The Vent Thread

[Emong]

I work in a small fast food place and evenings can be lovely... I'm not so fond of people who walk in about 3 minutes before we're closing. Here's how the situation looks like:

*a customer walks in*

What I actually say, wearing my stupid customer service face: "May I take your order please?"

What is actually going on in my head: "Get the FUCK out of here! I wanna end my shift already and go home "

[Pwolf]

Trying to convert the android org app to use Fragments because it's supposed to be "easier" to do what I want but it's become a big pain the fucking ass. Spent the better part of my night tearing my hair out and have made zero progress.

[Chained(E)Studio]

taxes tomorrow D:
money money money

[Castor Troy]

Puked out my dinner last night and breakfast this morning since I'm sick. Now I can only eat non solid foods.

[Moonlight Soldier]

Speaking of which, my ""favourite"" day of the year is coming up /raaaaaaaaage

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I've blocked a few people from my FB/Twitter feed because they'd already started in on the V-day bitching. I'll unblock them later, but for now, I'm kind of tired of people making me feel like shit for enjoying the holiday. It is the PINKEST of holidays, I'll eat candy hearts and make a steak dinner if I want!

I don't even have someone to share it with, but I'm excited to make yummy treats to give to my friends

[Nessephanie]

I don't even have someone to share it with, but I'm excited to make yummy treats to give to my friends

This is the attitude I always took with Valentines. Most years I never had a significant other, but I used it as a day to show other types of people I loved that I loved them. Yes there is always the 'you shouldn't need a day, blahblah' and that's true, but just because you don't need something doesn't mean it isn't a nice occasion anyways. I say thumbs up to a day dedicated to love and pink :3

[Dr. Derpface, J.D.]

Hate Valentine's day as it exists currently. It's a commercialized, pandering, make-you-feel-like-crap-if-youre-single-or-not-spending-tons-of-money, greeting card created crapfest...

BUT

This Valentine's day however, a very dear friend of mine has a job interview. This job would bring her back to the area and I wouldn't have to drive 3-4 hours to see her. It would contain a lot of advancement opportunities for her, be in the field she loves, and I would be able to see her more often. That makes this particular v-day something worth being happy about.

[JaddziaDax]

I don't even have someone to share it with, but I'm excited to make yummy treats to give to my friends

This is the attitude I always took with Valentines. Most years I never had a significant other, but I used it as a day to show other types of people I loved that I loved them. Yes there is always the 'you shouldn't need a day, blahblah' and that's true, but just because you don't need something doesn't mean it isn't a nice occasion anyways. I say thumbs up to a day dedicated to love and pink :3

This. So much this.

Valentines day is what you make of it.

[Otohiko]

Yes, but what I don't understand is - okay, we've established that single people who feel threatened by others' romantic occasion are insecure jerks. Then how come non-single, celebrating people feel threatened by others' insecurity, loneliness and sadness are okay? What's the difference? Why is being sad, bitter, lonely, and vocal about it so bad? What's so terrible about negative emotions? Aren't they just the reverse of the same coin, and just as much (if not more) a part of life? If we are allowed to have a day celebrating happy pink things and love, why can't other people who aren't into that have a day to embrace the other side - which has more meaning to their experience than any amount of plastic hearts and cupids can address? Why alienate yourself from your own actual experience of being unloved?

I may be bitter, but I don't see that as an invalid way to mark - and indeed have public thoughts on - Valentine's. I suspect that the subtext to this is, in fact, a cultural tendency to look at sad people as somehow potentially dangerous and prone to lashing out, which is unfair and totally ludicrous. Sadness is part of romantic failure. Romantic failure is a consequence of life choices and circumstances. There's nothing wrong with it, and negative emotions about it don't need to be hidden. Not hiding them is not in any way a threat to people of other experiences. It is also not a threat to own well-being and emotional balance, and possibly quite the opposite if properly affirmed. Why would I lie to myself or others about how I feel about a day? And that's especially after wishing other people all the best, because they do deserve to have their day of happiness...

I suspect, of course, that part of it may be the cultural and value differences that keep me single here in the first place. Sigh.

[BasharOfTheAges]

Yes, but what I don't understand is - okay, we've established that single people who feel threatened by others' romantic occasion are insecure jerks. Then how come non-single, celebrating people feel threatened by others' insecurity, loneliness and sadness are okay? What's the difference? Why is being sad, bitter, lonely, and vocal about it so bad? What's so terrible about negative emotions? Aren't they just the reverse of the same coin, and just as much (if not more) a part of life? If we are allowed to have a day celebrating happy pink things and love, why can't other people who aren't into that have a day to embrace the other side - which has more meaning to their experience than any amount of plastic hearts and cupids can address? Why alienate yourself from your own actual experience of being unloved?

I may be bitter, but I don't see that as an invalid way to mark - and indeed have public thoughts on - Valentine's. I suspect that the subtext to this is, in fact, a cultural tendency to look at sad people as somehow potentially dangerous and prone to lashing out, which is unfair and totally ludicrous. Sadness is part of romantic failure. Romantic failure is a consequence of life choices and circumstances. There's nothing wrong with it, and negative emotions about it don't need to be hidden. Not hiding them is not in any way a threat to people of other experiences. It is also not a threat to own well-being and emotional balance, and possibly quite the opposite if properly affirmed. Why would I lie to myself or others about how I feel about a day? And that's especially after wishing other people all the best, because they do deserve to have their day of happiness...

I suspect, of course, that part of it may be the cultural and value differences that keep me single here in the first place. Sigh.

I'ma go take this logic and apply it to those ASPCA commercials with all the sad animals or the "feed the children" funds so i don't feel so bad about not giving them all my money.