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On October 03 2014 04:04 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 03:39 GreyWander wrote:On October 03 2014 03:35 WaveofShadow wrote:
As much as I usually disagree with the euro side of things, he brings up a point. I haven't cared about my birthday in years. Not many other people care about it either nor do I expect them to. My son's on the other hand... But, much like your son, even if you don't care about your birthday, other people do. If someone else cares about you and wishes to celebrate your life, that's reason to celebrate. The care generated when you have a birthday is pretty superficial and worthless. I mean I'm fine with having bday parties for kids, it's fun and something to look forward to when you're little, but we're all pretty much adults here ffs.
Last weekend was my best friend's 23rd b-day. We had a kegger, it was awesome. I don't care about birthdays at all, but I will rarely complain about a good excuse to get together with friends and drink our faces off.
On October 03 2014 04:06 mordek wrote:
the haters gonna hate and the players gonna play but at the end of the day I still love Chipotle
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yeah my birthday is in a couple weeks and i'm just using it to get with some friends and grill by the pool. #florida.
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On October 03 2014 04:04 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 03:39 GreyWander wrote:On October 03 2014 03:35 WaveofShadow wrote:
As much as I usually disagree with the euro side of things, he brings up a point. I haven't cared about my birthday in years. Not many other people care about it either nor do I expect them to. My son's on the other hand... But, much like your son, even if you don't care about your birthday, other people do. If someone else cares about you and wishes to celebrate your life, that's reason to celebrate. The care generated when you have a birthday is pretty superficial and worthless. I mean I'm fine with having bday parties for kids, it's fun and something to look forward to when you're little, but we're all pretty much adults here ffs.
Even if it's just an excuse to spend time together, for your friends and family it's a celebration of having you in their life. I know I get excited when my friends' birthdays come up, because it's time to come together and show how much I appreciate their friendship.
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I'm not a big birthday person either, I hate getting presents but come on people!! It sets up the perfect reason to go out with a group of people and drink till you can't walk or if you dance enough stumble home and hit up all the food places you can. Then wake up and have no shame for the wrong things you did.
Sometimes puking happens but it's usually quick and painless. Even pulling the trigger and making yourself can be a good play too.
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On October 03 2014 04:21 PrinceXizor wrote:
yeah my birthday is in a couple weeks and i'm just using it to get with some friends and grill by the pool. #florida.
no wai me tooooooo. except #indiana. ok obv no pool here this time of year.
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Pool.. pool?! POOOL!??! Nah that's cool. I hate beaches and unless you live within 30 minutes it's generally not worth the trip unless you are on a vacation.
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On October 03 2014 04:23 GreyWander wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:04 Scip wrote:On October 03 2014 03:39 GreyWander wrote:On October 03 2014 03:35 WaveofShadow wrote:
As much as I usually disagree with the euro side of things, he brings up a point. I haven't cared about my birthday in years. Not many other people care about it either nor do I expect them to. My son's on the other hand... But, much like your son, even if you don't care about your birthday, other people do. If someone else cares about you and wishes to celebrate your life, that's reason to celebrate. The care generated when you have a birthday is pretty superficial and worthless. I mean I'm fine with having bday parties for kids, it's fun and something to look forward to when you're little, but we're all pretty much adults here ffs. Even if it's just an excuse to spend time together, for your friends and family it's a celebration of having you in their life. I know I get excited when my friends' birthdays come up, because it's time to come together and show how much I appreciate their friendship.
Looks like we got some new(ish) blood here. All I can think is "Grey Worm love Missandei".
Welcome ^.^
On October 03 2014 04:27 Shelke14 wrote:
I'm not a big birthday person either, I hate getting presents but come on people!! It sets up the perfect reason to go out with a group of people and drink till you can't walk or if you dance enough stumble home and hit up all the food places you can. Then wake up and have no shame for the wrong things you did.
Sometimes puking happens but it's usually quick and painless. Even pulling the trigger and making yourself can be a good play too.
The Boot'N'Rally is a time honored tradition
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What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it.
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Birthdays matter to me because it usually a week before thanksgiving. It gives my friends and I an excuse to throw the Pre-Thanksgiving Party that we all know we want because families make the holidays hell.
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^ the worst is when you have to pay off the towel guy in the wash room at places to not get you kicked out when you go in and quickly puke.
