Valentine's Day is such a scam. I really think it was created for couples with bad relationships to make amends for all the terrible crap they do to one another the rest of the year.
Being the self-proclaimed social scientist I am, I've noticed a correlation: the worse a relationship is in terms of fighting, annoyance, whining, and complaining, the more abundant and juvenile the gifts that are exchanged for Valentine's Day. I believe it's because couples who fight constantly are selfish (thus justifying the quantity of gifts needed to placate), and immature (meaning a girl who throws a screaming tantrum deserves a teddy bear).
The one item that I feel I need to speak out publicly against is the Hoodie-Footie pajamas. I keep seeing and hearing this advertised all over the place, and it seems to be a pre-cursor to my worst nightmare: hoodie-footie pajamas in public. I guarantee you that this is the next step in the devolution of the human species.
It's bad enough that people feel it's socially acceptable to wear pajama pants and Crocs to the grocery store. It's just a matter of time before some woman decked out from head-to-toe in a pink hoodie-footie will show up in another email installment of "People of Wal Mart" (although that is a step up from the 350 lb woman wearing thong underwear and size 10 shorts).
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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