Brother's Minecraft World Birthday Surprise

>be me >having 18th birthday at home >pretty chill time with friends >brother asks if me I want to see his Minecraft world >tell him to go away >see he's hurt >feel guilty and say I'll check it out later >never check it >a few months later, brother gets leukemia >pray he gets better >he doesn't >brother dies >feels like shit >turn 21 >packing stuff up for college >notice brother's old laptop >for some reason, remembers broken promise >charge up computer >boot up Minecraft >see world named "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANONIM!" >load up world >beginning to tear up at this point >world loads >look around and see cake everywhere >giant pixel cake in front of me >balloons across the sky >turn around and see "HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY" built with blocks >under b-day message is a sign >sign says "happy birthday anon. You're the best brother ever. :DDD" >fucking cry for hours

A greentext story describes a man who rejects his brother’s invitation to see his Minecraft world on his 18th birthday. Months later, the brother dies of leukemia, and at age 21 the man discovers the unfinished birthday surprise on his brother’s old laptop, causing him to break down crying. The joke is an intentionally tragic emotional bait story, using Minecraft nostalgia and an anonymous imageboard storytelling style. EN: A greentext story describes a man who rejects his brother’s invitation to see his Minecraft world on his 18th birthday. Months later, the brother dies of leukemia, and at age 21 the man discovers the unfinished birthday surprise on his brother’s old laptop, causing him to break down crying. The joke is an intentionally tragic emotional bait story, using Minecraft nostalgia and an anonymous imageboard storytelling style.

• @eternalclassic / 6886 2022-01-15