Happy Singles Awareness day.

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Yeah, the commercialisation of Valentine's Day sucks...as does everything that gets commercialised. Valentine's Day just so happens to be the second most egregious example of "conspicuous consumption day" throughout the year, apart from Christmas.

As for me: I've never been in a relationship due to numerous reasons...

Sometimes, my damn hormones do get the better of me and I do feel a bit sad at not being in a relationship, but then I quickly remember why I am not looking for one right now and that my body can go fuck itself before it begins thinking that it can take control of me

Besides...with exams coming up, and the hypothetical scenario of getting the grades I want and going to Uni I want to beats romance any day. If that were to happen, then I could be content staring at a wall for an entire week thinking about nothing else except "I made it".

 

[FirstNameLastName]

Oh wow, this just defies words. I know I should probably feel sorry for the types of people who would actually buy chocolates and flowers for an imagine on a screen, but I can't help but laugh.

1) I don't see why couples should get a special holiday while single people get nothing except to feel like shit.

What exactly do you want? Why would anyone celebrate a day dedicated to single people? As you said, Valentines Day is nothing more than a cash grab by shops who know that people basically don't have a choice in purchasing their overpriced crap, unless they want to look uncaring. It's hard for stores to guilt single people into buying stuff for themselves.

2) shouldn't you show the person you are with you love them 365 days a year instead of just 1.

This might sound egotistical, but you could always dedicate each an every day to yourself. I basically already do.

3) it is basically a holiday invented to force people to buy stupid junk because they are guilted into it by believing if they don't then they don't love their partner.

Agreed. But then why are you so keen to be a part of it?

 

[FirstNameLastName]

You get free presents, dude, how can you even be mad?

I can't tell if you're serious ...

It's like saying you get free presents on Christmas. Unless you're a child, you will generally be expected to give presents as well. If I have 10 friends, each of them buys me a gift, and I buy each of them a gift, then it basically just ends up zero sum. Unless your friends are all really generous, and you're stingy, then you can game the system to profit from it.
But as far as Valentines Day goes, generally there are two people in a relationship and each of them buys the other a present. I don't see where the free part comes into this.

 

[VanQ]

People can have their day to spend with their partners. It's a day where a couple can go all out on the romantic stuff and not be awkward or creepy. Just please, don't go around bugging us single people about it. It gets old fast to have to tell 12 different people in the week leading up to the day that "No, I don't have a valentine."

Oh and my personal favorite joke that I hear every year "Oh so it's Alentines Ay for you 'cos you're not getting the V or the D." Yeah, funny the first time but after 7 years straight... every single time from somebody that has a partner. Seriously, have some tact.

 

[Remus]

As a single male, V-day is just another excuse to buy chocolates and go into a sugar-induced catatonic state. The chocolate raspberry truffles are delicious btw. And it's true, I do have an amazing lack of VDs and for that, I am proud. The best part is after Valentines when all that extra candy goes on sale! Russell Stover 99 cent candies are 100% win!

 

[Bat Vader]

People can have their day to spend with their partners. It's a day where a couple can go all out on the romantic stuff and not be awkward or creepy. Just please, don't go around bugging us single people about it. It gets old fast to have to tell 12 different people in the week leading up to the day that "No, I don't have a valentine."

Oh and my personal favorite joke that I hear every year "Oh so it's Alentines Ay for you 'cos you're not getting the V or the D." Yeah, funny the first time but after 7 years straight... every single time from somebody that has a partner. Seriously, have some tact.

Why people feel they have a right to ask and invade into someone else's person life I will never understand. I'm single by choice because I refuse to share my free-time with someone else and yet even though my co-workers know that they always ask me if I have a date for Valentine's Day. It's gotten to the point where I feel like I am going to punch the a co-worker if they ask me that next year.

 

[Colour Scientist]

You get free presents, dude, how can you even be mad?

I can't tell if you're serious ...

It's like saying you get free presents on Christmas. Unless you're a child, you will generally be expected to give presents as well. If I have 10 friends, each of them buys me a gift, and I buy each of them a gift, then it basically just ends up zero sum. Unless your friends are all really generous, and you're stingy, then you can game the system to profit from it.
But as far as Valentines Day goes, generally there are two people in a relationship and each of them buys the other a present. I don't see where the free part comes into this.

It was a joke, thank you for the lecture though!

