# Google birthday doodle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208 "2017-02-07T04:53:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/1 "2017-02-07T04:53:23Z")

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I didn’t realize they did this. Google somehow knew it was my birthday, and it provided a birthday-themed doodle for me on the Google main page. Clicking on it was if I had searched for “February 6.” This is life in the modern world, apparently.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/2 "2017-02-07T05:10:07Z")

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i know! freaked me the fuck out!

its bad enough they give me ads for stuff i’ve already bought. . .now this

big brother go home!

mc

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/3 "2017-02-07T12:28:28Z")

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Apparently, I didn’t use Google on my birthday a couple weeks ago. Sad.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/4 "2017-02-07T14:23:28Z")

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Benevolent overlord Google is just the best isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/5 "2017-02-07T14:29:55Z")

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Oh, they know much, much, much more than your birthday!

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-birthday-doodle/779208/6 "2017-02-07T18:35:03Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Oh, they know much, much, much more than your birthday!

I will try to remember to check out the doodle when I go in for my colonoscopy.