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Again, WikipediaIt's tomorrow. It makes me want to burn my school down. Valentine's day.

Yet another faceless holiday in which people are convinced that if they don't spend chingos of money on their partner, then that will be the end of the relationship.

You know, it wasn't always like that. Once upon a time, Valentine's day had a meaning. It wasn't alway's just corporate venture.
From Wikipedia
On the ancient Athens calendar, the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera.

In Ancient Rome, February 15 was Lupercalia. Plutarch wrote:

Lupercalia, of which many write that it was anciently celebrated by shepherds, and has also some connection with the Arcadian Lycaea. At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.[3]

The word Lupercalia comes from lupus, or wolf, so the holiday may be connected with the legendary wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus. Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier" or "the chaste Juno," was celebrated on February 13-14. Pope Gelasius I (492-496) abolished Lupercalia. Some historians argue that Candlemas (then held on February 14, later moved to February 2) was promoted as its replacement, but this feast was already being celebrated in Jerusalem by AD 381. The pope also declared in 496 that the feast of St. Valentine would be on February 14.
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As you can see, Valentine's day was not associated with love up until around 1381
Again, Wikipedia

The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer:[1]

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [chose] his make [mate].
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Basically, what I'm trying to say is "******** Valentine's day, especially if you don't know what the damn day stands for."

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go run naked in the street.