What's so special about a birth day?

[GLM4475]

A lot of people (most people maybe) celebrates their birthday once a year. Uhh, for those born on 29th of February, once each four years. But really, what's so special about it? It's just one of the 365 days.

[Sovereign1612]

that's kind of sad to ask

because its the day you're born and its the one day where you should get attention from your family and friends

and celebrate 

[Wonderfullyevil]

You get gifts?

And there's cake. And food. And if it's someone else's b-day, FREE FOOD!

 

A bit more seriously, it's the same concept as any special day. You celebrate on Day X to commemorate Event Y. That's it. At least I think so.

[Shikomizue]

Maybe logically nothing is special about it but, I think they're special because it signifies the day we were brought into this world. Birthdays celebrate all we've accomplished in life, from the moment we're born to however many years old we are now. When it's your birthday, you can look back and remember all the good and bad times you've gone through, all the hardships and friendships, all the victories and failures. So I think birthdays are special because you realize who you are, just another person on this earth who has lived a life, for better, or for worse.

 

 

Or it could just be because you get lots of cake and presents.

[Kurokusari]

A lot of people (most people maybe) celebrates their birthday once a year. Uhh, for those born on 29th of February, once each four years. But really, what's so special about it? It's just one of the 365 days.

I think people move their birth dates when they are born on a leap year. Either moved forward by one or backwards.

 

People celebrate anniversaries, whatever it is for some reason. My take on this is somewhere along the lines of because of childhood. Birthdays are usually celebrated out of our parents'/guardians' love for us. Heck I've seen people cry their eyes out the first time they see their child so ofc they will celebrate the day they started their lives with them. Point being, they celebrate it and thus equal to presents and food. Kinds love gifts don't they? And I don't think it's limited to children alone. So yeah if you had some good time during your past birthdays, those memories come along the special day each year.

 

But for me it's mostly because foooood.

[Nosebleed]

What's so special about a birthday, it's just like any other day, everyday is just a day.

Christmas? Just a day. Easter? Just a day. Mother/Father day? Just a day. Earth day? Just a day.

We should never celebrate ANYTHING.

All days are beautiful, stop day discrimination.

#RealDaysHaveCurves

[Kokonoe Erina]

A lot of people (most people maybe) celebrates their birthday once a year. Uhh, for those born on 29th of February, once each four years. But really, what's so special about it? It's just one of the 365 days.

nothing special for me since i never celebrate my birthday

it just like another day past for me.

[Kurokusari]

What's so special about a birthday, it's just like any other day, everyday is just a day.

Christmas? Just a day. Easter? Just a day. Mother/Father day? Just a day. Earth day? Just a day.

We should never celebrate ANYTHING.

All days are beautiful, stop day discrimination.

#RealDaysHaveCurves

That or celebrate everything. Everyday Christmas sounds good to me.

[Satsuki]

Nothing. I don't even remember my own birthday, If my friends didn't spam "HBD" on my Facebook, I would just totally let it passes by unknowingly.

[julyan]

Never had a birthday party, birthday gifts or whatnots, ever. Seriously.
Now console me.

[OriginalRen]

What's so special about a birthday, it's just like any other day, everyday is just a day.

Christmas? Just a day. Easter? Just a day. Mother/Father day? Just a day. Earth day? Just a day.

We should never celebrate ANYTHING.

All days are beautiful, stop day discrimination.

#RealDaysHaveCurves

 

This is oppressive. Stop oppressing me please.

[Funyarinpa]

You celebrate not dying, I guess

 

birthday cake food for thought, though

[suikashoujo]

Free stuff makes any day worth celebrating. 

 

I had some pretty great birthdays growing up, so I guess that's why I look at it that way. I got presents, had a party, ate great food... the works. I don't think you HAVE to celebrate it, but when life is the way it is, it's nice to have a day all about you that you can have some fun with.

[Monmon]

Its a time when ur friends give u gifts and gratz to u and ur best friends throw eggs at u.

[Bolverk]

Cultural tradition.

 

Why do we give each other presents, drink ourselves wasted and dance around a tree? Obviously because it's a great tradition and a great way to spend our time. We got that dear tradition from our dear pagan ancestors.

 

Jokes aside. I think the answer is pretty standard and boring. Birthdays are special because our lifes are considered sacred, so we celebrate our birth. 

[Eclipsed]

Cuz of the cake. I love cake but can't afford it and so I rely on my birthday to get it

[Narcosis]

This thread is so depressing.

And cake is a lie.

[AmamiRiku]

Just a random thought but if you have sex with a girl who was born on the 29th of February 1992 would you technically be a pedo? 

[Eclipsed]

make that 29 February 2012 and I'd say yes

[Kurokusari]

Just a random thought but if you have sex with a girl who was born on the 29th of February 1992 would you technically be a pedo? 

 

I think people move their birth dates when they are born on a leap year. Either moved forward by one or backwards.

That and if you consider the years she's been walking the earth idk how you can be a pedo. Women's ages in anime is pretty much vague everywhere so it could break your sense of age anyway

[Funyarinpa]

I have not had cake for my birthday in several years

Probably been a full decade since I had a party

I am not a fun person

[Rabbit]

There is nothing special about it logically, and the reasons people celebrate can be different. Some may not even celebrate their birthday, reasons to celebrate could be:

To commerate the day you were brought into this world.

To celebrate the day your parents got a child.

Your possible siblings got a sibling.

Your grandparents became grandparents for the first time or again.

And some may just use it as an excuse to eat cake and be with friends That's pretty much why I do anything special during my birthday.

Etc, etc, the list could probably go further if I weren't tired.

[heavenlysf]

You know when your birthday comes and celebrate it, but the date when you die comes and you just let it pass.

 

I only said this just to match this thread atmosphere.

 

It's the day where your elementary school's friend and people you haven't been in touch 10 years ago spam 'HBD' on your wall and you are like 'Who is this guy again?' or 'He's still alive!'.

[Flutterz]

On a related note, did you know that when you turn approximately 31 years and 251 days you reach your first billion seconds lived?

[Fiddle]

All right, let's take this from a logical perspective, regardless of whether it is valid to say that a birthday's traditional aspects make it rightfully important.

 

I like cake. You like cake. I prefer pie, but cake is still good. If you don't like cake, then I'll just eat my hat and we'll be on our (separate) ways. We all appreciate days when we can sit back, eat cake, and have fun, setting aside entirely whether there's some symbolic shizzle behind it.

 

Why do these days fall on certain, uh, days? Why don't we arrange them on some other days? Why do I touch myself at night?

 

The answer is: Why not? There's five weekdays and two weekend days (the asymmetry of those phrases makes me want to punch something), and we keep things that way because it improves work efficiency and stuff. Why must the weekend days fall on Saturday and Sunday, in accordance with the Jewish and Christian faiths? Doesn't that violate the separation of church and state? Why are you asking so many questions? The reason is that it doesn't matter whether you're a Jew or Christian, because having the weekend days on those two days benefits the largest portion of the population and harms nobody else. Having them on Tuesday and Wednesday wouldn't make anything better for a nonreligious person, but it would inconvenience a lot of other people, so there's no point in changing it.

 

If we lived in a state that's officially secular, but in which the majority of the population happens to follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who commands that the sabbath lie on Thursday, then the all-secular, nonreligious state would put one of the official off-days on Thursday for merely practical purposes.

 

Birthdays work the same way. If birthdays didn't exist (which doesn't make sense, but shut up), then we'd celebrate those days some other time to make up for it. But there's some people who do follow the tradition of birthdays, and getting rid of them would only inconvenience them and do nothing to a birthday-heathen, and I love cake, so deal with it.