And hovering over it with my mouse, it says “Happy Birthday, Chris [my name]!”
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That’s just awesome.
Boy, that’s a humblebrag if I ever read one. 
Happy birthday, kiddo.
Happy Birthday! I wonder if it will tell me mine, since I am next week!
Freaked me out a little when it happened last month since I don’t have Google plus and I couldn’t think of any other google linked services that I’d subscribed to.
I had forgotten about Chrome.
I was the opposite- I have Chrome, logged into gmail, into Google+ etc, and Google didn’t give me a birthday doodle. I was very disappointed.
And even though I already happy birthday’d you on FB-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I, on the other hand, am amazed anyone would tell Google what their actual birthday was.
This.
? It’s on my Plus profile. It’s not like I e-mailed the bastards and said HEY I’M BORN IN NOVEMBER, ASSHOLES!
Out of all of the information they have about me - just think of the search terms alone! - the birthday information is really not a big deal.
This.
On an unrelated note, does anyone know how to recall an email? I’m asking for a friend.
(man, I have to wait like almost a year to find out if google knows my birthday.)
Well, that’s the way they get you to love Big Brother.
Ah, I understand your problem now. 
But I am actually curious. Do you actually use Google+ socially? I honestly don’t know anyone else who does. I know people who have an account for an online business. I know people who got a G+ profile with YouTube rather than an anonymous G+ page. But neither of those really need a birthday.
If so, what do you find better about it than other platforms?
I feel the NSA is somehow behind this. But Happy Birthday anyway.
Not only that but that they would be happy that a computer remembered the information. That is just sad.
I still don’t get why anyone would give up their birth date. Google, Facebook, don’t require it. I registered for StumbleUpon - they required a birth date so I gave them a fake one.
Happy Belated-Birthday Idle Thoughts
It’s still a nice surprise.
It’s not a big deal, it’s just my birth date. That said, I don’t have a Google account so I didn’t get a doodle this year. 
BTW: I was born on Sunday, August 13, 1961 at 4:05pm EDT in Nashua, NH. I’m a Leo with Uranus in my 8th House. I like cheesecake & Minecraft. I live in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. Please send me stuff* for Christmas to make up for all the years you didn’t send me anything.
Thank You.
*money
I don’t like Facebook one bit. I was on it for a bit and then just gave up. I like Plus Circles better, I admit - much easier to manage privacy.
I don’t really use Plus socially. I use it probably 98% to host my pictures - I never post any pictures of people, but I take a ton of pictures on vacations and it’s super convenient to post them on Plus, so I can access them anywhere. I don’t ever print pictures out, it seems tedious and a waste of paper.
The other 2% I admit I follow George Takei and a few friends and occasionally - I mean like 3-4x a year - post on it.
As to the other, I don’t really find my birthday as an item that needs to be hidden. I don’t have a lot of information on my Plus account. I just checked, and it’s got the following information:
Female
Birthday
in a domestic partnership
Live in Albany
That I am currently in college
None of which are really secret. In fact, at least two of them I’d prefer people know ahead of time (relationship status in particular). I also like the college one because I have a college circle and thus college people can contact me.
Oh, and btw, how judgmental to say it is “sad” to be happy that a computer remembered our birthday. It’s just cute and funny. And nice. It’s like, people think we shouldn’t take happiness from such things. I submit happiness is rare and difficult to find in this world and we should take it where we can, and if that makes us happy, well, great!
It used to be standard: don’t share birth date or mother’s maiden name because either could give identity thieves a leg up. Have things changed so much?
My personal info has been accessed a couple of times by companies (The Boston Globe unwittingly leaked 150,000 customers info) through no fault on my part. Thankfully I had given them bare minimum personal info but it was still a hassle to clear up.
Well, if the false sense of security makes you feel better…
Happy Birthday! Sorry I’m late. Hope it was a good one!