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On October 03 2014 04:29 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:23 GreyWander wrote:On October 03 2014 04:04 Scip wrote:On October 03 2014 03:39 GreyWander wrote:On October 03 2014 03:35 WaveofShadow wrote:
As much as I usually disagree with the euro side of things, he brings up a point. I haven't cared about my birthday in years. Not many other people care about it either nor do I expect them to. My son's on the other hand... But, much like your son, even if you don't care about your birthday, other people do. If someone else cares about you and wishes to celebrate your life, that's reason to celebrate. The care generated when you have a birthday is pretty superficial and worthless. I mean I'm fine with having bday parties for kids, it's fun and something to look forward to when you're little, but we're all pretty much adults here ffs. Even if it's just an excuse to spend time together, for your friends and family it's a celebration of having you in their life. I know I get excited when my friends' birthdays come up, because it's time to come together and show how much I appreciate their friendship. Looks like we got some new(ish) blood here. All I can think is "Grey Worm love Missandei". Welcome ^.^ Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:27 Shelke14 wrote:
I'm not a big birthday person either, I hate getting presents but come on people!! It sets up the perfect reason to go out with a group of people and drink till you can't walk or if you dance enough stumble home and hit up all the food places you can. Then wake up and have no shame for the wrong things you did.
Sometimes puking happens but it's usually quick and painless. Even pulling the trigger and making yourself can be a good play too. The Boot'N'Rally is a time honored tradition
Great. Now I'm not going to be able to think of this guy as anything but Unsullied.
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On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it.
And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit.
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On October 03 2014 04:53 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it. And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit.
some people like their friends and want to do something with them, and its hard to say no to "its my birthday guys"
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Last time I did something for a non-family birthday was as a pretext to send something to a friend (who was supposed to think I didn't know where it was not her exact address; turns out she doesn't care about her birthday so much that she wouldn't remember never mentioning it). Wouldn't want to seem weird by sending something out of the blue (well it wouldn't bother me, but the point isn't to bother them either), so a birthday that is not supposed to be celebrated or being given gifts for is as good a pretext for a "Yo, I keep you in my thoughts from time to time" as you can get.
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On October 03 2014 04:55 PrinceXizor wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:53 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it. And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit. some people like their friends and want to do something with them, and its hard to say no to "its my birthday guys"
I mean, I get what Wave is saying - I've known way too many people (usually girls) who freak out about celebrating their birthday week.
But at the same time, I do enjoy a good "despite the world's damnedest attempts, I survived another year" gathering.
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On October 03 2014 04:55 PrinceXizor wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:53 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it. And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit. some people like their friends and want to do something with them, and its hard to say no to "its my birthday guys"
Unless you are Déagol
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yeah and what happened to him?
HE DIED
dont be deagol guys
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For my family members birthday basically just meant taking them out to eat to somewhere good (generally a steakhouse) and then cake later. Once you're past the age of Jeff, at least.
On October 03 2014 05:01 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:55 PrinceXizor wrote:On October 03 2014 04:53 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it. And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit. some people like their friends and want to do something with them, and its hard to say no to "its my birthday guys" Unless you are Déagol
Well, it was drown or suffer for 600 years in a half-life, only to later be tortured, and then even later melted in a pool of lava.
I think Déagol got off easy.
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On October 03 2014 04:57 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 04:55 PrinceXizor wrote:On October 03 2014 04:53 WaveofShadow wrote:On October 03 2014 04:32 wei2coolman wrote:
What's wrong with you people? Birthday's are awesome. It's a day where you can stroke your ego without society giving you too much shit for it. And this is blatantly untrue. I hate when people my age parade their birthdays out like theyre 16 going out for dinner and a night downtown and shit. some people like their friends and want to do something with them, and its hard to say no to "its my birthday guys" I mean, I get what Wave is saying - I've known way too many people (usually girls) who freak out about celebrating their birthday week. But at the same time, I do enjoy a good "despite the world's damnedest attempts, I survived another year" gathering.
Pretty much a good excuse to spend more money than you usually would on food and alcohol with your best mates. How is that not hype enough?
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On October 03 2014 02:55 onlywonderboy wrote:Show nested quote +On October 03 2014 02:36 red_ wrote:On October 03 2014 02:11 onlywonderboy wrote:On October 03 2014 02:08 red_ wrote:
This may be silly, but I was having a conversation with my mother today and I think it really finally hit me that my impending move will be the first time I'm more than an hour from my parents long term in my entire life. I've been 'on my own' since college, but I went to school ~45 mins away, then moved back really close(~10mins), and while I'll still be in the same state, it's close to a 5 hour drive, so no longer a distance I can cover literally anytime I feel I want to visit.
I'm not 'worried,' but despite my age it's still something that's going to hit the feels. Where are you moving to if you don't mind me asking? Moving to just outside Cincy, basically on the Kentucky border. I turn 29 in a few months, definitely in the 'old' category in this thread. That's closer to Athens! You can come visit and teach me how to play Dota in person haha.
Assuming you go to OU, I know about eleventy billion people that go/went there, including one of my new roommates. Been there for Halloween twice, fun times.
As for this birthday discussion, most of the people I consider friends tend to do dinners and a low key night of drinking at a house, which feels about right. It's not like they're craving the attention, it's pretty much just an occasion to get some family and close friends together. Could probably just agree upon random dates that bridge holidays to do the same, but birthdays are a 'thing' so it just happens that way I guess.
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