 

[mysecondlife]

If it makes you feel any better, I hardly remember all the Valentine's day I spent with that special someone. Everything's that happens on that day is a blur to me. I'm sure chocolates and flowers were involved. But other than that...

But really, I love being spontaneous. And I love saying "just because!" whenever I surprise someone. So I don't care for Valentine's day. I make up a holiday of my choosing to show that I care. And those are much more memorable.

 

[mysecondlife]

If it makes you feel any better, I hardly remember all the Valentine's day I spent with that special someone. Everything's that happens on that day is a blur to me. I'm sure chocolates and flowers were involved. But other than that...

But really, I love being spontaneous. And I love saying "just because!" whenever I surprise someone. So I don't care for Valentine's day. I make up a holiday of my choosing to show that I care. And those are much more memorable.

 

[FirstNameLastName]

You get free presents, dude, how can you even be mad?

I can't tell if you're serious ...

It's like saying you get free presents on Christmas. Unless you're a child, you will generally be expected to give presents as well. If I have 10 friends, each of them buys me a gift, and I buy each of them a gift, then it basically just ends up zero sum. Unless your friends are all really generous, and you're stingy, then you can game the system to profit from it.
But as far as Valentines Day goes, generally there are two people in a relationship and each of them buys the other a present. I don't see where the free part comes into this.

It was a joke, thank you for the lecture though!

Just think of it as a free present.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Well there's only one response I can give to single people like me on this day:


That Michiru at 00:59. The perfection is real. The Tomoko representation is nice but expected since she's /a/'s collective waifu.

Yeah I tried having a girlfriend once, it just shocked me into realising how badly I didn't even need one. I just thought I wanted a girlfriend because everyone else wants one (peer pressure can be scary sometimes) but i've never been the intimate type. Seriously I spent a few hours with her then the very first thought to run through my head after was "That was a waste of time, I could have finished that anime by now"

Abort relationship. Not worth.

Does anyone remember that guy in I think China or Korea who jumped off a three story ledge in a packed shopping centre to get away from his girlfriend's incessant nagging while out shopping and died? That's another thing, they can be dangerous to your physical health. Women can be scary sometimes, even if they are terrible at stabbing things.

[sub][sub]It's a joke Katawa Shoujo reference, calm your tits potential feminists who may be reading[/sub][/sub]

Katawa Shoujo is a great visual novel. One of my favorites. Hanako's and Lily's stories are great. I need to do Rin's now.

I'm pretty much the same way. I could sacrifice my free time to spend it with someone else or I could use 100% of my free time doing what I want to do. Back in college a few years ago a woman told me she liked me and I told her I wasn't interested. I think she was trying to play a trick on me though because the next day her and some guy sat across from me during class break and they were hanging all over each other.

Was she angry that you broke up with her?

Nah I think we both realised it was never going to work. It was the cleanest break you could ask for.

Funnily enough, that anime wasn't even good. The Umineko No Naku Kuro Ni anime to be precise. The Visual/Kinetic Novel is brilliant but the anime adaptation sells it short by miles, I only realised that years later when I got my hands on the novel though >.>

Oh wow, this just defies words. I know I should probably feel sorry for the types of people who would actually buy chocolates and flowers for an imagine on a screen, but I can't help but laugh.

2D is love. 2D is life.

I'm unsure how serious people are about this kind of stuff, it differs for everyone. I think most people don't take it seriously and it's almost an in-joke for the anime community but then it's a fact that the body pillows exist and some people must use them as more than a joke internet conversation piece or room decoration.

 

[FPLOON]

Uh... Yeah... Happy SAD, indeed...

Anywho, during V/SAD, I was doing one of four thingslaying a "puzzle" game revolving around a "relationship"...[footnote]

Spoiler: Answer

Catherine

[/footnote]Playing a "zombie" game starring a "soon-to-be wedded" couple...[footnote]

Spoiler: Answer

Lollipop Chainsaw

[/footnote]Hanging out with friends while eating some pizza/bread sticks...[footnote]

Spoiler: Answer

Mountain Mike's

[/footnote]Playing a card game revolving around fanfic-based shipping...[footnote]

Spoiler: Answer

Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder

[/footnote]Other than that, I was going to help my mom out with the 3DS I gave her (after buying the Persona Q 3DS XL for myself) on V-Day, but that got postponed til Pres-Day since we got some recorded specials to binge-watch on said day, anyway...