{"id":333,"date":"2014-09-01T01:17:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T08:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndonantcliff.com\/marketing\/?p=333"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T16:24:00","slug":"why-i-dont-send-you-birthday-wishes-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndonantcliff.com\/marketing\/lyndon-antcliff\/why-i-dont-send-you-birthday-wishes-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I don’t send you birthday wishes on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Birthday<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media birthday wishes. Megh!<\/p>\n

If you follow 365 people on Facebook you probably have to wish someone a happy birthday every day, if that’s your thing. Conversely you should get 365 birthday wishes back, which you have to spend time reading.<\/p>\n

If you need Facebook to remind you it’s my birthday you really don’t need to wish me a happy one. What’s that mean anyway, congrats for not dying this year. Well done for not getting taken out in a hit by an Albanian assassin<\/a> sent by a Serbian arms dealer?<\/p>\n

If the wishes were backed up with more than a few taps on a greasy keyboard, then maybe it would hold more water. Cash would be nice, for example. Instead of wishing someone a happy birthday, send them a Pound. <\/p>\n

I remember when I worked in an office – shivers down the spine when I think of it – and every week was someones birthday, cake – always from the shop down the road – cards, thrown in the bin as soon as backs are turned. If the birthday cake<\/a> had been a homemade, delicious carrot cake with just the right kind of frosting, maybe my views would be tempered somewhat.<\/p>\n

Working in an office is an hellish experience – goat herding is much more pleasurable – and so the conscripts need to be injected with any kind of artificial, chemically flavour enhanced joy they can get.<\/p>\n

But do we need birthday wishes from social media. I see others who get tons, but that seems to be paid with industrial sized networking<\/a> with hordes of people who want a little nibble and if networking is your bag and you have a bag of bites to throw to the sweaty masses you should embrace the “birthday wish” with all the fakeness you can muster.<\/p>\n

Don’t think I hate your existence if I don’t wish you happy birthday on Facebook, I’m a – giving it in real life kinda guy.<\/p>\n

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