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[timelymaid]

whens your birthday?
im curious
and how do you normally celebrate it at your home?

where im originally from we dont use years or months or any of these things as a time term
a sweep isnt even equivalent to a year
and you have one wriggling day a sweep
although theres not much you do on them compared to human parties which i think are more fun
i cant even begin to figure out how you would equate a wriggling day to a yearly thing anyway
so i just did what jake suggested and picked something else for fun

speaking of!
ive got a list now and since i need to get it to several people this seems appropriate
sans terezi nepeta equius gamzee the birthday calendar is as follows:
february 14 eridan ampora february 22 sollux captor march 25 aradia megido
april 13 john egbert and jane crocker august 31 kanaya maryam
september 21 or 22 karkat vantas because whichever is the equinox!
and then december 1 is jake english and jade harley
december 3 is strider day
and december 4 is lalonde day

so that crosses off everyone i know from home but i do not have the days of everyone i know here
thus this very important question!
if you dont have one we can pick one because this is exciting!

[ as always, if you respond in something else, Aradia will match you. ]

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[unended]

There isn't really one way to celebrate someone's birthday, it depends on the person and the culture.

So a wriggling day is similar to someone's birthday?

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[timelymaid]

it is!
its the day we were born on at least

so how does your culture celebrate?
i dont believe weve met by the way
im aradia megido

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[otherfathering]

'Don't have one, sorry.

'Though d'you mind if I take note of my kids' birthdays? Didn't know some of the new ones.

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[timelymaid]

Well, we'll have to pick one! Did you want me to tell you the pokemon star signs? You can always pick a month based on which pokemon you like best out of the twelve!

I don't mind, that's what the list is there for. All the trolls had to pick something, and I figured this was the best way to broadcast the list to anyone who wanted the days!

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[botspeaksalot]

[That's some familiar text. Well, he can take a break from reading now, he supposes.]

There isn't a unit of time called a sweep where I am from, to my knowledge. What is the approximate conversion rate between a sweep and a year?

And how does one pick out a birthday?

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[timelymaid]

hi phillip!
a sweep is about 2.16 years

and you really just choose a day you like and say
okay this is my birthday
every human year i will now celebrate it with cake

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[sunpendant]

Spring 29.

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[timelymaid]

hm
so thats
i think thats april or may 29?
if were translating

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[seetheflower]

[ ... Menma couldn't read all that text, but she got the first line at least! That's an easy question. ]

108 septembre!!1!!
no wait
18
eigtheen!!!

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[timelymaid]

hi menma!
how old will you be on your next birthday?

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[doitrockapella]

HELLO ARADIA !!!

WHAT IS A
B I R T H D A Y

BIRTH + DAY

IS THAT THE DAY YOU
H A T C H E D

???

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[timelymaid]

hi zack!
yes!
it is your hatching day
on that day humans seem to receive presents and eat cake
although the best part about them is spending time with the people you love!
you tell people happy birthday on their hatching day
because you celebrate the fact they were hatched!

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[combat_butler]

Mine is 11/11, and I never celebrated it back home. (´･ω･)ﾉ

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[timelymaid]

does that mean you celebrate it here? :D

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[brokenmemories]

huh, wriggling day is an interesting term for birthday
as for my said "wriggling day", its July 25th
it isn't really a big deal until i turn 20
but i usually spent with with close friends and family.

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[timelymaid]

oh its what we call them at home!
why is it a big deal when you turn 20?
what happens then??

[papshooshing]

Why did Ampora pick Valentines?

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[timelymaid]

Why did he pick what now?

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[alonelyworld]

I don't remember ever celebrating my birthday before.

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[timelymaid]

That just means you get to pick one and celebrate this year, then!

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[babel_hacker]

Mine's on June 11.

My birthdays was usually quiet, but my friends almost always get me gifts. It's usually better when my parents manage to come home for it.

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[timelymaid]

hi!
im not sure weve met
im aradia megido!

did you like quiet birthdays?

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[gunkonmyboot]

never had :V
what the heck is a wriggle day?

