criitz

OK, deal. You were more right and I was more nice, and it seems like that matches what we both wanted, so let's take it as a win

I totally get it. I just feel for the normal everyday person who has an unusual head shape that they are self conscious about being hurt by this instead of the asshole billionaire who deserves it. It's like making fun of him for being short.. Innocent people catch the strays. I stand against body shaming. But I feel you.

Hey, sounds good. Firstly I'd like to say there's no real need to be so snarky. Even if we disagree, we should be able to have an engaging chat online without being rude. I don't think anything I said was rude in that way, and if it seemed so I apologize. I'm easygoing, but if you want to convince people of your perspective, they might not always want to listen to what you have to say if you treat them like idiots.

Secondly, I did Google it. And according to that, around 500AD Valentines day was originally established to honor the Saint, and then over the middle ages evolved into a more general celebration of romance. So, I'll give it to you that it wasn't just recently invented by Hallmark.

However, I still maintain that I was correct. Obviously Christmas is now a nightmare of capitalism too, but a Christmas/Yule/Saturnalia/whatever celebration is both older, more steeped in real tradition, and has more meaning than the modern concept of Valentines, which is literally just about selling cards and flowers and jewelry. But I guess that's subjective.

Let's attack him for his controllable actions and not his uncontrollable appearance

It was celebrated for hundreds (or even thousands) of years before coke existed. Valentines day wasn't.

Yes

There's a clear difference between the traditions behind Christmas/Yule and the purely capitalism-driven Valentine's Day sales event.

Capitalism is amoral

EDIT: to be clear that's A-moral not IM-moral

We have military presence everywhere in the world

This also avoids every month from having a Friday the 13th

Bitwarden

The problem is trying to get people into "Lemmy", where they have to understand federation and choose an instance, etc - instead of trying to get people into a specific instance. I know you don't want one bloated instance, but if that was the mission it would be a lot easier to get people on board.