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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 71 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is funny until someone you love dies and the pile of cards they gave you throughout your life is one of the things that makes you feel closest to them.

Miss you Mom

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That completely changed everything about that meme.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah. I didn't know broken arms guy was on Lemmy now. Happy Valentine's Day @UrPartnerInCrime and sorry for your loss.

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Oh god! That and the coconut guy scarred me for life.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

This genuinely made me burst out laughing

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

Just go back to the store, problem solved!

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Cards are the biggest waste of money. Any time I get one in the mail, I'll read it and it goes straight to the recycling.

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not me!

I put them in the recycling AND feel guilty that I’m getting rid of the card.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I kept the wedding invitation card from my step brother and my now step sister in law for several years.

It was just a folded piece of regular cardboard with a picture of them and a standard invitation message and I see them once a year, if even that often 😄

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most of them aren't even recyclable?

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wtf millennials, how have we not killed this industry?

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

God damnit they're going to start making tiktoks into gift cards or some shit.

[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

It's cheap to print cards, and they're very shelf-stable.

This industry will take a long while to realize it's dead, if it dies.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Hallmark hates this one trick.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did not realize today was 14th Feb until I saw this

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago
[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The only cards that are worth something to me are the ones with personal messages in them. If it's just your signature, it's going in the trash tomorrow.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I buy the bulk pack of general purpose gift cards. Some have got flowers on the front. Others say Happy Birthday in gender neutral styling. They're all blank on the inside. I write messages to people. The pack of 20 cards costs about the same as two of those shitty pre-written gift cards.

[–] Resistentialism@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

See, I'm the same. I don't even get anyone cards.

However, I did get a duck card for Christmas, and I have tapered it to my wall.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

That's a great idea!

Go to the flower shop with your wife and I give her the flowers and I get a hug. Then she puts the flowers back and we go home. Such an awesome idea!

I gotta ask my wife. Is yours available? Oh my wife said no. But I'm sure someone will do it!

[–] Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

This post gave me the idea to idea to text the wife. As a millenial. I'm doing my part.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Sad if true

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] aiden@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

You don't know what cards are?

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Prices for cards are kinda ridiculous. You're lucky if you can find one for $1 any more. Most are around $4-5.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Idk about valentine day but for everyother x-day, I (used to) always-just make a card myself, it’s not hard tbh and really I think a homemade card ~~might~~ should be appreciated more

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can print your own at home for like a nickel. They have designs all over the Internet.

Which I do for the very old people in my life who still like cards. Everyone else gets a text, time spent together, or nothing.

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Some people don't attach value or sentimentality to $5 valentine's day cards and would rather just spend time with their partner and spending time picking out a good card for each other can be fun. I personally like the funny ones so it can be fun to pick those out, show them to your partner, have a laugh together, and then put them back. The card brings the same amount of joy, but you don't have to spend money or throw it away later.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lucien@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

Facebook tier