Valentine's What? - Voice; un: ...

[opress]

[Savage almost never posting to the network, but with all the people being affected by this upcoming heart day, he figured there were answers that were necessary to make it survivable. Or at least probably less anger-inducing because people were insufferable overall.]

This... Valentine's Day thing. It's for mates to reaffirm their bond to one another from what I have gathered.

What do all the singles supposed to do? We don't have such a day like this where I'm from, and our mates generally despise us anyway, so nothing like this would work.

It seems last year it was some single people being sad and pathetic. I assume there is something single people are supposed to do that I'm missing.

[He may as well try to learn some traditions beyond his own. He's never had to frantically try speed dating; their version was a fight to the death to impress a Nightsister, so it was short-lived for some.]

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(TXT) — UN: BOMBSHELL

[opheliac]

YEP! on valentines day, all the single ppl are suppose to get together, cry into a bucket so we taken ppl can use the tears for our meals.

food tastes better when its from the pathetic. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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[opress]

This does seem like a very human thing to do.

Hmmmm, meat does taste better from soft pathetic creatures, yes.

[voice | un: inkmetal]

[inkedspell]

Being single means being single. You can go out with friends instead, no one is gonna check your finger for a ring. Or go by yourself. Valentine's Day only exists to sell candy and trumped up romance for a profit. Very effectively, but still it's all fake.

For real, the fact your mates hate you is a bigger issue than what to do being single. Sucks for you.

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[faceblocks]

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
agreeing w/saeri here

idk about that whole first part
but who wants (or needs) a hate mate

fuck em (or dont)

sounds like u have 1 less enemy and more time for a party

oops wrong finger shoulda been this ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[Voice]

[opress]

I don't have friends. What is the significance of a ring? I see people wearing jewelry all the time to show off their wealth or to signal their family crest.

[Let's be real, he never bothered to ask Maul about the ring. He figured it was just a phase like piercings.]

Oh yes, she hates me and wishes me dead. She doesn't even have a use for me.

voice: un: vi

[faceblocks]

I think we should throw a party. No couples allowed! Sad and pathetic, my ass.

Voice

[opress]

The only human parties I've been to are victory parties, and the Mandalorians just drink until they yell about ancient traditions then kiss their siblings.

[No, that's wrong. It's just that the Death Watch humans tended to look remarkably alike, so it was easy to confuse them as family.]

video | un: sds

[fogsong]

Valentine's Day is a bunch of bullshit. I wouldn't worry about it any. Back home, you could get some cheap candy the day after but that doesn't seem to be a thing here so... [ Eh. ]

Gotta ask: why do your mates generally despise you? It kind of sounds like maybe you shouldn't be mates then.

[Voice]

[opress]

I don't eat candy. It would be pointless even if it was here.

Because males are lesser compared to females, and so we are treated as the disposable army that we are. Only those who are born with the gift have a higher rating, but once we mate, we are close to death anyway. It is a Sister's right.

video; un: darth imperius

[drawsghosts]

I've never even heard of this Valentine's Day thing until just recently. In my time, Sith are discouraged from falling in love, because they see it as a weakness to be exploited.

[Voice]

[opress]

[Oh. The other Sith. The original Sith.]

It is the same in my time as Sith. On Dathomir, it is different as the Dark Side is woven into traditions and we live in colonies. Some get more attached than others.

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[rocinantes]

all the singles drink and get drunk and ignore it.

( that's what he did, at least. )

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[opress]

So you prefer to ignore reality for the night.

voice; username:mariathorpe

[givetheslip]

Go on about our lives, I should think. This Valentine's stuff seems like sentimental nonsense.

[She's not lonely. No sir.]

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[opress]

It does, but some seem to screech about it more than others. Maybe it means more if you have a mate.

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[eudaimonikos]

Humans are too obsessed with finding mates.
Like, just live your life.

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[opress]

Yes they are. It feels like they do not feel like happiness can be found alone.

Does your species mate?

[Not here but stalking replies]

[survivalthroughhate]

[What was this? Savage actually posting to the network? And asking about mates? Hmmm, did he actually want one? ......That was it. Maul was just going to have to find him one for Valentine's Day! Time to be the best brother EVER!]

voice | un: K

[obeir]

Nothing's stopping you from ignoring it altogether if you'd prefer to. It can be just another day. That's what it'll be for me, I'll be working like usual. [ There's a thoughtful pause, then: ] Or would you like to acknowledge the holiday in some way?

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[opress]

There do seem to be two tracks of thought: party and pair off or ignore everything about it. I don't care either way. It isn't a tradition that seems like it would ever apply to me anyway.

Perhaps I will come for a drink at your place.

Voice; UN: Godisstilldead

[in_loveless_memory]

Ignore it. That's what I plan to do. It's just another Tuesday.

Voice;

[opress]

Just another Tuesday sounds right to me.

voice ; un: echo

[individualized]

I fail to see how any of this matters.

voice;

[opress]

It doesn't. It is only curiosity.

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[subject_013]

Personally, as a practical sort, I never saw the point in Valentine's Day. It may be a fairly old festival, but like so many others, it seems to have devolved into yet another commercial juggernaut. I'd personally prefer the old Roman festival of Lupercalia, but I suppose most people aren't into flogging, even the lightest form.

There's one way of handling Valentine's Day that, as a chronically single person myself, I admire. I spent six months in Japan on business and witnessed how the folk there celebrate it. They treat it as a time to appreciate one's friends and coworkers and not merely one's sweetheart. On February 14th, women give gifts to their male friends, loved ones, and colleagues, usually in the form of milk or dark chocolate; a month later on March 15th, the men return the favor, often with gifts of white chocolate, to avoid 'regifting'. It's a good way to keep people from being overlooked by their peers.

[Text]

[opress]

[There are so many words here that he had to sound out loud and even then, the meaning eluded him. What's a juggernaut? Oh well, he'd look it up in the dictionary he now owned to figure out the meaning, which sometimes meant he was more confused rather than less.]

I don't have friends like other people do. [He had people he was on friendly terms with, but it was hard to define them as friends even if everyone else would say they were.] Does that kind of tradition need to be chocolate? Humans have such a fascination with it.

[Voice] un: 008

[hachitaro]

For single people? Nah, there's nothing specific you have to do. A lot of people go out and drink, or find paid comfort...

... A lot of people just buy the cheap chocolate that's on sale the next day.

But there's no reason to feel bad about it? Just... ignore it if you don't like it.

[Voice]

[opress]

I don't enjoy chocolate. It does seem to be a general theme that people either do nothing or drink.

I probably will. It doesn't seem like a worthwhile tradition to follow.

[Voice] un: QueenCobra

[abornfighter]

Why do your mates despise you? Are they arranged marriages?

[Voice]

[opress]

We are lesser and their slaves. They are arranged in a sense because it involves a battle to the death between males to determine who is strongest.

voice; un:rosestorm

[thunderingcourage]

Where I'm from, guys usually don't do anything for Valentine's day. It's up to the girl. A girl would typically get chocolate or other small gifts for a guy that she likes, but it's also for celebrating friendships and other special relationships as well. No just romantic ones.

Then the guys respond a month later.

voice;

[opress]

Why do males wait a month to return gifts?

voice; UN: seeingtheworld

[schoolingfish]

People's mates usually despise each other where you're from? Why? That seems like it would be really stressful.

voice;

[opress]

There are varying levels of how much they despise one another, but it almost always happens.