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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
Of course, because it's so important to ensure the continued profitability of Hallmark and the bullshit card industry by observing officially-approved arbitrary dates for the celebration of meaningless and inane life milestones.
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Zing!
Seriously. I think it's complete bullshit that people get so worked up about these occasions. My birthday has been forgotten every year for the past 7 years, and you don't see me giving a shit. What I do care more about than if my girlfriend remembers one 'special day' that's completely arbitrary is that she makes every day I see her special. I try to do the same, but at the same time I'm a hippie dippy nerd who doesn't wear a watch, much less know what year/month it is half the time. I'm absentminded and I can get caught up for days in computer games, books, or obscure philosophies. You can't buy an 'affection, love, and understanding for life' +10 card at the grocery store, ShaniFaye. (Might be at your local Dragons Lair Comics though) I would be seriously pissed if I found out she wasted money or time for some overpriced, thoughtless card or cake. The same thing for weddings, people spend so much money on them because it's narcissicistic indulgence on how important they are. God I hate that.
You can't buy the things that matter in life, so why try? The simple fact is people who deep down don't care, the people who are cheating on their SO's, or just want a quick piece of ass, will take the extra care to buy you flowers and cards and shit on your birthday. It's meaningless if the love isn't behind the act, and I'd rather have the love than the act. I don't understand this obsessiveness with signs and gestures, it's all fucking smoke and mirrors and behavioralist training.
Jesus.