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Glorb

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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2007, 06:25:30 PM »
You know what I hate most about Valentine's Day? All the anti-Valentine's Day sentiment. I agree, it is an utterly useless holiday, but I have grown deathly tired of all the supposedly ironically humorous "I HATE U" and "LUV SUX" candy heart gags, among other things. Exposing Valentine's Day as a stupid holiday is about as important as stressing that the Easter Bunny is a heartless scam to get folks to buy candy eggs; we all know it, so harping on the point is, well, pointless.

Of course, I do like taking advantage of Valentine's Day to build up a positively ridiculous stash of candy like I do with Halloween.
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Insane Steve

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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2007, 06:42:38 PM »
Of course, I do like taking advantage of Valentine's Day to build up a positively ridiculous stash of candy like I do with Halloween.

This is a February 15th tradition for me. More important in my mind than anything a card company can fabricate. Maybe this will change if I actually love someone, but until then, Valentine's Day is societal loathing and 80% off candy conversation hearts.
~I.S.~

Suffix

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« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2007, 06:47:45 PM »
(this post was supposed to come after Bird Person's, but I forgot to press a certain button. "Warning - while you were typing 8 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.")

Man, I hate those things. They're called "Sweethearts," but I'd call them "Powdery Tacky Bad Heart Shaped Novelties." I do love Lifesavers, though, and my grandmother gave me a whole box of them for the upcoming Valentine's day.

On the subject of commercialism, I do disapprove of it. But I mostly am pretty apathetic towards it.

« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2007, 07:18:06 PM »
The candy on VD is just another way to destroy a holiday that used to be about something else. Like Easter, it has seen people who want to make it all about gifts and candy ruin the spirit. This used to be about  Saint Valentine, now it's about satisfying your girlfriend with crappy chocolates, or face certain doom. For this reason I am happy I'm single.
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BP

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« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2007, 07:23:17 PM »
I like the ones that actually have flavor, you know what I'm talking about.  Anyone remember my quote for the true meaning of Valentine's Day?  Something about the sale on candy the day after.

So...our school is having this "stoplight" day on Valentines' day where you wear an orange shirt if you're "taken," yellow if you're "friends", or green if you're single.  You can guess which color I'll be wearing.
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« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2007, 07:28:39 PM »
Yes, valetine's day (notice how I don't care for it so much that I don't even capitalize it) has to be the worst holiday ever.  The only thing it does is remind me how far behind I am in love, and how far ahead all other people are.  What else can I say?  Uh, I'm in 11th grade, and I have yet to find a girlfriend.  Pathetic I know, but whats even more pathetic is that I barely talk to more than 2 girls throughout a whole school day, and I never have an actual real conversation with one unless it is online (and yes some of them are girls I actually know), hey its a start I guess.  I just don't want to die before I find someone, I feel like time is running out.
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« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2007, 07:31:22 PM »
Heh, I had a  girlfriend in October, but I found out it was a relationship I didn't really want.
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The Chef

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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2007, 07:40:43 PM »
As I stated in the other thread I took this day to confess my feelings for someone I cared about. That is what V-day should be about. Even though you can still do that on any other day of the year...

So...our school is having this "stoplight" day on Valentines' day where you wear an orange shirt if you're "taken," yellow if you're "friends", or green if you're single.  You can guess which color I'll be wearing.

Last year, everyone in my school wore pink and red. Back then I hated Valentine's Day and vowed to wear blue next year to express my disdain for the holiday, if you can believe that. :P

Koopaslaya

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« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2007, 10:07:37 PM »
It is almost a shame that no one even knows who St. Valentine was, or what he stood for. He'd be appalled by today's practice.

Same thing about St. Patrick. Stupid green drunk people in the streets...
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« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2007, 10:08:38 PM »
Yes, valetine's day (notice how I don't care for it so much that I don't even capitalize it) has to be the worst holiday ever.  The only thing it does is remind me how far behind I am in love, and how far ahead all other people are.  What else can I say?  Uh, I'm in 11th grade, and I have yet to find a girlfriend.  Pathetic I know, but whats even more pathetic is that I barely talk to more than 2 girls throughout a whole school day, and I never have an actual real conversation with one unless it is online (and yes some of them are girls I actually know), hey its a start I guess.  I just don't want to die before I find someone, I feel like time is running out.

AHHHHHHH STOP WITH THE "I need a girl" CRUD.

It's NOT pathetic that you've never had a girlfriend at this point in time. It's perfectly fine. You (and now CTOAN) are getting on my (and I'm sure others') nerves with complaining about it.

It's exactly as Sapphira says. If you're not content with being alone, you'll NEVER be content with a significant other. Be patient. You'll find one later on, and you'll see that girls, when you get older, will actually start to look for people with personality, not looks.

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I feel like time is running out.
It definitely isn't. As I said, you have plenty of time. It's not like your whole life will end after high school. That's when it actually STARTS (well, it should).
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

Insane Steve

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« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2007, 10:44:59 PM »
Dude, I'm three years older than you and by default am just as inexperienced with women.

It's not so much that time is running out, which it isn't, it's just that there's this weird social viewpoint that males over a certain age (which seems to get lower and lower as time goes on) that haven't had a girlfriend are somehow pathetic. This viewpoint starts from other guys who are more experienced, so to speak, and if you get even older (I don't know, 23-25?) it extends to any girls you might want to date. Not to mention that the longer you're single and not particularly satisfied with it (and it tends to weigh you down emotionally), the less likely it is that your personality will attract women.

I'll put it this way, though. I'll be extremely disappointed if I go from single to having to raise kids (at age 30+, I am not going to try and raise children before then) without having some fun first, so to speak. Though it seems this is the path my life is taking to this point.
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Jman

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« Reply #26 on: February 12, 2007, 11:10:24 PM »
So...what are you guys doing for "Shallow commercialization of love" day?  (Gee, is commercialization even a word?  If not, I copyright it 2007.)
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« Reply #27 on: February 12, 2007, 11:13:24 PM »
Nothing. The day sucks, with or without a girl. I'm glad I'm single, because I'd be spoiling a brat with whom I'll only know for two more years.
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« Reply #28 on: February 12, 2007, 11:15:42 PM »
One of the reasons I am glad I don't have a significant other. They'd just be eating through my already empty wallet. :P
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2007, 11:18:07 PM »
Couldn't you just find someone who feels the same way about Valentine's day as you?  I mean, if being with a person means you suffer for a day of love, doesn't that kinda mean find someone else?
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