is Valentines dumb?

[Alcala-Cordel]

I know so. I struggled with anxiety too (now on SSRIs), and as someone who's been in those exact same shoes I can confirm it.

Really? Thanks!

Wait, have I talked about the anxiety issues I get sometimes here?

Not sure, but having been in your position I picked it up

[Insaanistan]

Really? Thanks!

Wait, have I talked about the anxiety issues I get sometimes here?

Not sure, but having been in your position I picked it up

Gotcha.

[Imperial Rifta]

It gives elementary schoolers a chance to skip schoolwork and hove each other candy.

[Crabaiaia]

Exactly, unlike Gio here, with her selfish subhuman bashers

Hmmm... I think Gio blackmailed them

She isn't "right", unless calling someone else a subhuman is considered right here.

If Gio has called you "subhuman", you report it in the proper place, not repeatedly attack them and try to yank the thread into accusing them of rulebreaking behavior.

Given you seem to be utterly incapable of discussing this topic without crashing into a ditch obsessively trying to harass other players, *** Crabaiaia, 1-day ban for threadjacking/flamebaiting/harassment. ***

Okay then I'll just shut up and agree with Gio's anti-humanist views

[Reploid Productions]

Okay then I'll just shut up and agree with Gio's anti-humanist views

Let me put this is very straightforward, very blunt words:
Stop obsessively trying to flamebait other players. Your apparent hatred for Giovenith is a very, very stupid thing to keep getting yourself in trouble over. It's not difficult; all you have to do is simply ignore them and not talk about them. I'm sure you've heard the saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

Since you clearly are unwilling or unable to say anything about Giovenith without trying to flame, bait, or otherwise harass them, the simplest solution is don't say anything about them. Save you and us the headache of having to deal with the consequences of your hate-on.

[Grenartia]

Yep, making the gift is more meaningful.

Not to mention the feeling of giving something you made for them is better both for you and for them.

Of course, I don't have the artistic ability to make anything really nice, so I just spend time with my girlfriend instead.

[Crabaiaia]

Okay then I'll just shut up and agree with Gio's anti-humanist views

Let me put this is very straightforward, very blunt words:
Stop obsessively trying to flamebait other players. Your apparent hatred for Giovenith is a very, very stupid thing to keep getting yourself in trouble over. It's not difficult; all you have to do is simply ignore them and not talk about them. I'm sure you've heard the saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

Since you clearly are unwilling or unable to say anything about Giovenith without trying to flame, bait, or otherwise harass them, the simplest solution is don't say anything about them. Save you and us the headache of having to deal with the consequences of your hate-on.

Do yoy understand what I said or should I continue... I WILL SHUT UP AND AGREE WITH THE ANTI-HUMANIST VIEWS OF GIO.

"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

I can apply that same logic to Gio with her views on Valentine's haters

[Luna Amore]

Let me put this is very straightforward, very blunt words:
Stop obsessively trying to flamebait other players. Your apparent hatred for Giovenith is a very, very stupid thing to keep getting yourself in trouble over. It's not difficult; all you have to do is simply ignore them and not talk about them. I'm sure you've heard the saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

Since you clearly are unwilling or unable to say anything about Giovenith without trying to flame, bait, or otherwise harass them, the simplest solution is don't say anything about them. Save you and us the headache of having to deal with the consequences of your hate-on.

Do yoy understand what I said or should I continue... I WILL SHUT UP AND AGREE WITH THE ANTI-HUMANIST VIEWS OF GIO.

"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

I can apply that same logic to Gio with her views on Valentine's haters

*** 3 day ban for continued flamebaiting/harassment ***

This is a pretty dumb hill to die on.

[Ethel mermania]

Do yoy understand what I said or should I continue... I WILL SHUT UP AND AGREE WITH THE ANTI-HUMANIST VIEWS OF GIO.



