Yesterday was my Birthday. So, I was thinking that for this week’s flame war parody, we would tackle a birthday related question. Remember to have and defend a vehemently incoherent position. As always.
On my birthday, am I another year older or another year wiser?
Discuss.
2004–2009
7 responses so far ↓
1
Angie
// Nov 30, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Depends on the baseline. If your baseline was November 28, then technically you’re only another DAY older. Wisdom is also relative: Wiser compared to what? Compared to yourself the day before? Compared to a walnut or a Hershey bar?
I stopped aging years ago. It’s pretty amazing, really, the fact that I’m now only 2 years older than my 17-year-0ld. Women can do that, you know; but we have to stop when we stopped getting carded for cigarettes and alcohol (also amazing, I still do - and then I get laughed at when they see how old I *really* am, my ID passed around the shop like some kind of ancient relic).
2
Les James
// Nov 30, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Happy frikkin birthday dick-head! Thanks for letting me know. I’d have done something nice for you, but nooo, you’re too damn good for that aren’t you? You think you’re sooo smart.
Oh…I guess that would be wiser, then.
3
RT
// Nov 30, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Hmmm….keeping your birthday to yourself isn’t so wise, because then the rest of us can’t be all happy that you had a birthday.
I agree that you are actually only another day older, and that it took you a year to be a day older. Err…something like that.
Tell you what. I will ponder this all day tomorrow and compare my thoughts about my birthday to yours. I should be able to form a better answer.
Uh…I think.
4
Alex L.
// Dec 1, 2008 at 1:01 am
Since old people are the smartest people in the world, your definitely wiser. I mean come on, have you ever listened to a conversation between an old person and a bus driver… theres no arguing with that wisdom!
5
JumpOut
// Dec 1, 2008 at 4:01 am
In the words of the late great Richard Pryor:
“You don’t get to be old bein’ no fool. I know a bunch a young wise men deader than a motherfucker.”
If Rich says wiser then it’s wiser.
6
Jr
// Dec 1, 2008 at 6:59 am
Another wise man (I think it was Socrates) once said, “Birthdays are like a**holes… everyone has one.”
But congratulations to you, Friar.
7
Fiar
// Dec 1, 2008 at 3:09 pm
If I had let people know that it was my birthday then thousands of followers would gather around my home for the chance to worship the ground that I walk on. Then roving bands of feral police officers would show up and start tasering my flock. This would lead to a confrontation with the murderous police officers, and we would have a new Waco on our hands.
So, clearly I am a year wiser to have withheld my birthday.
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