# Really Not All That Bright's birthday showed up as a calendar item!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 13, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164 "2013-08-13T22:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/1 "2013-08-13T22:19:30Z")
To my recollection, and according to my computer search, RNATB has never even sent me an email. Does anyone have any guesses as to how his/her birthday got plugged into my Mac Calendar? This is kind of creepy and disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/2 "2013-08-13T22:34:27Z")
Is there a corresponding contact record somewhere? (Not sure where these live on a Mac) - I mean, a contact distinct from the calendar event - if so, that contact record might say something about where it originated. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/3 "2013-08-13T22:48:46Z")
Lemme guess… you are/were a LinkedIn user? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/4 "2013-08-14T23:41:02Z")
Stop leaving your laptop at the coffee shop. 😉 Seriously, though, when does your computer think my birthday is? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/5 "2013-08-15T00:38:55Z")
Maybe you know him or her in RL. And hopefully in an as awkward manner as possible. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/6 "2013-08-15T02:02:55Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Lemme guess… you are/were a LinkedIn user? This is exactly what I was thinking, assuming she’s got his real name. If she’s got his handle, I’m out of ideas, other than Stoid getting drunk some night and putting it in as a joke, and then promptly forgetting about it. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/7 "2013-08-15T02:04:08Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > To my recollection, and according to my computer search, RNATB has never even sent me an email. > > Does anyone have any guesses as to how his/her birthday got plugged into my Mac Calendar? This is kind of creepy and disturbing. Username or real name? You both on Facebook- maybe part of the SDMB group? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/8 "2013-08-15T02:25:25Z")
\ Aha, phase one of my plan is working! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/9 "2013-08-15T13:57:55Z")
I’m part of the SDMB group on Facebook but my real name is only in the “introduce yourself” doc thingy. I can’t see any way my name would get from there to her calendar. As far as I know, we’re not Facebook friends, although there are a few Dopers I’m FB friends with whose Doper identities I’m confused about. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/10 "2013-08-15T19:09:27Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Stop leaving your laptop at the coffee shop. 😉 Seriously, though, when does your computer think my birthday is? According to my calendar, you will turn 31 on August 20. And there is some holland and numerals in your contact info. I am not a linkedin user, although I probably have some minor profile, doesn’t everyone? I’m on facebook, yes, but no SDMB contacts there or anywhere, really. I save pretty much everything and I can’t find any trace of mail or anything else that caused this. VERY strange. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/11 "2013-08-16T01:38:17Z")
! That is correct. Except the Holland part. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/12 "2013-08-16T01:41:20Z")
Wow. That’s weird. Do you have your birthday in your SDMB profile? Maybe one night, while sleep-surfing the boards, Stoid saw your profile and entered your bday… No? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/13 "2013-08-16T01:44:29Z")
There isn’t even a field for birthdays. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/14 "2013-08-16T01:56:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > ! That is correct. Except the Holland part. Your old screen name, surely, with the numerals. I wonder what useful piece of information could have been in my head all this time instead of remembering _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/15 "2013-08-16T01:59:15Z")
Did you happen to write it down from [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14822470&postcount=3)or [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14148963&postcount=41)? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/16 "2013-08-16T02:06:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > There isn’t even a field for birthdays. Yes there is. I see your birthday listed in your profile. I just checked. It’s on the upper right, in the mini statistics box. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/17 "2013-08-16T23:22:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > ! That is correct. Except the Holland part. I was trying to be sly, but I see your email is avail: dutchboy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/18 "2013-08-16T23:28:10Z")
After the paint, not the country. Oh, I see what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/19 "2013-08-19T15:10:56Z")
That wasn’t really a secret or anything. My original SDMB handle was **dutchboy208**. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164/20 "2013-08-19T15:16:30Z")
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