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[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

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Sooo... hypothetical question: given that the space-time continuum is kinda lookin' the other way here, how do birthdays work? If you've spent a year in this dimension, but only a few minutes have passed back home, does that time count towards your actual age?

Comments

UN: JasonTodd | Text

[robintohood]

How do you know how much time passed back home?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ Oh hey, it's her buddy Jason! Who... only knows her as Doreen, right, keeping a lid on the whole secret identity thing! ]

I went home for a bit when they first got the teleporters working! At that point I'd been here for about six months, but I was only gone for a few seconds there.

[robintohood]

[Jason absolutely suspects it's Doreen but he won't say anything for now]

That's gotta be pretty jarring. How long were you back home before coming back here?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ aw yeah, secret identity intact! ]

Lasted about two weeks before I ended up back here. Super anticlimactic.

[robintohood]

Too bad you couldn't stay home. How much time passed here while you were out?

UN: Prodigy

[helpdesk_hero]

I've tended toward just keeping my actual birthday, especially as it's on my IDs. But for celebrations? You could always have a different sort of party on the arrival of your anniversary. Some people change their celebrated 'birthday' up for multiple reasons. No reason not to if it makes you more comfortable.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

It's a little weird because my actual birthday wasn't long after I showed up here, but back home it was a few months before. But you're right, any excuse for cake and funtimes is a good one, regardless of the actual date.

[helpdesk_hero]

Your friends won't care which you choose, provided they get to spend the time with you. I promise it.

private!

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

thanks dude <3

god, I'm gonna be 21, I'll be able to get into an actual BAR

and have DRINKS

LEGALLY

I don't even know if I like bars yet, let alone beer, but OPTIONS ARE OPENING

text; @Sephiroth

[unkindled_madness]

Do you believe you aren't aging here?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

... I haven't really thought about it tbh?? I haven't looked in the mirror and thought to myself 'ah yes, I definitely look a year older, there are noticeable physical differences here'

[unkindled_madness]

My hair still grows, so there is that.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

... that is a very good point that I hadn't actually thought about!

text; dn: Leon (he/him)

[faceguy]

I think it should
Im three months older than my brother now and ive been giving him all kinds of shit about it

dimensional displacement should be good for SOMETHING

[Though Leo is a teenager so of course he would feel that way.]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

listen, sibling trolling is a COMPLETELY VALID REASON

[faceguy]

absolutely

plus more birthdays means more parties

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

this is ALSO some extremely good birthday logic! Any excuse for cake is a good one.

dn: Otto Octavius | text

[doctopoda]

I honestly haven't thought about it.

[It's not really important to him to celebrate his birthday, and once you're his age the actual years don't seem to matter so much. But for the sake of argument:]

Birthday celebrations aren't really about celebrating the literal anniversary of your birth. It's more about you still being around, and probably getting all your friends together on the closest Friday or Saturday. I say just celebrate your regular birthday if that's what you want.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ The idea is sweet, but... ]

Man, ideally I'd be able to get my pals from my universe over here and have a really awesome party. It doesn't feel right without Nancy, here.

[doctopoda]

Ah, I'm sorry.
Take a vacation and go home for a week?
I know it isn't the same, but it's something.

[Not that Otto has any personal attachment to going back to his universe anymore - even though he didn't quite intend to fake his own death there, that's sort of what ended up happening and it's probably all better that way. But if he had anybody left there...well, it wouldn't be the same just to visit, he knows that.]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

oh that's a great idea! I can finally ask Nancy ou

[ SOMETIMES SHE TYPES FASTER THAN SHE THINKS, ABANDON SHIP ]

un: todd.richards

[overlyprecocious]

day-wise, it was April 8 when I left home and April 1 here, so the difference between my next birthday counted by days and by date isn't that big anyway

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

sounds to me like you've got yourself an entire birthday WEEK :D

[overlyprecocious]

I don't usually do much for my birthday anyway

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

maybe now is the time to start! ever tried laser tag? paintball? mini-golf?