With Valentine’s Day today, many students all over campus have been bitten by the lovebug. However, it seems that some have hired an exterminator.
Q Pid, a junior in the Psychology department, has recently taken a fierce oppositional stance to the day of love. Following the dissolution of his relationship with his high school sweetheart, Pid is decidedly boycotting Valentine’s Day and all of the romance that comes with it.
The Sundial sat down with Pid to get a better understanding of what he found to be so horrible about this typically well-revered day. Right before making a phone call to cancel his Forno reservation for the 14th, Pid stated, “I just don’t understand how people can live with themselves! It’s sickening.”
When asked to elaborate, Pid pointed to the ecological impact of the holiday, “It’s just a bunch of single-use plastic and teddy bears that will be hoarding the landfill in a couple of years. It’s all just so wasteful, it’s like people have no regard for the environment at all,” he said while wearing this week’s top trending shirt sourced directly from the Shein men’s department.
Pid took his advocacy a step further as he initiated a protest at the local University Flower Shop. He cited the exploitative labor of floral designers as the main reason for his cause, shouting, “THEY CAN’T MAKE YOU WORK 23 HOURS A DAY NO MATTER HOW MUCH SEASONAL OVERTIME THEY GIVE YOU! IT IS ILLEGAL!!!”.
With the muffled sounds of the Boygenius hit “Cool About It” playing through his headphones, Pid explained that the breakup was “actually extremely mutual” along with mentioning, “I’m doing so well. No really like soooo well, like honestly probably the best I’ve ever been… What was that? She said SHE broke up with ME? No, that’s uhm, that’s not right, that’s not…”
Shortly after, Pid left our interview to go to an appointment he assured us was real and not just an excuse to go back to his dorm to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. We wish Pid the best as he navigates his heartbreak.
Written by Feb Ruary