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[timelymaid]

its what we call our birthdays on alternia
basically

well pick a day! :D

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[francia]

I celebrate my birthday on the 14th of July, Ma Fête Nationale! There is always a grand military parade as well as fireworks and other festivities. :)

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[timelymaid]

ma fete nationale?
that sounds exciting though!
im aradia megido
ive never actually been to a parade :o

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[bywiseguidance]

My birthday is November 12th on the international calendar. As for how I celebrate, I generally do not do anything special--most of the time, I am at work.

What do you do on a 'wriggling day'?

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[timelymaid]

it depends on the troll
but given that many of us live far apart and we have a generally violet species
usually you just spend it with your lusus!
sometimes your friends might acknowledge it
but usually its just a day that marks you a year older sort of

[enjoymyatelier]

My birthday is April 11th--coincidentally, it's the same day I arrived in this world. I was not particularly entertained.

With that said, I find birthdays to be an extremely annoying affair, and if I can have some peace and quiet to myself then I make that a priority.

[timelymaid]

that makes you an aries!
thats my sign
i mean the aries sign is my ancestral sign

why do you find them annoying? :o

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[iownahoofbeast]

D--> You have given this quite a bit of thought

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[timelymaid]

well i think its important we follow human customs!
so long as we are humans

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[onelevelnicer]

It's June Ninth.

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[timelymaid]

Do you like June?

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[riastrad_ridire]

Closest I can figure is somewhere around January 13th.

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[timelymaid]

It's hard to translate calendars! January 13th already passed, though. Did you do anything fun?

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[saxsongs]

February 14th.
If you know what Valentine's day is, you pretty much know how my birthdays go.

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[timelymaid]

one of my friends says its like quadrant appreciation day
but iver never actually seen valentines or anything
how does it usually go?

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[neededlassie]

Where are you from? I didn't know there was a country where they didn't use years and months. Is a wriggling day like a birthday?

My mom and I didn't really do anything special this year. I got some new colored pencils and a drawing pad.

The year before that, my friends came over and my mom made a cake and everything

[The message abruptly cuts off there because he made himself sad.]

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[timelymaid]

oh im not from an earth country!
im from alternia
thats another planet :)
and yes it is something like it!
although we dont really celebrate like you do

do you like to draw shaun?

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[shippingmath]

Strider day is right.
I just missed it when I got here.
So at least people have a year to forget about it before it happens again.
I've never really done anything to celebrate.
Largely because troll ideas about wiggling days became absorbed into our culture.

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[timelymaid]

forgetting about it wont happen!
i bet anything well just do a big birthday bash again
since lalonde day strider day and english/harley day are all in a row
we just had four days of parties
because why leave out the 2nd really
and the troll ideas being in your culture is sort of helpful
i mean to me
you didnt need any of the quadrant things explained to you!

but i think i prefer human birthday ideas to troll ones actually
having been to parties now

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[hintcoinplz]

Mine's October 17th! I usually celebrate with a big party along with my friends and family.

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[timelymaid]

whats your favourite party activity?

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[santafancier]

[Still trying to get the hang of this gear so...video again from this gal! She has at least swapped her sunglasses for a coat at this point. A Rattata sits on her shoulder, peering at the screen.]

Oh, mine is...is...

[Uhhh...okay. Her smile fades a little as she realizes that she doesn't actually know when her birthday is. Or how old she is, for that matter.]

Anyway, tell me more about this wiggly day of yours. Never hearda those before!

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[timelymaid]

[ Oh, good, she sounds more warm and looks it, too. Aradia gives a little wave. She's not too bothered by the lack of a birthday, either. ]

Can't figure out how to translate it into Earth calendar? I can helpl you pick one, if you want!

And that's the term trolls use for birthdays! Well, we don't really celebrate them, but...when you hatch, you're a wriggler. Thus, wriggling day!

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[useduproar]

Sweep? Wriggling? This sounds messy. How do you count a 'sweep'? How old are you?

[Hiyoko is, as ever, full of a million questions]

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[timelymaid]

I'm seven! A sweep is about 2.16 human years.

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My birthday is on June 3rd and I always celebrate it with close friends and we have tea and cakes. [ ...Actually, that makes her feel weird that she'll be celebrating her birthday alone without these things. Hopefully she'll have some close friends six months from now!! ]

I'm not sure what I'm doing this year, though.

[timelymaid]

multiple cakes?

well you could do the same thing!!
just with different friends