Apparently, my antipathy towards Valentine's Day puts me in the company of the authoritarian governments of Thailand and Saudi Arabia.  Well, here's some links to support my thesis that Valentine's Day is ca-razy.

Arguments against singleness:

• Ten products dudes could enjoy instead of a date.  You can use that $1700 camera to take a high-res picture of... yourself crying.
• An eleventh product is coming in the future: a sex robot.  Solitude seems itself the saddest specter.
• Why not spend Valentine's Day with cartoon girls you want to nail?  Didn't even pick the good ones.  Where's Foxxy?

Arguments against relationships:

• A feminist argues to not find Mr. Right, but Mr. Good Enough.  Find a hubby who's basically a business partner.  Possibly a hedge against the fact that, as conditions get better for women, their happiness has decreased.  You know, I'll bet the cartoon girls don't have these issues.
• Better to spend the day alone than risk hanging with a vegetarian.  Is food really an insurmountable obstacle for some people?  Sorry Natalie Portman, I guess it could never be.
• Relationships grow stale.  How to fix it?  NYTimes says do something wacky like... go to a different restaurant.  eHow suggests... less sex.  Wow, marriage sure sounds exciting.  On an unrelated note... can those sex robots be programmed to clean?

Oh well, at least we've got some more great Valentines being circulated:

hat tip to Dana

hat tip to Ben K.