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Why are people who do not know you well even aware of when your birthday is?



They study or work with me. Some places even have lists of birthdays and all sorts of "teambuilding". Each place has its own traditions, so making your birthday an exception to default policy may require some effort.


Google likes to populate my calendar with the birthdays of anyone I've ever talked to.


We also have Facebook and similar social networks now, though I don't use them. All kinds of social networks reminded people about birthdays ever since the era of PHP forums.




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