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[adamantlyardent]

This whole business of greeting cards, let alone ones for THIS particular occasion, is an absolute farce.
Not ONLY are these compositions mass-produced and highly impersonal, more than half barely have anything of merit or real thought at all! Why, I've opened more than a dozen that spell out just what a generic obligation this entire tradition is. What is the point?!

Flowers and treats I understand; there can be greater thought put into that, yes. But these absurd little cards with their nonsense that barely feigns a personal flair? How positively wretched. I won't even start on this whole business of cards for schoolchildren.

If one means to offer a meaningful tribute to their admired by the written word but lacks the finesse to do it themselves, they're better suited to seeking the talent of one who CAN. In PERSON. Or, at the least, by some means of communication beyond the transaction at a cash register! To have a scribe help work out the truest words to speak your heart, not some idle photo of a dog wearing a bowtie. How lazy!

I can't think of anything more dismissive a statement than some mass-produced, sanitary stock phrases glossed up with a bit of glitter on cardstock; were I to be given one by someone I admired, I'd reevaluate my entire relationship right on the spot, because CLEARLY I was not thought of well enough as to be given even a moment to sit down and properly WRITE a thing. AND only given out of OBLIGATION to some candy-pushing holiday, no less!

I'll do this only once, for I refuse to be nothing but inactive disgust: Should you find yourself pressured to partake in this ridiculous card ceremony, reach out to me. The LEAST I can do is assist you in preparing the thing with more words than what was already feebly printed upon it.

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[drivesadesk]

Wow. Your hate for Hallmark is...intense.

[adamantlyardent]

At no point did I mention a business by name. My issue is this business of lazy, false sincerity for the sake of tradition. It's frustrating and demoralizing!

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[golisolation]

we get it ur lonely

[adamantlyardent]

[gj;LKJSHF]

[adamantlyardent]

If you're not even going to bother reading the content, then any input you provide is less than worthless!

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[plentystrong]

too long didn't read

[adamantlyardent]

And yet you felt compelled to remark on it. Why even bother?

[monster_san]

I had no idea you had such strong opinions on courtship. I almost wish I had someone here so I could take you up on this.

[adamantlyardent]

I didn't realize these opinions would be at all deemed as "strong" so much as "sensible," Fuu. Who really craves lukewarm, pre-packaged sentimentality?

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[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

Is this related to whatever custom's responsible for burying half the town in red and pink decor?

[And...anatomically incorrect hearts? Butts? Look they don't have Valentine's Day in space ok]

[adamantlyardent]

Indeed. It's called Valentines Day.

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[h2no]

honestly? i feel this
i'm not a fan of how commercialised all the holidays have become
there's no original thought anymore
just one big, polluting machine

[adamantlyardent]

A pollution of insincerity, yes! It's not even a matter of being cynical so much as craving something genuine.

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[timetravelandguns]

I'd never heard of this holiday until I got here. It sounds... fun but also messy.

Do they make friendship cards? Or is it all ---romance?

[adamantlyardent]

There's a variety, yes, and blandness permeates them all. Worse than that, anything truly sincere is scrubbed by the fact it's simply some mass-produced text that any other person could purchase and pass around!
That's not to say everyone must have a unique note, but rather that they find the way to those words themselves. Gods, is it really that difficult?

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[mycrosstobear]

[it's amazing how worked up she can get over anything.]

You like to write.

[adamantlyardent]

I thought that was obvious.
Anything else?

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[thecacophony]

Hey. I'll pay for your scribing service. If there's still an open slot?

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[adamantlyardent]

If this is a genuine request and not another person trying to needle and mock me, then I will agree to assist you, yes.

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[forcelight]

That's a lot of vitriol for a holiday that's supposed to encourage happiness.

[ Not that she has much of an opinion on it, as long as she can get these little heart shaped candies she's munching on. ]

[adamantlyardent]

If you want to criticize me too, go ahead, but I refuse to be passive about something I'm passionate about, thank you very much.

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[swordsense]

[It's your favorite dense idiot, Cece...]

...Wait, you're supposed to give cards?!

[adamantlyardent]

According to the tradition, yes. HOWEVER, don't you dare go around plucking up these half-hearted pieces of nonsense! Not unless you mean to put some PROPER thought and care into it.

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[burlyboy]

[ He let the robot read... about half of that. ]

Homemade's always better. It's all about the thought!

[adamantlyardent]

[hopefully he has a good robo-voice for this, because the security blanket of text isn't going away.]

YES. Yet somehow it's seen as lesser in some ways? As if a person would prefer a glitter-coated mess that anyone could buy at the store to something truly made FOR them. It's so irritating, this mindset.

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[fursleuth]

Dammit. Now I have to set fire to that "You're Mer-mazing" mermaid card I got for you.

[adamantlyardent]

Were you to add something charming by your own hand within it, it'd be greatly improved.
That is a dreadful pun, regardless. It sounds exactly like something you'd say.