What the f***?
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Battalon127
Posts: 753
Member #25
Oct 15, 2005 1:20
Uhh... what?
Care to explain this one?
I think my computer's trying to make me anorexic. A 120 pound high school senior does NOT need all these diet pills! Or Viagra.
Lunar_Mage
Posts: 119
Member #148
Oct 15, 2005 8:56
I think this holiday is some corporate sham. The first I heard about it was atually on a Simpsons episode, of all things.
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MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Oct 15, 2005 9:00
That was the most unexpectedly hilarious thing ever said on these forums. Sorry, Camo, but looks like ol' Emsboy has trumped your mighty one liners with... well, a single line
Allow me to explain for the uneducated and too-lazy-to-read: First off, it's a regional thing, largely in my home area of the Midwest, which explains why it snuck up on me (pleasently unnoticed) here in the Bible Belt.
So, some time ago, a well meaning holiday was made up by candy companies to help the less fortunate. Good meaning. However, since then, it's just been tangled into another commercial butcher where women in relationships demand things from their men, and mean, being whipped as we are, must supply candy to them (if lucky, or they might want the shinies).
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MintMan
Posts: 4061
Member #1
Oct 15, 2005 10:36
I don't remember Simpsons ever talking about Sweetest Day. I remember the invented Love Day, which is pretty much the same thing
I've known about Sweetest Day for a while now, but I just thought a topic would be necessary to bash it. I didn't know it was so very regional, however. Almost no forum-goers are from this part o' the country.
How utterly unnecessary has this topic become?
Battalon127
Posts: 753
Member #25
Oct 15, 2005 11:49
On April 26, 1998, The Simpsons said:
Manager: Okay, people. We need to cook up a new holiday for the summer. Something with, eh, gifts, cards, assorted gougeables.
Woman: How about something religious? We had great penetration last spring with "Christmas II"!
Man: Ooh, I know, Spendover, like Passover but less talk, more presents!
Manager: No, its gotta be something warm and fuzzy, something like um.. Love Day, but not so lame.......
Marge: Happy Love Day everyone!
Ohhh, Love Day. Why didn't you say so? Good stuff, leave it to Cleveland, but it's obviously very regional, over here in the southernmost of the Dakotas, we've heard nothing of it. 'Course, my hometown is home to the regionalest of all holidays- Schmeckfest, which is German for don't-give-a-damm.
So, uh, happy Sweetest Day, everyone. * fabricates a SirLoveALot the bear who loves to love for the next person who wants it * Self-esteem is for pussies. ~MintMan
Battalon127 fabricates a SirLoveALot
MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Oct 15, 2005 11:54
Er... ew?
I prolly should have clarified, which I didn't expect as needed, but Sweetest Day is for your "sweetie", meaning you don't wish it on someone unless you're suckin' up to them for obvious reasons pertaining to your relationship with them... as your girlfriend.
Yeah, that's right: I'm talkin' about them shuttin' 'er yap while you watch TV. Bliss!
I say as though I've ever been in a relationship...
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TheFireToad
Posts: 60
Member #244
Oct 15, 2005 12:26
That makes two holidays I've never heard of. They kinda already invented this holiday awhile ago. It's called Valentine's Day!
In this world there are things that people mustn't touch. Who cares!
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Dragon_Kirby
Posts: 192
Member #226
Oct 15, 2005 13:27
On Oct 15, 2005 10:36, MintMan said:
I don't remember Simpsons ever talking about Sweetest Day. I remember the invented Love Day, which is pretty much the same thing
I've known about Sweetest Day for a while now, but I just thought a topic would be necessary to bash it. I didn't know it was so very regional, however. Almost no forum-goers are from this part o' the country.
How utterly unnecessary has this topic become?
I'm from that....this...part of the country....Cept I never heard of it...>_>
MANGO!
