Extoll your hate of Valentine's Day (was: Extoll the virtues of your love!!)

[Blue Sky]

Arguably, the only major processional festival our culture has today is Gay Pride Day -- and it, for all its qualities, cannot be defined as an inclusive festival.

How can you forget about the other Saint's Day? What's more processional than wearing green, shouting at balloons filled with hot gas, and then drinking cheap beer with 40-50 strangers?

In my single days I always found that Valentine's Day was the perfect opportunity to hook up with some lonely girl who just didn't want to face the holiday alone.

Amen!

 

[Carnifex]

Well, I'm not single, but my girl is going to be on the other side of the UK on Valentines day, and we've both got work to go to on that day anyway. So it's going to be pretty much a normal day for me, except I believe I've got a Star Wars game scheduled for the evening which is likely to be a decidedly *un*romantic experienc

Unless my fellow gamers have hidden the true nature of their sexual preferences so far

 

[Terath Ninir]

I got out of the day itself this year without even trying. I bought a really cool ring for Mrs. Zombie on the first. So, even though the day no longer gives me angst, I got out of jail free.

Okay, well, for the price of a cool ring...

 

[fusangite]

How can you forget about the other Saint's Day? What's more processional than wearing green, shouting at balloons filled with hot gas, and then drinking cheap beer with 40-50 strangers?

In the town where I grew up, there was no parade and what celebration there was was combined with Chinese New Year.

In my single days I always found that Valentine's Day was the perfect opportunity to hook up with some lonely girl who just didn't want to face the holiday alone.

Amen!

Any advice on how someone with the social competence of the average gamer could do such a thing?

 

[Angcuru]

In my single days I always found that Valentine's Day was the perfect opportunity to hook up with some lonely girl who just didn't want to face the holiday alone.

I'm all about providing the sweet comfort in times of need.

I hope bad things happen to you in this pursuit.

Don't hate the playa - hate the game.

I'm of the opinion that anyone who fits in the category of 'playa' is a dirty scumbag piece of garbage and should be used as slave labor.

 

[fusangite]

I hope bad things happen to you in this pursuit.

I'm of the opinion that anyone who fits in the category of 'playa' is a dirty scumbag piece of garbage and should be used as slave labor.

Right... because if two people have a better time together than they would separately, clearly something terribly evil has taken place and must be punished.

 

[Angcuru]

Right... because if two people have a better time together than they would separately, clearly something terribly evil has taken place and must be punished.

There's nothing wrong with two people having a good time.

 

[Terath Ninir]

I hope bad things happen to you in this pursuit.

I'm of the opinion that anyone who fits in the category of 'playa' is a dirty scumbag piece of garbage and should be used as slave labor.

There you go, playa-hatin'. Step off, before I have to bitch-slap you!

 

[Angcuru]

There you go, playa-hatin'. Step off, before I have to bitch-slap you!

 

[shilsen]

Man, this is the kind of thread that justifies visiting the off-topic forum every couple of days. Youse folks are funny !

As for me, I have no interest in Valentine's Day, but it doesn't bother me in the least. If other people want to celebrate it, cool. If they don't want to, also cool. If they're forced to do it by their significant others, amusing and cool. Where's the problem?