{"id":2934,"date":"2010-02-14T10:42:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2011-10-01T18:15:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T22:15:59","slug":"unhappy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/02\/14\/unhappy-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/tag\/valentines-day\/\">Valentine&#8217;s day<\/a>. Some people claim it is an invention of chocolate manufacturers, others the greeting card industry. Others take offense to the idea that they need a special day to be nice to their significant other.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, still others just get pissed off because they <em>don&#8217;t have<\/em> a significant other, and the whole day and everything associated with it seems to be just rubbing that fact in their face, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/02\/14\/bitter-cranky-keithius\/\">making them very bitter and cranky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around here, I sort of have a tradition of mocking Valentine&#8217;s Day in the strongest way possible. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies.jpg\">And this year is no different.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/02\/14\/unhappy-valentines-day\/fuck-valentines-day-candies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fuck valentine&amp;#8217;s day &amp;#8211; candies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2940\" title=\"fuck valentine's day - candies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fuck-valentines-day-candies.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another year, another way to mock Valentine&#8217;s day &#8211; this time, with a snarky picture!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[84,245],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-stuff","category-pictures","tag-holiday","tag-valentines-day","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-Lk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2929,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/02\/14\/desktop-madness-vol-81\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":0},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 81","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A special Valentine's Day themed installment of Desktop Madness.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wallpapers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/02\/valentine-stick-figures-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1050,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/02\/14\/valentines-day-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":1},"title":"Valentine&#8217;s Day","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A reluctant Valentine's Day post.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;fun stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"fun stuff","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/fun-stuff\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3817,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/02\/14\/desktop-madness-vol-97\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":2},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 97","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I always go a little crazy on Valentine's Day... no special reason.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wallpapers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/02\/faye-valentine-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3827,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/02\/14\/desktop-madness-vol-98\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":3},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 98","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Roses are #F0000, Violets are #0000F ... you know the rest. 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