Battalon127
Posts: 753
Member #25
Oct 15, 2005 13:51
Yeah, uh, that was mostly just a Simpsons reference, but if anyone here actually does have a GF, they could have it to give it to her. Course she'd have to come to RE first. *Quickly calculates odds of said occurances occuring* *watches calculator explode* Self-esteem is for pussies. ~MintMan
Cheetarius
Posts: 353
Member #10
Oct 16, 2005 24:27
At least it's not Wintereenmas.
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boyachi
Posts: 1161
Member #92
Oct 17, 2005 24:48
I tried that whole "get the GF on RE" gig...needless to say the two weeks we were together were not enough to make it so.
I was going to surprise someone with that...but I just now remembered about it...oh well, at least I'm not stuck with the sir lovealot bear.
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MintMan
Posts: 4061
Member #1
Oct 17, 2005 1:55
Just for anyone who goes to the site who actually manages to junction a GF (cough coughI'm a nerdcough), I would strongly recommend keeping her away from RE for as long as possible... unless you are trying to get rid of her. I'd think this site would be a gear way to lose a psycho-stalker-type... and send 'em this way
I mean, the ladies are most definantly not likin' me, creator of the site, so I hardly think that broadcasting patronage to RE would be a way to win 'em over.
"I like cinnamon rolls. That's why I wish they made a cinnamon roll incense, 'cause I don't always have time to make a pan. I'd rather light a stick and have my roommates wake up with false hopes." ~ Mitch Hedberg
Ishamael
Posts: 140
Member #142
Oct 17, 2005 16:38
" At least it's not Wintereenmas."
WHAT! He dares bash Wintereenmas?
End sarcasm.
lol. It's an interesting concept, but I doubt it would work unless the world was entirely populated by Ethan clones...which would cause many MANY other problems in the world...That's actually the most frightening thought I've ever had, and I've had some very frightening thoughts...
If you don't know what we're talking about...It's a web-comic called Ctrl-Alt-Del (Found at www.ctrlaltdel-online.com) It's funny, and you don't have to be an extreme nerd who is a guru on every programming language and Gentoo (As far as I know, the least user-friendly distro of Linux, if you know of a less user-friendly one, use that name instead) to understand it.
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Camo
Posts: 1609
Member #5
Oct 18, 2005 6:50
"NO YOU'RE FAT ENOUGH AS IS, NO CANDY FOR YOU FATTY!"
c**t me up scotty
Ishamael
Posts: 140
Member #142
Oct 18, 2005 15:55
Is there anyone who can explain the above outburst?
Is there anyone who can explain any of Camo's outbursts similar in nature to that one?
I can't...all I can say is: It's funny and weird at the same time.
EDIT: Now I see the quotes, so it's from something. I don't know what though.
“To me it looks like a shiney golden wire of hope”
–Barret, FF7 (yes I know the word is shiny, but that’s the direct quote)
[Editted by Ishamael on Oct 18, 2005 15:58]
Dragon_Kirby
Posts: 192
Member #226
Oct 18, 2005 19:14
Well, It'd make a little sense it it were from Ctrl+Alt+Del, but then I noticed that YOU posted the link...I figured you'd know....coulda sworn it was from there though...Meh, maybe it's some other webcomic, I get 'em confused sometimes.
"Never argue with idiots, they take you down to their level and beat you with experience
MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Oct 18, 2005 19:49
And you've been here for how long?
Camo had it in quotes since it was a... shock, Camoism. You know, his one-line, spontaneous, generally offensive, always hilarious on-liners?
It was his comical way of saying that chicks don't need the candy that serves as Sweetest Day's (the topic, 'member?) staple since it just makes 'em fatter. And, unless yer a chubby-chaser, that ain't a good aim.
Oh, Camo. You so crazy. * gives Camo a ChocolateBeer in gratitude * "Let me get my ultimate response from my ultimate pocket."
- Matt Striker's Ultimate Warrior Impersonation
MadGoblin fabricates a ChocolateBeer
MadGoblin gives Camo a ChocolateBeer
