Monday, February 14, 2005
Valentine's Day
You've spent hundreds on the perfect gift, perhaps some diamond jewelry or gold-dipped roses, you've got the greeting cards, the flowers, the chocolates. The day is finally here. You may feel happy, but the jewelers, the florists, the greeting card companies, and the candy companies are definitely happier knowing that they have your money. Today you are a social outcast if you aren't emptying your pockets while the corporations that fabricated this so-called "holiday" turn a handsome profit. You're so insecure about your relationship that you need to resort to bribery. You haven't learned yet that money can't buy love, just Hallmark cards and prostitutes.
It's that special day... special, that is, for the chuckling jewelers and florists who watch you scramble around like rats in a cage trying to be the first one to give them money. Valentine's Day isn't about love, it's about profits, and the people who are too stupid to see that are the ones out there buying crap. Valentine's Day isn't a real holiday; it is completely fabricated, a celebration of commercialism and exploitation. When you go out to buy gifts for your sweetheart, you're doing exactly what the jewelers and the florists told you to do. They have you completely under their control. You're being exploited. How does that feel?
Take a moment to think. This probably not something you do every day, but it's not that hard. Look at what you've bought for Valentine's Day. Who's going to benefit from that stuff? You? I think not. That crap is never going to do you any good. You might argue something like, "It shows her how much I love her." That's bullshit. It doesn't show her that you love her, just that you are an idiot with money. And she doesn't benefit from the crap either. Chances are she'll just throw it at you when you break up anyway. Who benefits? Take a wild guess.
Enjoy Exploitation Day, suckers.
It's that special day... special, that is, for the chuckling jewelers and florists who watch you scramble around like rats in a cage trying to be the first one to give them money. Valentine's Day isn't about love, it's about profits, and the people who are too stupid to see that are the ones out there buying crap. Valentine's Day isn't a real holiday; it is completely fabricated, a celebration of commercialism and exploitation. When you go out to buy gifts for your sweetheart, you're doing exactly what the jewelers and the florists told you to do. They have you completely under their control. You're being exploited. How does that feel?
Take a moment to think. This probably not something you do every day, but it's not that hard. Look at what you've bought for Valentine's Day. Who's going to benefit from that stuff? You? I think not. That crap is never going to do you any good. You might argue something like, "It shows her how much I love her." That's bullshit. It doesn't show her that you love her, just that you are an idiot with money. And she doesn't benefit from the crap either. Chances are she'll just throw it at you when you break up anyway. Who benefits? Take a wild guess.
Enjoy Exploitation Day, suckers.
# posted by Ben @ 11:13 AM 
