Ok, what's up with all the birthdays?

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The discussion revolves around the observation of an unusually high number of birthdays on January 1st within the forum community. Participants explore potential explanations for this phenomenon, including the accuracy of user profile information and the nature of member participation.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes that there are significantly more birthdays on January 1st than usual, questioning whether this is a genuine phenomenon or a result of user profile inaccuracies.
  • Another participant suggests that some members may not have filled out their information correctly or may not have been active in the forum.
  • A list of members celebrating their birthdays is shared, highlighting the variety of usernames and ages.
  • Several participants express birthday wishes to Ivan Seeking, indicating a sense of community and celebration.
  • One participant reflects on their choice of username, expressing a desire for a more interesting or mysterious name.
  • Another participant comments on the perceived coolness of the username "Adrian Baker," suggesting it has symbolic meaning.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on whether the high number of birthdays is due to genuine occurrences or inaccuracies in user profiles. Multiple viewpoints are presented without resolution.

Contextual Notes

Some assumptions about user participation and profile accuracy remain unverified, and the discussion does not delve into the reasons behind the choice of usernames.

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It is January 1st and there are like, a LOT of birthdays.. about 7 times more than normal.

Do we have a lot of cheaters or is this really a true phenomena?
 
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OH! BTW

Happy Birthday to Ivan Seeking!

It really IS your birthday.. isn't it?
 
Those are either the lazy ones who didn't fill their information correctly, or those are the ones who never posted in here ...

Try to check the number of posts for each one (except Ivan )
 
Ivan seeking his own birthday?
 
This is the list: ;-)

Tesla , farmany (26), Silvia (24), muhammad ajaz (19), vlamir , Ivan Seeking , sunny (24), ERGSSUCK_1 , THE MIND , Taghi(26), BigHead (52), TeT (27), Lrdmora (31), kapil (26), saltron (23), Quasar , Ahsan_al_Hadees (22), captain_planet (18), Natalie , StringFan(4), bstanton (43), Rockdog (20), Juntao (20), serapgecu (22), Phyzor , black powder devil , hijabigurl (19), SailingMD (54), one step hyper (45),ee , Geekthing (23), dead_prez4 , prashantmg123 (24), Steve Knott (20), vmsrvignesh (20), janm204 (21), JLawrenceIV , BluE (24),HeavensWarFire , TheDream , yasir (34), platypus (18), widi (24), cuto9 (30), ali Adam (50), map85 (19), sam2 (25)

And BTW some of these names are really great!
 
Happy Birthday Ivan Seeking!

I enjoy your skepticism and debunking section!
 
Originally posted by pelastration
This is the list: ;-)

Tesla , farmany (26), Silvia (24), muhammad ajaz (19), vlamir , Ivan Seeking , sunny (24), ERGSSUCK_1 , THE MIND , Taghi(26), BigHead (52), TeT (27), Lrdmora (31), kapil (26), saltron (23), Quasar , Ahsan_al_Hadees (22), captain_planet (18), Natalie , StringFan(4), bstanton (43), Rockdog (20), Juntao (20), serapgecu (22), Phyzor , black powder devil , hijabigurl (19), SailingMD (54), one step hyper (45),ee , Geekthing (23), dead_prez4 , prashantmg123 (24), Steve Knott (20), vmsrvignesh (20), janm204 (21), JLawrenceIV , BluE (24),HeavensWarFire , TheDream , yasir (34), platypus (18), widi (24), cuto9 (30), ali Adam (50), map85 (19), sam2 (25)

And BTW some of these names are really great!

And I choose my own stupid name.. hmmph I could have been something really cool or mysterious!
 
thanks everyone.

:smile:
 
Originally posted by Adrian Baker
And I choose my own stupid name.. hmmph I could have been something really cool or mysterious!
Adrian Baker ... Is that your real name!?? Whaaw. I always thought that was a real cool nickname! Symbolic like: feeding the people with great ideas!:wink:
 

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