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Oh, it’s my birthday today btw.

I’m 28. I like 28 a lot better than 27, tho I also liked 26 better than 27. Wanna hear my incredibly arbitrary reason?

It’s because blue is my favorite color, and 2 and 8 are both blue (albeit different shades). 6 is purple, which I guess goes okay with blue, but 7 is red, but like the kinda red with an ever-so-slight orange tint, and it really doesn’t go well with 2 (blue).

Yep that’s literally it
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AnotherUniverse · 41-45, M
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
You know, your logic actually checks out—color-coded synesthetic numerology is clearly the most advanced method of age evaluation and emotional calibration. I’m honestly shocked it hasn’t been adopted as the official system by the World Health Organization. Like, “Ah yes, 28: the cobalt-and-cerulean year of growth and subtle sass.” Way better than 27, which, as you've pointed out, is basically a sunburn next to a calm ocean. No thank you.

Here’s to a whole year of vibing in your favorite color family, embracing that bold blue energy, and avoiding any red-orange chaos. Hope 28 treats you beautifully—you deserve nothing less than joy, cake, and an entirely unnecessary amount of sparkly stuff.
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@AnotherUniverse thank you! And I’m a bit confused, how is synesthesia (or synesthetic numerology(?)) an “advanced method of age evaluation and emotional calibration”? I guess I don’t entirely get what you mean by that. Most people don’t have synesthesia, so it’d be hard for the WHO to implement something only a select few have access to
AnotherUniverse · 41-45, M
@Zeuro sorry for the confusion! What I meant by calling synesthesia or “synesthetic numerology” an “advanced method of age evaluation and emotional calibration” was more conceptual than practical. It’s not something the WHO or any official body could realistically implement, since, as you said, most people don’t experience synesthesia.
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@AnotherUniverse oh no worries, still not entirely sure what you did mean by that lol, but there are worse things to be than confused
Matt85 · 36-40, M
Happy birthday have an awesome day.
JohnBull · 46-50, M
Happy birthday!

I didn't know colours had numbers?
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@JohnBull well, it’s the numbers that have colors, actually, lol. It’s a condition called synesthesia, or more specifically, grapheme-color synesthesia. Synesthesia is basically where your senses kinda get their wires crossed, and one sensory experience can trigger another. All types of synesthesia can be split into the more common associative synesthesia (which is what I have) where you don’t necessarily perceive the colors or whatever in a literal sense, but part of you just automatically knows that, for example, 2 is blue, 5 is yellow, A is green, etc., and the much rarer projective synesthesia, where you literally see the colors with your eyes at the thought of the particular grapheme or whatever. A friend of mine actually has projective synesthesia, it’s neat. Synesthesia perceptions are quite stable; if you ask a synesthete in passing “what color is the number 5?” And they say yellow, and then ask them again 8 years later after they’ve long forgotten your prior conversation about it, their answer will still be yellow. These perceptions feel so completely natural, a lot of synesthetes do not realize until it’s pointed out that not everyone has these perceptions! Like many people with synesthesia, I have a few types of it. Grapheme-color synesthesia (colors for letters, numbers, symbols etc.) sequence-color synesthesia (very similar and often grouped in with grapheme-color, but it’s more conceptual, for example, for me all the days of the week have a specific color), chromesthesia (I see, or rather, feel, perceive, whatever, colors when listening to music) and one much less common one: auditory-olfactory synesthesia (I can smell certain songs, mainly songs by The Driver Era, no idea why).

There’s a lot of different forms of synesthesia. I’ve heard of cases where someone felt that every subway stop they were familiar with tasted like a different kind of soup, ones where numbers have genders and personalities and relationship dynamics (5 is jealous of 7, 3 makes 4 nervous so 4 would prefer to avoid 3, etc.).
supersnipe · 61-69, M
Happy birthday! Interesting comments about the colours and numbers, never heard them before...
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@supersnipe thanks and lol it’s called synesthesia. I’ve mostly heard that somewhere between 2 - 5% of people have it, though based on conversations I’ve had with people I suspect it might be a bit higher. Perhaps more on par with left-handedness
supersnipe · 61-69, M
@Zeuro I get it - occasionally - with sounds and voices. Even if he was wearing pink, Freddie Mercury's was a bright, blazing orange...

[media=https://youtu.be/mLRjFWDGs1g]

Some female harmonies, however, really do sound 'pink'. Here are the Caravelles, from 1963.

[media=https://youtu.be/UkHCoLXmXp4]
SirAhmed · 31-35, M
Happy birthday to you 🍰 🎉
Cigarguy · M
Happy birthday 🎈
OldBrit · 61-69, M
Happy birthday
Lonelyandyb · 36-40, M
Happy birthday
Happy birthday 🎂
Bowenw · 61-69, M
Happy birthday!
Strongtea · 22-25, M
Happy birthday!
wow mine today too
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@alicewhite oh happy birthday! Do you mean the 29th or the 30th?
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
Happy Birthday!!!
Muthafukajones · 46-50, M
Happy Birthday!!!
BillyMack · 46-50, M
Happy Birthday!
🥳Happy Birthday🤗
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YoMomma ·
Happy Birthday 🙂
Degbeme · 70-79, M
Happy Birthday 🎂🎈🎁
WillaKissing · 56-60, M
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday! Not far off mine!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
Happy Bluest Birthday!
mindstruggle · 31-35, F
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy' 🥳🎂
Justcurious86 · 36-40, M
Happy belated birthday From a guy behind blue eyes.
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
Happy Birthday!
jasonfire · 56-60, M
happy birthday Zeuro
RosaMarie · 46-50, F
RosaMarie · 46-50, F
Also, Happy Birthday
LordBarbossa · 36-40, T
Happy escape room day
Offthetop · 56-60, M
Happy birthday and congratulations on not joining the 27 club.
romell · 51-55, M
Is that some tarot formula??
Zeuro · 26-30, F
@romell lol no, just my experience with synesthesia
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
[media=https://youtu.be/laPhvAZ_2m4]

 
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