Happy Valentines' day?
What a wonderful day.
A day that hundreds of years back probably held some genuine, vaguely significant meaning before it was seized upon by the unrelenting and ruthless greeting card & present industry who twisted and distorted it in their own image, weaving a day that is the same as every other day into an economy boosting justification of their own existence for them and a wallet emptying pit of panic, fear and despair for the rest of the poor sods they hoodwink. At some point in the past these dispicable creatures managed to buy themselves another "special" day in the calendar, giving themselves another opporutnity to lay guilt on the masses, extorting both cash and intense emotions from them.
A day that yes, can leave some couples feeling closer than ever, but can leave other relationships teetering over the edge if one of the parties doesn't present a good enough show to the other, i.e go to enough back breaking and bank emptying endeavours to show the person that they surely must already love by the fact they are in a relationship with them that they do in fact really, really, really love that person.
Genuine Couples who love each other do romantic and meaningful things together as often as they can, not needing someone out there to tell them on exactly what day to appreciate and enjoy each other. The couples out there who need to read a note in a box on their calendars to remind them to be nice to each other for one day out of the year should disband immediately. You are probably together through habit and/or fear of not finding anyone else and they are both disgusting and low reasons.
This is another classic case of us being emotionally forced into complying with a celebration that we are tricked into thinking is somehow entwined with our history and plays a big part in our cultural make-up. The modern notion of Christmas, Mothers' day, Fathers' day, Easter and others that I have failed to mention.
Christmas: let's pretend we care about everyone else for one day and then go back to treating each other like shit.
Oh look, another "special" day, we must buy cards and gifts for our loved ones or that means we don't really care about them and neglect them .
So, if you have a girlfriend you have:
Their Birthday
Christmas
Valentines' day
Relationship anniversary.
That divides into an avergae of every 3 months, a quarter of a year. Aren't company's economic statistics released quarterly?
Those clever foxes.
I'm being kicked out of the library soon, may come back to this.
I wanted to say what about all the people who actually put worth in this day and then receive nothing? How many people does this day leave feeling isolated, alone and unloved? How many suicides go unreported on this day? I can't say for sure it is the most out of the year, but it's probably a contender with ..I wonder..oh yeah, Christmas.
I feel sorry for all the poor guys out there who don't know what's going on and have stupid little girlfriends who cry if they don't get what they want. Stupid girlfriends who want to impress their other silly friends about how they were treated and who will cause untold trauma and headaches for their poor boyfriend if he doesn't deliver the goods. Then there are those girls who say they don't want to celebrate and then have a paddy when they actually receive nothing, like they asked for
I have been fortunate over the years with my choice of girlfriends...sensible people who see these sorts of days as the shams they are. I salute them
A day that hundreds of years back probably held some genuine, vaguely significant meaning before it was seized upon by the unrelenting and ruthless greeting card & present industry who twisted and distorted it in their own image, weaving a day that is the same as every other day into an economy boosting justification of their own existence for them and a wallet emptying pit of panic, fear and despair for the rest of the poor sods they hoodwink. At some point in the past these dispicable creatures managed to buy themselves another "special" day in the calendar, giving themselves another opporutnity to lay guilt on the masses, extorting both cash and intense emotions from them.
A day that yes, can leave some couples feeling closer than ever, but can leave other relationships teetering over the edge if one of the parties doesn't present a good enough show to the other, i.e go to enough back breaking and bank emptying endeavours to show the person that they surely must already love by the fact they are in a relationship with them that they do in fact really, really, really love that person.
Genuine Couples who love each other do romantic and meaningful things together as often as they can, not needing someone out there to tell them on exactly what day to appreciate and enjoy each other. The couples out there who need to read a note in a box on their calendars to remind them to be nice to each other for one day out of the year should disband immediately. You are probably together through habit and/or fear of not finding anyone else and they are both disgusting and low reasons.
This is another classic case of us being emotionally forced into complying with a celebration that we are tricked into thinking is somehow entwined with our history and plays a big part in our cultural make-up. The modern notion of Christmas, Mothers' day, Fathers' day, Easter and others that I have failed to mention.
Christmas: let's pretend we care about everyone else for one day and then go back to treating each other like shit.
Oh look, another "special" day, we must buy cards and gifts for our loved ones or that means we don't really care about them and neglect them .
So, if you have a girlfriend you have:
Their Birthday
Christmas
Valentines' day
Relationship anniversary.
That divides into an avergae of every 3 months, a quarter of a year. Aren't company's economic statistics released quarterly?
Those clever foxes.
I'm being kicked out of the library soon, may come back to this.
I wanted to say what about all the people who actually put worth in this day and then receive nothing? How many people does this day leave feeling isolated, alone and unloved? How many suicides go unreported on this day? I can't say for sure it is the most out of the year, but it's probably a contender with ..I wonder..oh yeah, Christmas.
I feel sorry for all the poor guys out there who don't know what's going on and have stupid little girlfriends who cry if they don't get what they want. Stupid girlfriends who want to impress their other silly friends about how they were treated and who will cause untold trauma and headaches for their poor boyfriend if he doesn't deliver the goods. Then there are those girls who say they don't want to celebrate and then have a paddy when they actually receive nothing, like they asked for
I have been fortunate over the years with my choice of girlfriends...sensible people who see these sorts of days as the shams they are. I salute them
posted by Swedophilia at 18:06
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