The topic says it all.
Birthday threads are spamfests at best. And the people that don't get them will feel sad. I know I was annoyed at the whole lot of you people saturday night because I didn't get one.
So, yeah, end the birthday threads.
Thoughts?
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Birthday threads are spamfests at best. And the people that don't get them will feel sad. I know I was annoyed at the whole lot of you people saturday night because I didn't get one.
So, yeah, end the birthday threads.
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I didn't get one either, but nobody here really knows me anyway...so...pffft, or something. That's okay, I'm not: recognizable, funny, interesting or well known. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<span style='color:orange'>UltimaGecko feels like the fat kid picked last for kickball.</span>
Sorry you didn't get one [WHO]Them. I'm quite sure it didn't happen on purpose. I know I would have made you one if I had noticed.
They aren't made w/ any hint of elitism/favoritism or spamming in mind, they're just good natured gestures towards our interweb friends. Unfortunately sometimes our interweb friends' bdays fall through the cracks. Its not that we don't wub j00 any more or less though.
/me huggles
/me giggles... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Not exactly, but close.
I'm saying that there are other people just like me. Read UltimaGecko's post.
Upset for not getting one? Do what I do: have low expectations. Then you find life is full of all sorts of surprises. Unless you fall victim to the philosophy and slowly become more and more bitter and cynical.
Except not at all.
<ontopic> I'm indifferent one way or another, and I also never look whos birtday it currently is... But if I did, I can guarrentee you that I made you an HB thread too. White marine would look so pimp in the first post <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I don't care if I get or don't get one, or if somebody else doesn't or does, I just personally want them gone because it's spam, pure and simple. Other threads have gotten locked faster for less demeanours - why is this still being tolerated? Because it's flattering the regular posters? Please.
Keep it to PM.
<span style='font-size:6pt;line-height:100%'>+1, YES!</span>
The argument of "ban birthday threads because I didn't get one" smacks of sulkiness to me and doesn't win anyone over. Banning separate birthday threads because they divide the community is much more persuasive.
Perhaps the board could implement filters so that brithday threads can be removed from view ?
Its only 3 more days for me....
I don't know how much longer I can take this rejection :'(
*stares down off skyscraper ledge*
In case you all are wondering, I did not get a b-day thread this year either.
back on topic, can any of the mods get involved? Could they make a B-day thread and sticky it so there aren't any troubles?
In case you all are wondering, I did not get a b-day thread this year either. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
oh quiet you! lol I never got one before.
But it was ok b/c it just ment that I got all the more caek, pai, and Onos milk for myself and I didnt have to share with anyone muhahahhha <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But thats ok, I still give a Happy B Day! to as many B day threads I see and If I missed your thread, well it was probably one of the few days Im not on here.
So sorry.
Then you'll get MORE threads because the people who start them in the first place aren't doing them for their postcount and they won't be afraid of spamming, but you'd get less replies. That's just as bad.
Birthday threads are spamfests at best. And the people that don't get them will feel sad. I know I was annoyed at the whole lot of you people saturday night because I didn't get one.
So, yeah, end the birthday threads.
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I got one:D, just tell someone its your birthday then? Or even make your own thread and look sad but get the replies? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Do you think that birthday congratulations should be:
A. Confined to a single sticky thread
B. Confined to PM replies
C. Kept as they are: 1 thread per birthday
A: Groups all birthday posts together, giving other original topics more space on the first page.
B: Could clog up PM boxes, but should keep out anyone who doesn't even know you. My vote goes here...
C: Seems ridiculous to me but, hey let's leave it to the democratic vote to find out what people really want.
Someone else start the thread because I don't visit this forum enough to care what's on it. I guess I'm put off by all the spam that puts the good threads on the 10th page. I don't want to have to sift through pages of threads to find a good one in the midst of flamethreads and birthdaythreads, so I just don't.
I will say one thing though, if I knew I didn't have to I'd definitely come here more often...
Finally I'd like to share my personal views on birthdays. In the past a birthday was important because it meant you had lived one more year. In the days where our life expectancy was perhaps around the 30 years mark survival was congratulated.
These days you live over double that (at least in Western Society), so I don't see the point in celebrating every year of 'survival'. Instead I value the birthdays that actually mean something in our culture: 1-16, 18, 21, 25, 30, 40, 42, 50 etc...
Earlier birthdays are important because even with our level of healthcare (again Western World specifically) a child is still fragile at these ages, that and the fact that they place more value on being treated as important when they are usually seen as minors.
16, 18, 21, 25 all hold relevance to me both as measures of maturity and as signifiers of legal status where I live in the UK (England). By certain ages we could have changed considerably in terms of our outlook on life, and that in my eyes is something to be congratulated.
As for 42, well that's just the meaning of life!
Now you'd have trouble counting the days without a birthday on 1 hand. It's nice to have posters you're familiar with taking note that you're celebrating the day but the influx of the less scrupulous individuals has taken it upon themselves to spam nonsense and pictures all while minimalizing the sincere comments of others.
Unfortunately, I have to say we either crack down on nonsense or remove them all together.