How much do you hate Valentines Day?

Druhim

From The Stranger's "I, Anonymous" column:

I want to wish a great big FUCK YOU to the singles out there who whine about Valentine's Day. FUCK YOU! In the past when I was single on Valentine's Day, I didn't expect the world to stop the holiday on my behalf. You know what I did instead? I gave cards and candy to my FAMILY, my FRIENDS, my CO-WORKERS; one year I even took flowers to a stranger in a nursing home across town. A fucking STRANGER, and it made me feel great. I still give cards to the people I love platonically. What the fuck is wrong with you if you can only show love to someone who FUCKS YOU? Why don't you get off your ass and show love first—instead of thinking the day is a plot against you? Why the belief that a holiday has to stop just because YOU don't celebrate it? What, are you going to tell the world that celebrating Chinese New Year is all about making YOU feel bad because you're not Chinese? Maybe you're fucking single because you're a whiny loser who thinks the WORLD REVOLVES AROUND YOU.

I pretty much agree with this individual though I certainly don't go out to nursing homes with flowers to brighten someone's day. That would be really cool but I've never done it. I just don't see why people have to be all whiny about a holiday they don't participate in.

Enough about me and Mr/Ms Anonymous, let's hear why you love/hate Valentines Day.

Pata

Whoever wrote that is awesome/

Faricazy

but sounds like a dick

Kuribo's Shoe

Well there is the commercialism aspect of it

However I have grand plans for Valentine's Day, so I won't knock it

Wrench N Rockets

Fucking Valentine's Day.

All rubbing your couple-hood in my face.

Vixx

I agree with the quote in the OP, basically.

I don't have a boyfriend anymore but I'm not going to bitch and whine about V-Day just because of that.

Captain K

I plan to jerk off furiously

Redeemer

Kuribo's Shoe

you know what I like most about Valentine's Day and Halloween

cheap candy the day after

potatoe

i plan on lamenting on lost love all day

crying to myself

dying on the inside

Air

guy sounds like an insecure prick

grasping for love from as many people as he can

interrupting their romantic valentines day dinners so he can give them a 'just friends' valentines card

naporeon

You know what, Dru? I was sitting in the Grand Central Bakery today, reading The Stranger, and I turn to Last Days/I, Anonymous. I see that entry. I love it. And it makes me think of SE++.

And I shit you not, I knew that you'd make a thread out of it. Like goddamn ESP or something.

Meiz

I'm going to hit a bar.

MulysaSempronius

valentine's day starts the months of me getting presents
yay

CrossBuster

I refuse to acknowledge the existence of this holiday you call "Valentine's Day."

It's worked out pretty well for me.

Druhim

Pata Hikari wrote:

Whoever wrote that is awesome/

I agree. I was pretty indifferent about the holiday before but whoever wrote this boils it down to the essentials and changed my mind about how I see the holiday. I've felt for a while that people complain too much about how commercialized certain holidays are because you always have that choice to not buy into that aspect of any holiday, assuming you celebrate it at all. And the only reason holidays have become commercialized is because of all the people that have made the choices as consumers that businesses are responding to. Either way, I'm going to find small, fun, non-commercial ways to celebrate Valentines and perhaps brighten the day for some friends and family. Perhaps.

Captain K

Meiz wrote:

I'm going to hit a bar.

Actually, yeah. I'll probably do that.


I might end up getting high too.





But I'll definitely jerk off.

Wrench N Rockets

On second thought, I'll buy my female friends cheap stuffed things.

And for my roommate and his new girlfriend, I'm going to buy him a novelty whip. That poor bastard

Larlar

I hate Valentine's Day becuase it's just another made-up holiday where pressure is on you to buy shit for no reason. I get people gifts when I think of something they might like on a day as arbitrary as any other. I hate Valentine's Day when I'm single and I hate it when I'm not.

So fuck that guy, and fuck Valentine's Day.

Kuribo's Shoe

single people's club

motto is

"please, don't remind us"

rockmonkey

My wife hates Valentine's Day, she just thinks its a filler holiday not worth worrying about. I don't care eiter way, I've never had a problem with it but I don't feel like its that big of a deal either.

I get flowers or small gifts for my wife at random sometimes and other times we'll go out on a "date" but I don't see why it has to be a holiday to show my wife I love her, or my family for that matter.

D.T.

I think Valentine's Day is bullshit. But for a different reason.

I think it's dumb to plan something big on a fabricated holiday to show your significant other that you care. You should be doing that at every opportunity - and certainly not with a piece of fucking paper and some candy.

Calebros

you know how much i hate valentines day?

a million

Captain K

I should clarify that I'd probably end up going to the bar and eventually jerking off whether it was Valentine's Day or not.

Redeemer

I like it because I get chocolate

mrpaku

i'll be drinking

Wrench N Rockets

Ok, you guys think Valentine's Day is a load of bullshit? Go look up Sweetest Day. THAT is some bullshit there.

Raijin Quickfoot

You know what I hate about Valentine's day?

I'm going out with this girl tomorrow, if things go well, we'll go out again. Feb. 14th will be about 3 weeks of seeing her...I hate trying to figure out what to do with Valentine's Day when you are still early in a relationship.

Kuribo's Shoe

guys

the fact that I get heart shaped chocolate for 50% off on feb. 15th negates all your reasons for hating the holiday

I mean

who gives a shit that it's heart shaped. it's chocolate.

CrossBuster

Seriously, you guys.

Valentine's day DOES NOT EXIST.

Try it.

Redeemer

Larlar

Redeemer wrote:

I


wuv








you

naporeon

D.T. wrote:

I think Valentine's Day is bullshit. But for a different reason.

I think it's dumb to plan something big on a fabricated holiday to show your significant other that you care. You should be doing that at every opportunity - and certainly not with a piece of fucking paper and some candy.

I assume, then, that you carry this to its logical conclusion, and you don't give or receive birthday presents, either. I mean why just celebrate the people you care about one day a year? You should be doing that at every opportunity. And certainly not with a Hallmark card and a couple presents.

Or are you really that fucking stupid?

Oh wait...are you 15?

Air

i will prepare for valentines day by downloading some new porn

maybe buy a $5 bottle of wine to get myself in the mood

Calebros

Redeemer wrote:

yes thank you i was gonna post that but didn't feel like searching for it

redi, you and i

we're like one person

scarlet st.

mrpaku wrote:

i'll be drinking

Druhim

Guys, I have a special V-Day message for you even if it is early:

Kuribo's Shoe

hey guys, let's all get together at the bar for a rousing rendition of Crawling In My Skin

Druhim

naporeon wrote:

You know what, Dru? I was sitting in the Grand Central Bakery today, reading The Stranger, and I turn to Last Days/I, Anonymous. I see that entry. I love it. And it makes me think of SE++.

And I shit you not, I knew that you'd make a thread out of it. Like goddamn ESP or something.

That fucking rocks dude. Seriously.

Redeemer

Larlar wrote:

I


wuv








you

CrossBuster

You know who really knew how to celebrate Valentine's Day?

Al Capone.