Celebrating birthdays is silly imo. Just because I turned 67 at or about today (leap year baby) is no cause for celebration. I am Voat's oldest goat - hail to the King Goat! - Upgoat - "what's upgoat!"

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Celebrating birthdays is silly imo. Just because I turned 67 at or about today (leap year baby) is no cause for celebration. I am Voat's oldest goat - hail to the King Goat!
submitted by paul_neri to oldgoats 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 20:32:14 ago (+7/-4) (www.therooseveltnews.org)
https://www.therooseveltnews.org/why-birthdays-are-stupid/

FU @Ragnar !

I am lucky reaching this age. As someone who lost their husband at a relatively young age once said to me: "It's sad when old people die but sadder when young people do".

The only bugbear to getting old imo (apart from the creakiness (or is that creepiness in my case)) is that the dominant thought always in your mind is ...death!

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[ - ] Rob3122 6 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:08:35 ago (+6/-0)

You’re so old, when you were born, the Dead Sea was just getting sick.

Happy Birthday, Paul.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:13:55 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks Rob3122 - how old are you if it's not a personal question to be shared with the world?

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[ - ] Rob3122 2 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:17:44 ago (+2/-0)

I'm getting up there as I'm 36

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:22:41 ago (+2/-0)

Enjoy your life and treat your friends well because they tend to vanish.

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[ - ] Rob3122 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:42:59 ago (+1/-0)

Already starting to notice that. Thanks for the advice.

[ - ] SkullFuckerSupreme 3 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 20:55:14 ago (+3/-0)

Gayest.
Gayest goat.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:03:37 ago (+2/-0)

Thanks bro.

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[ - ] SkullFuckerSupreme 2 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 23:48:03 ago (+2/-0)

Yw faggot. 🍰 🎂 🌈👨‍❤️‍👨👬🏳️‍🌈

[ - ] Eligrey 2 points 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 00:29:40 ago (+2/-0)

Hey old man! Congrats for making it this far!

I'm not too far behind you but I'm glad you elders are still around poking the bee hive.

I'm about to creak into retirement age and can't help but notice how far away the ground has gotten these days. That fucker is a long way down there!

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 00:36:31 ago (+0/-0)

Thanks bro. The knees watch dem knees! Mobility. Scary.

[ - ] SumerBreeze 2 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:26:14 ago (+2/-0)

Every birthday is actually mother’s day - for giving birth to you!

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:30:08 ago (+1/-0)

Interesting thought but I get it - a day of birth. Alas my Mum said to me when she was at the end of her days looking back over her life: "no-one asked me if I wanted children".

[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 01:54:44 ago (+1/-0)

Happy birthday!!

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 02:17:49 ago (+0/-0)

Thank you.

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 00:11:30 ago (+1/-0)

Attention seeking faggot. There are several goats here who are older than you. (I'm not one of them, though.) Announcing your birthday just means you want other users to acknowledge you for this pointless milestone.

Wishing you goodwill on the anniversary of your expulsion from your mother's womb. Not just for that event or day, however, because I will still wish you goodwill regardless of the day.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 00:14:19 ago (+0/-0)

You nailed it, bro: "Attention seeking". Older goats! You lie! You lie! How would you know?

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 23:04:48 ago (+1/-0)

Best Wishes! I hope all your dreams come true!!

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 23:11:48 ago (+1/-0)*

Thanks bro. They didn't all come true and I've had a lot of shit in my life but ultimately I've been a lucky bastard who didn't deserve that luck - a tumbleweed the wind blew in the right directions!

[ - ] prototype 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:47:38 ago (+1/-0)

Live your life so well that you are prepared at any moment to welcome death.
And having found tranquility, you will no longer seek after heaven, because you would
have already lived it.

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 23:00:11 ago (+0/-0)

There is a "we croak app" - 5 reminders per day we die but I think that's going a bit too far:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/18/would-you-like-a-daily-reminder-that-death-is-round-the-corner-

[ - ] deleted 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:03:46 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:13:00 ago (+0/-0)

Ok but we, as a species, cling to the thought of a long life and one as long as possible but it's a pity that as a culture we didn't accept death into our lives as a normality. Dying is as much a part of life as living. My only complaint about the dying process is that the Government won't make it easy for us so we can die painlessly and at our own hand. It wants us to suffer and provide employment to aged care workers etc. Big Business is behind our dragged out suffering.

[ - ] goat777 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:57:30 ago (+1/-0)

Happy Birthday old fart

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:03:27 ago (+1/-0)

Thank you bro! I'm glad you didn't say "[silly] old fart".

[ - ] Gowithit 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 20:46:00 ago (+1/-0)

Ragars just upset about birthdays because he never got that pony he wanted like all the other girls did.

Happy Birthday! How old are you in leap years?

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:03:14 ago (+1/-0)*

Ragnar can be so mean. He runs his own lawn-mowing service (Jim's Mowing franchise) and he's quite successful but it's gone to his head a bit. On customer service mail he signs off as "CEO". I mean, it's a one man show with his wife doing the books!

I'm not good with arithmetic but approx 17 yo (born 1956).

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[ - ] Gowithit 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:07:28 ago (+1/-0)

Omg he wont shut up about how he started Jims Mowing Franchise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKdtxM6F8LA

Good on him but yeesh already!

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 21:15:22 ago (+1/-0)

That's our boy. What a laugh!

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 1, 2023 07:21:10 ago (+0/-0)

You should rope before you get too old and feeble to do so

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:05:18 ago (+0/-0)

Cynabuns speaking: "yes, Happy Birthday, paul. But please...no more scooter talk. We know you bought a little silver kick-scooter. We know you have a lot of fun with it but grow up FFS!".

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:56:35 ago (+0/-0)

Someone once said, Cyna, that: "men never grow up and the tragedy of women is that they do".

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[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsFeb 28, 2023 22:07:57 ago (+0/-0)*

Ouch! Actually, Cyna, I was thinking if those gays at the gay mardi gras can ham it up and look outrageous, I needn't worry about looking a little silly on a scooter.