What's the big deal about Valentine's Day? Seriously, why do some single people froth at the mouth over it? This article by Charlie Brooker just strikes me as preposterous
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Wow, I can totally appreciate why some people think it is a waste of time but Charlie Brooker just comes off as a bit um sad, lonely and embittered in that article. :/
Yes, his attempts to be funny just look like momentary bursts of clarity when he realises that he has made himself look a bit pathetic and undignified all things considered and is trying to claw back some self esteem.
And you just know that the Woman Who Done Him Wrong is out there reading it and thinking: 'Oh for f+cks sake, WE WERE ON A BREAK!' ;)
I'm well aware of the satire in there but just because people say that something is satire doesn't necessarily make it funny or good. My favourite bit of satire falling flat is strangely Jonathan Swift - he complains about the Laputian scientists having GRANDIOSE theories about hwo the sun will run out of energy and consume the earth and explode and we're discussing that in class and I'm going "er....that's exactly what's going to happen, though" Yes, there was no way of knowing that at the time except for the fact that they were investigating it and - well, example.
I know there's a bit of tongue in cheek there, and yes, I've read them but for some reason this one just annoyed me. It's *not* funny (imo), it's just sad.
Ok, 'a bit' isn't quite - yeah, it's entirely tongue in cheek. But I still don't find it funny, and also, like Sarah said, they do this pretty much every year and it still comes off as overly pessimistic and bitter and just sort of...crap. Just 'cause something is satire doesn't make it funny.
Ha, I had exactly the same reaction reading that column earlier. I know it's Charlie Brooker, but, if anything, that makes it a bit more disappointing - couldn't he come up with anything more original? Has he just been recycling that column every February for the last 10 years? I don't get it. And I don't get my coworkers, either; they're all in relationships, and they moan about Valentine's Day because it's, apparently, "a man-trap".
*froths*
Some of the best Valentine's Days I've ever had have involved cake and alcohol with friends. I just... I don't get it. It's like - if you don't want to celebrate, don't. Problem solved.
Well, yes, of course, but it's fairly hard to avoid the saturation of adverts on TV and on the papers, and the barrage of email spam about it; once can't entirely opt out, however much one might want to.
personally as a single person I enjoy it more than when I'm in a couple cause it gives me an excuse to complain about being single and flirt with all the pretty girls ;) not that I normally need an excuse
I'm not a fan of Valentine's day at all, but that article is, well, a bit rubbish really.
On another subject entirely, where are you getting your info on Saint Sebastian? Catholic Forum doesn't list any of those as being under his (or anyone else's) patronage. Martin of Tours gets geese, though.
Weirdly, I@m getting the info from a webcomic written by a medieval historian. Tempted to ask her now...
Martin of Tours gets geese? Are I ask what he did to deserve that blight? I hate geese! They're mean. They snapped and bit my fingers when I was little and I was afraid of anything vaguely duck-like for years.
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And you just know that the Woman Who Done Him Wrong is out there reading it and thinking: 'Oh for f+cks sake, WE WERE ON A BREAK!' ;)
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Heh. ROSS.
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I thought it was hilarious...
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*froths*
Some of the best Valentine's Days I've ever had have involved cake and alcohol with friends. I just... I don't get it. It's like - if you don't want to celebrate, don't. Problem solved.
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On another subject entirely, where are you getting your info on Saint Sebastian? Catholic Forum doesn't list any of those as being under his (or anyone else's) patronage. Martin of Tours gets geese, though.
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Martin of Tours gets geese? Are I ask what he did to deserve that blight? I hate geese! They're mean. They snapped and bit my fingers when I was little and I was afraid of anything vaguely duck-like for years.
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I suspect the webcomic author is taking liberties a bit there, to be honest!
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Am rather tempted to ask her now.
Hell, I keep meaning to whinge that she never tells us what happens to Celeste.
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