of the choir.
No idea, but once I was feeling extra awkward and started singing along with the rest of them.
Move your hands like you are conducting the symphony.
This is the best answer.
It stops you feeling awkward. It's gets a chuckle from everyone involved, and it makes you feel a lot more confident (fake it till you make it type effect).
Extra qudos if you finish by pointing your mock baton at the friend you know is going to go "hip hip".
scream in pain and agony until its quiet, then say "thank you everyone, let's enjoy the cake"
I get friends that also hate that song.
I absolutely loathe this tradition, and I ask everyone to not do it in celebration of me. I also ask friends and family to not let anyone know it's my birthday at any restaurant we're at, as well. I fucking hate being sung to. Like, a lot. Just give me a pat on the back or something for Chrissake.....
When I was little, I always did a weird cringey little dance. As an adult I started doing it again. It makes an awkward situation (for me), fun.
Stand up, put your hand on your heart and sing along but with "to meeee"
I just sit there and guess if the singers will use my full name, or the short form, or my nickname. And then giggle stupid when they inevitably try to use all 3 together.
Stare at each one and make a mental note of which ones really mean it and which ones are just faking so you can get them later.
Fight or flight.
Apparently it's not to grab a knife like you're gonna stab someone.
Throw heavy objects at their heads until they shut the fuck up, then eat the cake while they ponder where exactly they went wrong
The trouble with that strategy is, it'll only work once. If the goal is to never have a birthday celebration again, it works, of course.
Crunk.
Conduct them with my fingers.