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Counterpoint: birthdays (and cake days, and many anniversaries) are a pointless celebration.

Payton Oswalt had a pretty good plan on that: https://youtu.be/sbJs-Ul1QFo

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How are they pointless if they bring people joy? I know there are exceptions but I’m pretty sure people generally really like birthdays…

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I will need an explanation of this one. Are you saying that people don’t like birthdays?

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Have we really gotten to the point of being demeaning to people simply because they celebrate their fucking birthday?

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NO HAPPINESS ALLOWED! GET BACK TO THE COAL MINES!

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