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29 July, 2022 Wil

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I’m narrating Randall Monroe’s What If? 2, but you didn’t hear it from me. → ← Hey everyone! An old man is talking!

32 thoughts on “This is 50”

  1. Kenneth T. says:
    29 July, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Happy Happy Birthday to you

  2. Martin says:
    29 July, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    Wishing you a most excellent birthday and welcome to 50.

  3. Paul Rickelton says:
    29 July, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    Happy birthday Wil. I also am a July 29ther as all the best are.

  4. Michael Kelleher says:
    29 July, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    Happy birthday to you and your giant hair!

  5. DL says:
    29 July, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    Happy birthday, sir!

    (I hope to see you at STLV, but if not, I totally understand!)

  6. Eric S says:
    29 July, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    That’s 157,248,000,000,000 seconds to you, pal.

    Like my Great Grandma Viola use to say, life doesn’t begin until you hit 1,729,728,000,000,000.

  7. Stephanie says:
    29 July, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    Happy birthday! I used to be anti-birthday, but a couple of birthdays ago my husband decided that every day would be my birthday until I finally had one that made me happy. There were many dinners and presents and cakes, but of course he won in the end. So now I am pro birthday, because they remind me of the people I love most in the world (I am also 106).
    I hope you get to spend your birthday doing a bunch of cool things with a bunch of people you love. But if that doesn’t happen, then you should definitely have a 50th birthday everyday until it does.

    1. wabbit89 says:
      30 July, 2022 at 9:22 am

      I was anti-birthday for a long time, too. Not in a “don’t want to think about getting older” way, but in a “I have way too much childhood trauma about birthdays to want to celebrate them” way. But through the wonderful actions of people who actually care about me and also pure chance, I now have two birthdays per year, and they are truly celebrated. Getting older and learning who actually matters in your life is the best.

      1. Stephanie says:
        7 August, 2022 at 5:04 pm

        It really is an amazing thing to be surrounded by people who care and want you to heal. I’m glad your life is full of people who love you 🙂

        1. wabbit89 says:
          8 August, 2022 at 6:38 am

          Isn’t it, though? I’m glad you are finding your way, too. 🙂

  8. Ben says:
    29 July, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Happy fiftieth. Onwards and upwards.

  9. Rich Black says:
    29 July, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    Happy birthday! Shared with David Warner (rip). And Geddy Lee.

  10. sarah says:
    29 July, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    happy birthday! are you sharing hair styling tips with captain pike?

  11. Jamison says:
    29 July, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    Happy birthday!

  12. Heymarkarana says:
    29 July, 2022 at 8:40 pm

    I’m so happy to celebrate your 50th trip around our star! Here’s to many more!

  13. phlaym says:
    29 July, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    Happy birthday!

  14. Max says:
    29 July, 2022 at 8:57 pm

    Happy birthday! I don’t know how I have read this blog for so long and not realized you share a birthday with my son (he’s 10 today).

  15. Kevin says:
    29 July, 2022 at 11:46 pm

    I am reminded it’s your birthday almost every year, because I still play the game Spaceward Ho and (I have no idea if you know this) the little hats on settled planets occasionally change on special days, on today they all have a red/yellow/blue stripe, in homage to Wesley Crusher’s season 1 sweater (email me if you want a pic).

    Happy Birthday!

    1. Wil says:
      29 July, 2022 at 5:06 pm

      I loved that game on my Mac in the 90s. This makes me very happy.

  16. Daniel says:
    30 July, 2022 at 12:16 am

    Happy birthday! That is a Philip J. Fry worth hair horn. 😉

  17. Jess says:
    30 July, 2022 at 12:27 am

    Happy birthday! I’m so glad this is why you were trending on Twitter.

  18. Marc C says:
    30 July, 2022 at 5:30 am

    “You’re gonna love being 50, man,” he said. “Your give-a-shitter just stops working.”

    — John Dee Graham, “Jon Dee Graham and the Laws of Subtraction” in Bitter Southerner (https://bittersoutherner.com/jon-dee-graham-man-of-few-words)

  19. bullion says:
    30 July, 2022 at 8:02 am

    Happy birthday! Hope you have a great day and an awesome new year ahead of you 🙂

  20. Matt says:
    30 July, 2022 at 9:16 am

    Day late but Happy 50th.

  21. wabbit89 says:
    30 July, 2022 at 9:20 am

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

  22. wabbit89 says:
    30 July, 2022 at 9:34 am

    I was anti-birthday for a long time, too. Not in a “don’t want to think about getting older” way, but in a “I have way too much childhood trauma about birthdays to want to celebrate them” way. But through the wonderful actions of people who actually care about me and also pure chance, I now have two birthdays per year, and they are truly celebrated. Getting older and learning who actually matters in your life is the best.

  23. Suzan Harden says:
    30 July, 2022 at 11:52 am

    Happy Birthday, Wil! Welcome to the age of “I don’t give a f**k!

  24. Randall says:
    30 July, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    I’m a year ahead of you, so I turned 51 on July 13. We made it half a century, dude. How many times did we think we wouldn’t get this far? I know for me, it was a lot. Congratulations. Now let’s make it to the anti-aging breakthroughs that allow us to live another 125 years in like age 25-30 condition. C’mon science! I wanna be a cyberpunk villain!

  25. Sdswmr says:
    31 July, 2022 at 8:59 am

    Happy Birthday!!

  26. mossum says:
    31 July, 2022 at 10:11 am

    Happy birthday, Wil. And happy birthday today to George Jetson!

  27. Fargyle says:
    31 July, 2022 at 3:50 pm

    Happy birthday Wil, I hope the next 2/3 of your life provide you with even more great experiences.

  28. Ruth GB says:
    3 August, 2022 at 4:47 am

    I feel bad that I missed wishing you a happy birthday on the very day! I’m old enough to be your mom (71-yikes), and I’d be proud to have a son like you. You make this planet a better one. LLAP, Wil and welcome to the best decades of your life. It’s all golden from here on in!

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