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         |  umbroman3
             from United Kingdom on 2023-02-14 09:35 [#02625224] Points: 6123 Status: Lurker
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 | Happy Gay Day Don't forget to cum in the ass of another man
 
 No scrubs
 
 
 
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         |  big
             from lsg on 2023-02-14 09:45 [#02625225] Points: 24091 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | “The Blue Fairy Godmother knew something about killing. He gave Lazzaro a careful smile. "There is still time for me
 to kill you," he said, "if you really persuade me that it's
 the sensible thing to do."
 "Why don't you go fuck yourself?"
 "Don't think I haven't tried," the Blue Fairy Godmother
 answered.”
 
 ―  Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 09:59 [#02625226] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | black tuesday 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 10:01 [#02625227] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | i went to a really small nerdy high school and it's one of those things where a few people had the idea at once and,
 oh, sounds good. from then on, it was kind a cheeky
 tradition to dress in all black on valentine's day. really,
 it was more punk than goth: just a sarcastic reaction to
 saccharine vibe of the day
 
 
 
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         |  ijonspeches
             from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2023-02-14 21:22 [#02625243] Points: 8089 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | i hear it was the chat roulette of viktorian age. can we do this again?
 lottery letters and then you know...
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 21:52 [#02625252] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | chat roulette, victorian, perfect, all cameras, no touching 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 21:59 [#02625253] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | i actually loved the act of making valentines things back in, like... 2nd grade, before anyone was old enough to know
 what it meant and you just made one for everyone. and this
 was one of those moments where who i was very much came out,
 that i got very serious about a design and assembly line
 procedure and i wanted to make them the most... well, i
 didn't have the phrase at the time... the most riced
 out of anyone's
 
 then it was confusing to me when really no one else seemed
 to throw themselves into it like that. first year, parents
 help the kids out. the half-life of parental help on
 mass-scale valentines is a year, so second year, 50% less
 parents help out, etc and by fifth grade i knew it was over
 and no one does that shit anymore so don't bother. because
 they'll think you're weird. i thought they were
 weird
 
 so once that ship sailed, never really gave a heck about
 valentine's day, aside from how corporations tear in like a
 pack of salivating wolves looking to cash in on the holiday
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 22:10 [#02625254] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | perhaps there is a bunch in common between a nook full of synthesizers and a bag full of art supplies. i remember
 someone helping me and showing me doilies and rubber
 cement... and then i just remember being in a bubble of
 concentration with all this stuff by myself. i was freaking
 delighted
 
 and i was a difficult child on many levels, but that was
 probably one of those moments where i was clearly on
 autopilot and mum probably just shrugged and went off to
 have a glass of wine. or if it was dad, back to his computer
 
 
 
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         |  EpicMegatrax
             from Greatest Hits on 2023-02-14 22:16 [#02625255] Points: 25602 Status: Regular
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 | i dunno. did they do valentines line that in the UK? 5-9 years old, everyone makes valentines for everyone else;
 fades off with the rise of hormones and fading of parental
 craft aid
 
 but then maybe that's not something that went on for people
 born even five years before me.
 
 tldrangent: [it does have that vague woke whiff. but, hey,
 look what a nice thing it did for me and whatever. but i've
 seen the dawn of the web; i've seen woke-ness awaken. in
 pre-school, they'd juust started to mix in "dradel, dradel"
 with the christmas songs. a few years later, kwanza. like
 circuits gradually being switched on. some of the early
 failures were spectacular, i should note -- like when we
 were called for a school assembly where some black gentleman
 showed off a genuine pair of manacles -- his words --
 and, this is me at 15, and i'm thinking: "i'm not sure how
 you expect me to react to this?"]
 
 
 
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         |  ijonspeches
             from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2023-02-15 09:27 [#02625282] Points: 8089 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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 | kind of interesting to read about the different customs all over the world on wiki. i was surprised to read there is a
 billion valentines day cards in the us.
 
 gifting feels messed up at times, for example when all of
 sudden its a status/love/popularity mingled thing as its
 often seen american movies. the bottom line is it seemingly
 always ends up in hurt feelings and ruined expectations, but
 its certainly nice when people think about each other.
 
 we dont do anything special on valentines day in germany,
 but have some treats & flowers for our lover(s)
 [dont accidentally switch cards!]
 
 
 
 
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         |  recycle
             from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2023-02-16 17:37 [#02625315] Points: 40933 Status: Lurker
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