Good morning Hank, it's Monday, February 14th, 2011. I recently saw a YouTuber I like a lot named 'idointernet' play a game called 'Chubby Bunny'. Hank, the rules are you just eat marshmallows and say 'Chubby Bunny', it's pretty easy, watch me. (puts one marshmallow in mouth) Chubby bunny... chubby bunny... This is almost too easy. Chubby bunny... chubby bunny...(laughs) This just got much harder... chubby bunny... this one is going to be quite a challenge Hank... chubby... Wait a second. Did I say it's February 14th, 2011? Is this Valentine's Day? (without marshmallows) It's Valentine's Day, isn't it, Hank? ...CRAP! OK Hank I have to go to the mall, walk with me. OK, so three things I hate about Valentine's Day. Number one: all gift giving is economically inefficient, but Valentine's Day is the worst, because you almost always give people stuff they wouldn't choose to own themselves, like candy hearts or the necklace that my wife colloquially refers to as 'Boobs and Butt'. Actually, I should probably just get her that necklace. Instead, I am buying her shampoo. Good Lord, Hank, I've purchased cars that cost less than that shampoo. Secondly, Valentine's Day is perhaps the most potent symbol of our weird obsession with romantic love. Like why isn't 'Best Friends Day' the biggest shopping day of the year? Because for some reason, we think you can only have loving, sustained relationships with someone who you also sleep with. If you spend your life singularly obsessed with romantic love, you're gonna miss out on a lot of what's fun about being a person, ...also you're gonna have to spend a lot of money on diamonds. Lastly, I like holidays that celebrate service or sacrifice, historical figures who embodied our values. But I don't really see a point of a holiday that celebrates romantic love, I mean if you need to be reminded to like your romantic partner, you're doing it wrong. Hank, so far as I can tell the only good thing about Valentine's Day is that gift-giving, while it is economically inefficient, is also kind of an act of empathy. Right? You have to imagine what it's like to be someone else, imagine what they would want, and then get it for them. But if I'm really being empathetic, Hank, I'll recognize that what the Yeti wants most of all for Valentine's Day is not hastily purchased toiletries but for me to have this video finished and uploaded by the time she gets home from work. So I'm going to get on that. Hank, by the way, great job with Your Pants! ...is a sentence I never thought I'd say. I'll see you on Wednesday. P.S. Hank Green, noted American vlogbrother, just did a very funny Valentine's Day Truth or Fail. Click anywhere on the screen to go to that! Click now; you're not missing anything. Best wishes.