I can apply that same logic to Gio with her views on Valentine's haters

*** 3 day ban for continued flamebaiting/harassment ***

This is a pretty dumb hill to die on.

Welcome to NationStates

[Adamede]

*** 3 day ban for continued flamebaiting/harassment ***

This is a pretty dumb hill to die on.

Welcome to NationStates

I dunno this seems dumber to an usual.

[The Holy Therns]

It's great to see Valentine's inspire such love and joy in people.

[Ethel mermania]

It's great to see Valentine's inspire such love and joy in people.

Welcome to NationStates .

[Luziyca]

It does feel like it's a holiday specifically created to sell cheap crap, yes.

[Anglicora]

Well given that Easter and Christmas weren't stolen from pagans we have no reason to change anything. Unless you want to somehow prove that pagans celebrated the birth of and death & resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Hmm, well the spring goddess Eostre would like to have a word.

Why is Easter called Easter?

And if you read the Bible, Jesus was born during lambing season, which in the Middle East would have been no later than October. But there was a pagan holiday, Saturnalia, which included gift gifting right there around the Winter Solstice. Care to guess where that falls?

"Easter" is the English translation of the Greek word Pascha (which comes from the Hebrew Pesach). The celebration of Easter predates the word "Easter", and it was only adopted because it was also the name for the month of April. Unless these Germanic pagans celebrated the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, I don't want to hear it.

Lambing season continues into January in Israel.

[Nevertopia]

Hmm, well the spring goddess Eostre would like to have a word.

Why is Easter called Easter?

And if you read the Bible, Jesus was born during lambing season, which in the Middle East would have been no later than October. But there was a pagan holiday, Saturnalia, which included gift gifting right there around the Winter Solstice. Care to guess where that falls?

"Easter" is the English translation of the Greek word Pascha (which comes from the Hebrew Pesach). The celebration of Easter predates the word "Easter", and it was only adopted because it was also the name for the month of April. Unless these Germanic pagans celebrated the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, I don't want to hear it.

Lambing season continues into January in Israel.

wasnt it that valentines was also a pagan holiday the same as christmas before the christians took it over?

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Yes.

[Risottia]

Of course Valentine’s Day feels overrated. The ever-evolving, mutating, vicious creature we know as commercialization has taken over every part of our lives. Modern society’s over-emphasis on hollow sentimentalism, to make up for a lack of true charity, means that flowers, chocolates, and well-written cards — gestures that might actually hold meaning — feel cheap and obligatory. Couples are indoctrinated by bootleg Hallmark brands and chocolate companies set upon making this year “the most special one yet.”

There is no recognition of personhood in Modern Romance. Check off the boxes, take her to dinner maybe, get her a card that says “Will you be my Valentine?” and maybe she won’t be upset at you for “not caring.” Right? It’s cheap, it’s fake, it’s vapid. ...

Looks like a very, very American perspective. Here for one almost no one gives a major fuck about it. Except maybe for those few, dumb, overexcited teenagers who are really into all that nauseating stuff, but all of that stuff boils away quicker than acne.

[The Central Union of Nation States]

Yes.
Here buy these things to show how much you love the people around you ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR TO DO IT. I laugh at the funny jewelry commercials when valentines roles around.

[Nevertopia]

lol maybe we should condemn valentines in the world assembly seeing as so many people dont like valentines.

[Gunov]

Valentines is just another tool by the capitalist to keep us consuming and conforming. Reject consumerism and reject valentines.

[Europa Undivided]

I do not like Valentines as seeing all of these happy couples makes me jealous.

Also, Saint Valentine was beaten with clubs and maimed to death... and somehow his death anniversary was turned to a day for couples.

[Zurkir]

While I’ve been single since January even in the past when I was in a relationship I found Valentine’s Day to be dumb and overrated and holding an unfair standard in itself.

[Farnhamia]

Yes.
Here buy these things to show how much you love the people around you ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR TO DO IT. I laugh at the funny jewelry commercials when valentines roles around.

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