Yesterday was British actor Tom Hardy’s birthday, and the gays celebrated it in the only way we know how: by posting sexy photos of the actor and fondly recalling his gay arc.

You might be asking yourself: wait, what gay arc? Which proves you have not been paying attention! Tom Hardy has been out here talking about his sexuality for years now, and though most of his juicier comments came out in 2010, the North remembers. Oh, how it remembers.

While Hardy has never come out as bisexual, he’s openly discussed his past affairs with men in early interviews. The words “I’m an actor, for f*ck’s sake” will forever live rent-free in the minds of certain extremely online millennials.

And let’s not forget Hardy’s admission that he “Bismarked” his Stuart: A Life Backwards costar Benedict Cumberbatch on set.

While Hardy says that his gay sex-having days are in the past, we can still dream…and remember…

We love a chaotic bisexual man who gets finer with each passing year.

We salute you, Tom. And we will never, NEVER forget your MySpace era.