Why Valentine's Day sucks - GoFuckYourself.com

BLOG BURGLAR · 02-14-2009, 06:35 PM

IT BRAINWASHES US INTO SPENDING MONEY

Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom, author of Buyology, says marketing forces have "hard-wired" us into to being seduced by the Valentine's Day ritual.

He says the original meaning of the day was lost along to way to it turning into another retail opportunity.

"People will have difficulty answering why they are actually celebrating Valentine's Day," Danish-born Lindstrom says.

He says Valentine's Day exploits the need humans have to follow rituals, such as giving your lover a gift on February 14.

If don't, we are made to feel like a "loser".

"You are outside society, you don't follow the norms or the rules ... you are a loser," he says.

"If you don't send flowers, if you don't take your loved one out to a dinner ... if you don't buy a Tiffany ring ... then actually you are a loser.

"Retailers ... will do whatever they can to make it grow and make it even more overwhelming."

GrouchyAdmin · 02-14-2009, 06:36 PM

fuck commercialism and the concept of supply and demand, the very thing that feeds us!

donkevlar · 02-14-2009, 06:38 PM

Only ugly people hate on Valentines day.

Mr.Right - Banned For Life · 02-14-2009, 06:40 PM

I remember my first experience with Valentines Day in school. We had to each make valentines for everyone in the class. It struck me even then in Grade 1 that this was absurd and that there was only one girl I wanted to give a Valentine card to in the class. My opinion of the holiday has gone downhill from there.

And the girl? She's a corrupt high school principal and a monster dyke who took her share of $10 million that was budgeted for her school's audio visual center 15 years ago and never got built while the money just disappeared and everyone kept quiet.

pimplink · 02-15-2009, 01:00 AM

yes i agree with you.. VD really sucks

02-14-2009, 06:35 PM	#1
BLOG BURGLAR So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 129	Why Valentine's Day sucks IT BRAINWASHES US INTO SPENDING MONEY Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom, author of Buyology, says marketing forces have "hard-wired" us into to being seduced by the Valentine's Day ritual. He says the original meaning of the day was lost along to way to it turning into another retail opportunity. "People will have difficulty answering why they are actually celebrating Valentine's Day," Danish-born Lindstrom says. He says Valentine's Day exploits the need humans have to follow rituals, such as giving your lover a gift on February 14. If don't, we are made to feel like a "loser". "You are outside society, you don't follow the norms or the rules ... you are a loser," he says. "If you don't send flowers, if you don't take your loved one out to a dinner ... if you don't buy a Tiffany ring ... then actually you are a loser. "Retailers ... will do whatever they can to make it grow and make it even more overwhelming."

02-14-2009, 06:36 PM	#2
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	fuck commercialism and the concept of supply and demand, the very thing that feeds us! __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

02-14-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
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02-14-2009, 06:40 PM	#4
Mr.Right - Banned For Life I guarantee it Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18,314	I remember my first experience with Valentines Day in school. We had to each make valentines for everyone in the class. It struck me even then in Grade 1 that this was absurd and that there was only one girl I wanted to give a Valentine card to in the class. My opinion of the holiday has gone downhill from there. And the girl? She's a corrupt high school principal and a monster dyke who took her share of $10 million that was budgeted for her school's audio visual center 15 years ago and never got built while the money just disappeared and everyone kept quiet.