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[randallboggs]

Do birthdays even count here if nobody knows about them or remembers them?

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[drivesadesk]

Yeah, sure. Why wouldn't they?

[randallboggs]

Because they can so easily be missed without a word.

[drivesadesk]

Yeah, but I mean...the time still passed. Did you miss your birthday? There's nothing wrong with a belated birthday party, you know.

[fervidclaret]

YES, OF COURSE!

[randallboggs]

I don't believe it.

[fervidclaret]

Hm.

Well it's true. Your birthday is your birthday regardless.

Did you want a party? What do you like to eat?

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[topmeup]

Why not? It's your birthday. You make it count as much as you want it to.

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[randallboggs]

It seems a bit pointless if nobody else is around to acknowledge it.

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[topmeup]

I'd say you know and care and that's what counts, but yeah, it can suck if you don't have friends around to enjoy something with you. But we're stuck in a place where no one knows who we are. If you want people to know, you gotta tell them.

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[ashla]

I'm pretty sure the passage of time still counts if anyone remembers or not.

Is it your birthday?

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[randallboggs]

It was. A couple of weeks ago.

[He may have been stewing about this for that long.]

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[ashla]

Happy belated birthday to you then. I am sorry no one knew when it was, or if they had, didn't greet you for it?

Perhaps now that you have let others know, you can do something... fun for it?

[It's not like she's good at these things. Celebrating birthdays is beyond her scope apparently.]

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[kaijuchau]

We seem to have fallen down the rabbit hole in this situation, so why not make every day your birthday and never claim to age? Hell, de-age yourself. No one has to know.

[randallboggs]

That's a very 'anything goes' attitude.

[kaijuchau]

They yanked us here from everything we've ever worked for, and into this place where supposedly we won't remember anything IF we happen to go back. So yeah, why not?

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[fource]

It's important to celebrate that you're alive, even if you don't have friends from home here. Happy birthday.

[randallboggs]

Is that what birthdays are for?

[fource]

I would say so. The actual number only matters in a few circumstances, right?

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[dragony]

You know, I would think the questions would be, "do birthdays matter if the years don't line up, and we haven't been born yet?" or "if I arrived two months after my birthday back home, but it's also my birthday next week, how old am I?"

If you're only upset that nobody sent you a card, then I wonder: how many have you sent, first?

[randallboggs]

Look, I don't know many people here.

[dragony]

There you have it, then. If you don't know many people, why would many people know you? These sorts of things are reciprocal.

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[am_i_a_monster]

If you want it to count it could. If you know it's your birthday than one person remembered it - you. And if you don't know your birthday, you could pick one. Or another date to celebrate. Being alive is something to be celebrated. Especially for those of us who wouldn't have had anymore birthdays back home.

[randallboggs]

Of course I know my birthday. Who doesn't know their birthday?

[pocketfulof]

I guess if no one's here that knows about them, it leaves it up to you. Do you want them to count, or not?

[randallboggs]

I guess they should count.