Saying I Luv U For Valentine's Day

from the waste-no-time dept

Wed, Feb 14th 2007 8:34am — Mike Masnick

theodp writes "According to the WSJ's Jeffrey Laslow, love letters ain't what they used to be. Passionate essays penned on Valentine's Days past have morphed into bursts of IM and e-mail affection. Stacie Harb doesn't seem to mind. She treasures her boyfriend's 37-word declaration of love, keeping it in her phone's saved messages. 'It's not some drawn-out, 10-page letter professing his undying love,' Harb says. 'That would be creepy.'"

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Anonymous Coward, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:10am

Really reachin for a valentines day related story I see. I swear you guys come in waves of good and crap.

First btw
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dorpus, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:12am

Yumma yumma
My Japanese girlfriend sent me green tea chocolates from Kyoto. Here, have a piece :O

But yeah, given that we stay in touch by IM's all the time, a 10-page letter makes no sense.
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dorpus, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:20am

And Over in Thailand
The government has declared a 10PM curfew on Valentines, and outlawed sex.

http://www.newsclip.be/news/2007213_009619.html
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merp, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:22am

mmmm
thanks for the chocolates dorpus ... i luv u 2
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Otherwebsitesitessuck, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:31am

Wanted: discussion topic
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Thank you.
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otter, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:40am

(green tea chocolate). Re: Yumma yumma
Those sound so good (green tea chocolate). What are they called or what company made them?

Think there is anyplace that one can order them in the States??
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dorpus, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:52am

Re: (green tea chocolate). Re: Yumma yumma
I checked, the exact brand I got was some limited edition product and looks like they sold out already.

There is this link for a similar product, I don't know if they deliver internationally.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/chato-plus/2292/
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Sea Man, 14 Feb 2007 @ 9:56am

Some people...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=green+tea+chocolate&btnG=Google+Search

Email me and I will hold your hand through the ordering process as well. ;-)

As always, dorpus, thanks or the insightful input.
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Webber, 14 Feb 2007 @ 10:15am

I do the hybrid
I found this cool company that will send a real greeting card (they print and mail it for you) you can add text and digital photos which is a nice touch. There WYSIWYG is pretty good for online app. www.cardvio.com
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dorpus, 14 Feb 2007 @ 11:55am

Re: (green tea chocolate). Re: Yumma yumma
My girlfriend dug up the link for me. And no, you won't be able to find it by an English-language google search.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/itohkyuemon/514670-1
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Shark, 14 Feb 2007 @ 12:10pm

I HAVE A PATENT.....
on Valentine's Day. You people are all violating it and I will be sending lawyers after you.
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Small Bug, 14 Feb 2007 @ 4:08pm

Valentine Day even made schematic :)
Look on that picture :)

http://bugnag.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/valentine_day.jpg
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robert, 23 Feb 2007 @ 7:03am

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