The 14th Approacheth.
<div class="IPBDescription">Ohhh yeah.</div> As a retort to Mantrid's whiny "no girl/boy" thread, this thread now exists. It is strictly for those of us who have someone ("just dating" or "screw buddy" counts!) that they're planning on spending a little time "warming up" with for an hour or two on Monday.
Muahahahahahaha.
Shove it, Mantrid!
Muahahahahahaha.
Shove it, Mantrid!
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All I had to do was look at the end of my right arm.
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ohhhh
I was hopping you were being serious so I could make the right hand crack <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
and lal of you shining happy people can bite my shiney metal <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b>***</b></span>
Guess I missed the memo.
Case closed.
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And that sums it up nicely too. Congraulations on not being a fool who would actually buy something on this terrible day.
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"I am not going to buy you a present, since I feel that I shouldn't have to show my affection for you on some random corporate event."
"Nice try, cheapass. You're sleeping on the sofa."
-_-
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Or possibly, "The Sexing".
If you have a girlfriend, its the day your most guranteed to get sex in the year... no "headache" excuse <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> lol
haahaha
Valentine's Day is really just an extra celebration of whatever you have with whatever person you're intimate with. Sure, you could argue that you don't need it, but it's nice to have a day available where you can really swing things up a notch.
What's with this generation's attitude toward these traditional things anyways? Are we really THAT cynical that we feel it necessary to attack every special day for more the sake that it's "special" instead of just enjoying it for what it is? Every generation has something it's known for. I guess ours is cynicism. Isn't that pathetic?
Now go get laid and feel better.
There are two kinds of cynicism - the kind that arises from the deep-seated belief that the world is bad, and the kind that stems from the certainty that the world could do better.
I love Christmas. Love getting together with the ones most dear to me, love the connected traditions, many of which have been with my family over several generations (there's a little bell calling the children to the presents that even my grandfather heard when he was a kid), love the food, love the religious background - love it. The profits made or not made on the occasion don't make the slightest difference to me.
Valentines Day, on the other hand, I despise. Here's an utterly fabricated event based on no tangible tradition aside from the notoriously low sales margins of the early year, with sickeningly naivé overtones, the most severe of them being the implicated illusion that a single annual day of heightened awareness is everything your relationship will need. There are dozens of opportunities to 'take it up a notch', from birthdays and special occasions to annual private 'holidays'. To invest oneself into them is in my opinion significantly better an idea than to go the passive way and just follow the trend.
Valentines Day, on the other hand, I despise. Here's an utterly fabricated event based on no tangible tradition aside from the notoriously low sales margins of the early year, with sickeningly naivé overtones, the most severe of them being the implicated illusion that a single annual day of heightened awareness is everything your relationship will need. There are dozens of opportunities to 'take it up a notch', from birthdays and special occasions to annual private 'holidays'. To invest oneself into them is in my opinion significantly better an idea than to go the passive way and just follow the trend.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the holiday is a little silly, but let's face it: chicks love it. I don't need a holiday to give me the chance to give a girl something special, but it means something to her to be appreciated on a day like Valentine's. Women and men both know that Valentine's isn't going to save a failing relationship, but they both know that it's another oppurtunity to make a relationship better. You can scoff at the oppurtunity and call it "corporate bullshi7" all day long, but it, just like most other holidays, were there before corporate sales figures.
I actually dig the commercialism of most holidays. Without it, most of us wouldn't be able to get nice things like holiday bonuses. They boost our economy, increase our productivity, and all sorts of wonderful positive things. We need holiday commercialism.
Spread the corporate holiday love to a neighbor today!
You might as well bust out the SIZE FOURTEEN and be like <span style='color:white'>Check the community rules, specifically the paragraph about headers. Also, note that a few people in here have started to talk about stuff, so just let it go, will you?</span>
Dude, we're totally honoring St. Valentine. What did he do? Huh? I dunno, I'm just buying chocolates in a heart shaped box.
If you want to, just do it. I'm sure your girlfriend would appreciate receiving a random gift for no reason other than "I love you". On the other hand, it might seem like you HAVE to give her a gift on Valentine's Day to her, so it won't mean as much to her.
Pfft.
And that is part of the reason why I hate VDay
why not get something actualy cool with that $100+
roses last for a week
a teady bear atleast last for a long time
a book/videogame/music/pieceofcloathing etc lasts much longer, and they will actualy use said item.
I hate flowers. (yah sure a single rose for decoration, or a bouqet of cheap, but nice, flowers adds a nice touch, but droping 100+ on one of the most booring flowers out there...)
oh well, I am a humbug. first vday with out my special some one in a while.
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You can't go wrong with one that says "Say goodlife the blue fishy".
He got himself burned at the stake....I think there is some legend about professing his undying love whilst the flames crept up.
Then I'm taking her to my place and locking the door, and I won't be playing NS all day.
THAT'S what I'm doing tomorrow. What now?
Some don't. To be honest, along with what Nem0 said, I find that V-day actually means less to me because it's a corporate-mandated "holiday" where you apparently *have* to do something special - because if you don't, then your sig other should/would/will get upset - because it's a day they're "supposed" to expect something special?
Also, what's with this tradition that it's the guy that's supposed to buy candy and flowers and such? Same-sex relationships aside, it seems pretty one-sided, no?
You shouldn't have to buy anything. You shouldn't have to have a day given to you where you're "supposed" to tell someone you love them or take them out to a fancy dinner or whatever. Feeling particularly lovestruck? Do something about it. Don't wait for the market to tell you what day you should be expressing it on.