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HELP ME MAKE MY DAD A COOL BIRTHDAY GIFT

This is my dad. I call him Fat Man, because he is fat (although not as fat as he used to be) and also because it’s a reference to Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which we used to watch together every night on Adult Swim when I was 12. He identified as Carl, and there’s this one line in one of the earlier episodes where one of the Mooninites (I think it’s Err) says to Carl, “Now stop right there, FAT MAN!” One time I said it to my dad several years ago and it just stuck. And he calls himself Fat Man. So don’t accuse me of fat shaming or whatever lol

My dad is turning 64 on March 22. He has had a hard life and has lost a lot, especially over the last few years. I don’t want to get too much into details but he’s extremely depressed, physically disabled (since he was 39), and the only thing he’s looking forward to is watching me graduate college. 

My dad is an awesome dad. For his age, he’s pretty leftist (although he still has some issues that we often have political debates about… problematic dads what what… but he’s 100% supportive of me being queer and stuff which is great). He’s also unintentionally hilarious a lot of the time.

A primer on my dad:

Him explaining Star Wars: A New Hope when the last time he saw it was in theaters when it came out

Him opening up his Ariana Grande CD for Father’s Day (he isn’t talking so much because he has chewing tobacco in his mouth… he REALLY REALLY likes Ariana Grande.)

Him attempting to operate a DSLR camera

And you can also go through the Fat Man Chronicles tag on my old blog to see more of his shenanigans. 

My plan 

What I want to do for my dad is to create a video with a bunch of people saying “Happy Birthday, Fat Man.” I’ll edit them all together. I want my dad to feel as important as he is to me. You can add a short message if you want. It can be weird, whatever. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know me or know my dad, just film yourself saying “Happy Birthday, Fat Man” and upload it and tag it as “#happy birthday fat man” so I can find it. You can use props, play instruments, whatever, as long as it’s festive.

I’m also thinking about creating a Paypal thing so people can donate to help me buy him a really fancy chocolate box or something in case you’re not comfortable taking a video of yourself. 

Other facts about my dad:

He’s afraid of centaurs (like, seriously)

He has a degree in forestry because he wanted to save the Earth

I think he’s the only person in the Hemlock Grove fandom

He sings the Beach Boys a lot… terribly

He does a TERRIBLE impersonation of Jesse from Breaking Bad. He thinks it’s really good because I always laugh when he does it, but I’m actually laughing at how bad it is.

Same with Meatwad from ATHF.

He talks a lot about the 60s 

He hates cops

He’s watched Pretty in Pink like 20 times