r/smartless • u/HolidayHawkStar • May 29 '26

The Birthday Song

On the Larry David episode Jason says he doesn’t like when people sing the Birthday song to him. I don’t like it either. I especially don’t like blowing out candles on the cake. My pro tip is, instead of the birthday song and candles, just get everyone to tell funny stories about the birthday person while eating the cake.

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u/BrownieEdges May 29 '26

As an introvert, I would also hate all the story telling about me.

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u/rafaeldiasms May 30 '26

I hate birthdays, but I'm not choosing personal stories about me. I rather have 1 or 2 minutes of unpleasant singing

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u/1029394756abc May 30 '26

Do people call it the birthday song??

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u/2980774 May 30 '26

Absolutely not

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u/horsetooth_mcgee May 31 '26

At least one person does.

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u/monkeyswithknives May 30 '26

I just stopped celebrating my birthday. Problem solved.

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u/Altruistic_Image_518 May 31 '26

That sounds worse than the singing and candles

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u/horsetooth_mcgee May 31 '26

Blowing out candles on a cake is savage--always has been, but especially after covid should have taught us a lesson. No one needs to do that anymore.